Shooting Night Scenes under Starry Skies (Star Nightscape) (PowerShot G5 X Mark II)
21-May-2019
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Solution
Capture impressive shots of starry skies above night scenes.
Procedures for shooting in Star Nightscape mode are explained below.
1. Press the power button to turn the camera on.
2. Set the mode dial to 
.
.
3. Press the 
button.
button.
4. Press the 
/ 
buttons to choose [ Shooting mode ].
/ buttons to choose [ Shooting mode ].
5. Press the 
/ 
buttons to choose [ 
], then press the button.
/ buttons to choose [ ], then press the button. 
- Zoom is set to maximum wide angle and cannot be adjusted.
NOTE
- Adjusting colors
- Press the button, and then press the / buttons to choose [ Color adjustment ] .
button, and then press the / buttons to choose [ Color adjustment ] . - Press the / buttons, to choose a setting option.
/ buttons, to choose a setting option. - Fine-tuning : Press the 
button, and then press the / / / buttons.
button, and then press the / / / buttons.6. Mount the camera on a tripod or take other measures to keep it still.
NOTE
- Adjusting the focus
- Press the button, and then press the / buttons to choose [ MF ].
button, and then press the / buttons to choose [ MF ]. - Press the button, and then tilt the camera so that the stars to capture are inside the frame displayed.
button, and then tilt the camera so that the stars to capture are inside the frame displayed. - Press the button to start adjustment.
button to start adjustment. - Adjustment may take some time, so do not move the camera until a message indicates that adjustment is complete.
7. Press the shutter button.
IMPORTANT
- There will be a delay before you can shoot again, as the camera processes the images.
- B: blue; A: amber; M: magenta; G: green
- Try setting
[ Night display ] to [ On ] in this mode. - To make stars brighter, choose
[ Star emphasis ] -> [ Sharp ]. To emphasize the bright stars in a starry sky, set to [ Soft ]. This setting can produce eye-catching shots by enlarging bright stars while de-emphasizing dimmer stars. To disable starlight processing, select [ Off ]. Note that in bright scenes, images are not processed to emphasize stars, even when set to [ Sharp ] or [ Soft ]. - Try switching to manual focus mode to more accurately specify the focal position before shooting.