SKY-WATCHER Star Adventurer 2i User Manual

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Now that you have Star Adventurer 2i set up with your camera gear attached it’s time to
learn how to use the Star Adventurer mini Console. This section assumes that you installed
the app on your device. If you have not, please refer back to the section titled Installing the
Star Adventurer mini Console.
The main screen of the control app divides Star Adventurer 2i’s functions into separate
sections. To select a function just tap on it. There are separate sections for astrophotography
and for di󰀨erent types of time-lapse photography. The app also provides for Manual Control
of Star Adventurer 2i, assists you with Polar Alignment (see astrophotography section),
and lets you alter Settings, such as making a Wi-Fi connection with Star Adventurer 2i.
Using Star Adventurer mini Console in APP mode
For Astrophotography, Star Adventurer 2i helps you
to conquer the biggest challenge for photography of the
night time sky, which is, precisely o󰀨setting the e󰀨ects of
Earth's rotation while a sufficiently long exposure of the
night sky is being made.
For Astro Time-Lapse, Star Adventurer 2i provides
you a method to create a breathtaking videos of the
sky moving over your location while the challenge in
Astrophotography is also overcome.
For Regular-Exposure Time-Lapse, it is the simplest
mode for Star Adventurer 2i and a good one for helping
you understand how to set the control options. Regular-
Exposure Time-Lapse mode is for capturing time-lapse
videos under daylight or well-lit conditions where long
exposure times are not necessary. In this mode, exposure
settings are set on your camera. The Star Adventurer
mini Console pans your camera and sends signals to
trigger the shutter as it creates your time-lapse video.
For Long-Exposure Time-Lapse, Star Adventurer 2i
controls the exposure time instead of your camera. This
way you can use exposures that exceed 30 seconds,
which are often needed in low light conditions, especially
with small aperture settings on your lens. Whenever you
use Long-Exposure Time-Lapse mode, set your shutter
to BULB mode. If it is not set on BULB mode the camera
shutter speed setting will be used instead.
You can make time-lapse videos using Star Adventurer
2i to control the shutter only (no panning), or to pan
continuously while firing the shutter of your camera at
intervals set by you. Use the first of these techniques
to produce a time-lapse video from a fixed perspective
and the second to create a time-lapse video in which the
perspective changes as the video is recorded

SKY-WATCHER Star Adventurer 2i Specifications

General

Brand	SKY-WATCHER
Model	Star Adventurer 2i
Category	Accessories
Language	English