Aurora Borealis in Tromsø from Anders M on Vimeo.
That’s what you can do when you have a 4K camera that can shoot at 25600 clean(!) ISO. The video has been taken by Anders M:
Real time video of northern lights on oct. 18th in Tromsø, Norway.
Shot with a Sony A7S and Rokinon 24mm T1.5 at 25600 iso with no noise reduction applied.
Well done Anders!
Sony A7s store links:
Sony A7s in USA/CA at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto, Sony USA, Sony Canada.
Sony A7s in Eu at Sony DE, UK, ES, FR, IT, NL, BE, AT, CH, SE, NO, FI, PL. And Wex UK.
A7s Gariz leather case in [shoplink 27569 ebay]Black (Click here)[/shoplink], [shoplink 27570 ebay]Brown (Click here)[/shoplink], [shoplink 27571 ebay]Red (Click here)[/shoplink] and [shoplink 27572 ebay]Orange (Click here)[/shoplink].
0 Responses
Impressive!
I have always wanted to see the Northern Lights in person and this fantastic video clip just adds to the yearning!
One day, maybe one day…
Do not want to frustrate you, but I was there and never ever will you see this just by going there as a tourist. Sorry, me and others were quite a bit disappointed from too high expectations. It is nice but if you expect this you will feel fooled by some marketing guys. Norway is great by other reasons, the landscape of the Lofoten, Vesteralen et al are just really breathtaking and a place to die for. If I buy gear I alway think of how I would use it up there… and this is true and really something to long for, not like northern lights 🙂
The problem is that all these very nice shots are done with some longer exposuretimes, or fast cameras to capture the color. Our eyes are not seeing color in the dark. So the northernlight you see will show almost no color at all. Take pictures and they show!
Absolutely not true. Auroras can appear pretty colorless, even mistakable for clouds, but only when they’re VERY dim and barely visible. Anything as active as the video and most photos depict would most certainly look very colorful to the naked eye.
Agreed!
In fact when they are as active as in this video, a still camera simply can’t do them justice and the eye sees them better than the camera. Plus, there’s just no comparing that experience.
@Nevercat: Your answer might be more appropriate than mine. The effect is accelerated by the pictures taken, that is what I really meant. Thanks!
Look at the water as he pans down at the end of the video. I could be wrong, but it looks like real time
Could be, I did not see such a light ever and do not know anybody who saw that. Does not mean, it does not exist. To me, this vid is a time laps with long exposure shots. Maybe Anders M could make it clear. The people I know including myself feel let down by this kind of vids and pictures taken with special technical support. Others claim they saw exactly that in real. At least Anders M calls his sample as follows: Thanks! I was lucky and got a huge outbreak.
You should come up here and visit your TimeFest buddy 😉
The ‘come up here’ is the intention of this vid and if you are there, one might need to come up here once more, may be next time…. If I see such a vid from a tourist taken by himself real life then I will believe.
I’d dispute the ‘never ever’ – I went to Finland as a tourist for a week and we saw the northern lights quite clearly on one night – you just have to be lucky as they’re not an every day sighting
Well, there definitely are no guarantees involved in this. I live in Sweden and I am fortunate enough to have seen northern lights IRL on several occasions, but only once with a magnitude larger than the one in the video posted above. On most occasions it has merely been a few faint streaks across the night sky. If you live in a town, the light pollution may be enough to make it pass unnoticed. Since I do own a A7S, I will most likely try to capture some northern lights this winter, but I am more looking forward to try to capture some mareld (milky seas?) on the west coast of sweden next summer. That’s spectacular too, and quite impossible to get on video with normal gear.
you can increase your chance by going to such places at or very near the equinox (March or September) this is when they are most active.
We disagree.
We’ve helped many an Aurora hopeful witness shows like this. It’s not always this amazing but during the solar max, if you spend a week in Fairbanks, your odds of seeing an amazing show are pretty good.
+1. 🙂
That’s actually an edited video, not raw one.
But still looks really nice.
The A7S and A6000 seem to be getting mentioned more than any other Sony camera ever has and causing a stir for all the right reasons. What Sony needs now for more market share is a fast AF Full frame mirrorless like the A6000. They should release a 24mb FF with no AA filter as a point of difference with the A6000 4d focus.
They’d better not – my A7 just arrived this morning…
Brand New Camera and you’re browsing the web, go play with it!
It’s currently sitting under my desk at work – I’m almost at breaking point…
No way, of course they should, Sony may have awesome and often superior cameras they cannot wait too long… No need to say Sony needs to gain trusts among nikon / canon owners.
Competition is tough.. It looks like no one sees it coming, but Samsung is coming and must not be underestimated… Their sensors get better and better and could soon match sony’s.
Have a look to their new NX1 :
http://www.digitalversus.com/samsung-nx1-sony-a77ii-nikon-d750-your-favourite-was-samsung-n36235.html
http://www.digitalversus.com/samsung-nx1-responsiveness-15-fps-burst-mode-baseball-autoshoot-n36283.html
While I hate digital versus for their botched, incomplete and stupid reviews, (so much hate because they’re french like me.) Yet it still caught my attention…
Samsung could easily be harmful to Sony within a few years…
Sony has great technologies they have to use them and have to keep releasing high quality lenses.
I am pretty sure they are working hard on FF sensor with PDAF sites like the A6000 sensor. And it should appear in the next generation of the A7/R/S cameras. The question is would this update come in at a normal release cycle of about 2 years, or sooner due to the criticality in competition in this sector right now.
Sony, just update the a6000 firmware to include XAVC S codec!!!!
Excellent choice of subject to take advantage of this cameras unique features.
beautiful
The first computer mouse, designed by Douglas Enklebart in 1968 was made of wood…
The first computer mouse, designed by Douglas Enklebart in 1968 was made of wood..
The first computer mouse, designed by Douglas Enklebart in 1968 was made of wood.
The first computer mouse, designed by Douglas Enklebart in 1968 was made of wood….
The first computer mouse, designed by Douglas Enklebart in 1968 was made of wood…..
The first computer mouse, designed by Douglas Enklebart in 1968 was made of wood……
The first computer mouse, designed by Douglas Enklebart in 1968 was made of wood……..
The first computer mouse, designed by Douglas Enklebart in 1968 was made of wood………
The first computer mouse, designed by Douglas Enklebart in 1968 was made of wood……….
The first computer mouse, designed by Douglas Enklebart in 1968 was made of wood………..
The first computer mouse, designed by Douglas Enklebart in 1968 was made of wood…………
I have always wondered what an aurora looks like IRL. Now I know.
We picked one of these amazing cameras up at the beginning of the season and are absolutely loving the results. If it handles the entire winter in Fairbanks at 40 below and colder, goodbye Canon.
See some of our results here. https://vimeo.com/ronnmurrayphotography
Don’t often see an aurora quite this nice but it is really something when they do occur. I’ve been out during auroras that simply fill the sky with tendrils and wisps of light; quite amazing!
And an A7S is quite capable of capturing the action in video and/or images…
I live in the Chicago area. I am fortunate to see 5 stars on a clear night! Having grown up further north, I saw the faint streaks as Freddo describes just once. Now my only hope is to go on a week long trip during a solar maximum and hope for the best. I love winter, but the gf hates it, so this will be a tough sell.