Astrophotography mode takes a 4 minute night sight exposure
this post was submitted on 18 Sep 2025
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That worked great! Cool photo!
I’ve tried this with a dslr and ended up getting light streaks, so appreciate the wizardry involved in that mode
If I remember correctly it avoids the streaks by taking several long-exposure photos and then combining them.
That would still create streaks, the software needs to also rotate the pictures a specific amount to keep that from happening. My guess is that it’s using the GPS location to some extent in concert with the long exposures.
I took the photo late in the evening, about 11:40pm local time.
I assume I didn't catch any satellites because the sun was too far below the horizon to illuminate any of the near earth ones (starlink) and I was 30 miles from the nearest town in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan I didn't catch any city lights or low flying aircraft.