Capturing a perfect night sky can be daunting. You usually need a long exposure to capture the brightness of stars, even on the clearest of nights. Also, because of the rotation of the earth, when you take pictures, the stars in pictures often show tailing or streaks. One solution was the equatorial mount that typically used by photographers. However, it could not rotate freely, and so severely limiting composition in hopes of getting a clearer image. RecentlyΒ BenroPolarisΒ has launched a campaign onΒ KickstarterΒ forΒ Polaris, which is a wireless, smart electric tripod head. This is good news for Photographers because Polaris enables you conveniently frame the perfect shooting angle with ease. Polaris can make night, landscape, and nature photography efficient and uncomplicated.
About Polaris, the company says:
By introducing Polaris to the world, we hope to dismantle the technical boundaries traditional photographic tripods currently face to a more progressive and intelligent stage.
PolarisΒ works by using the inbuiltΒ GPS, compass, and astromaps to move the head precisely to prevent tailing or streaks. This feature enables you to capture perfect shots of theΒ Milky WayΒ or any constellations. The inbuilt features also enable you to adjust your shooting angle whenever you want to. In order for you to frame your shot, the Polaris app uses Astro maps, AI, and the sensors in your mobile phone to make framing a shit easy. All you have to do is point your phone at the sky, move it around to see every star your camera could capture. Once you see the shot, press the shutter button, then Polaris will automatically rotate and begin capturing the area your phone was framing. Polaris features an inbuilt GPS, an accelerometer, and an electric compass. These features enable Polaris to get its latitude, longitude, and orientation data. With the data provided, the processor inside Polaris then calculates the rotation of the polar axis. You donβt have to carry out polar axis calibration due to this feature.
PolarisΒ also features a high precision hall angular sensor as well as a reduction gearbox structure, which can reach an extreme control precision of up toΒ 0.01Λwhich is equal to the amount the earth rotates inΒ 2.5 seconds. This enables you to capture the stars with a longer exposure, and can get the same result as you would get with a 2.5-second exposure. This helps reduce the image being blurry due to the earthβs rotation and the magnification effect of the camera lens. Your shots will be clear, sharp, and leave out the blurry star trails. When shooting landscape photos of sunrise or sunset, you encounter the problem of choosing the most suitable shooting location and angle for the best shot. However, In conjunction with the mobile app, Polaris can simulate the sunβs movement, and you can compose the picture before the sun has risen or is close to being set. The composition is simulated by making use of the mobile phoneβs accelerometer, camera, and AI. All you have to do is select where you want the Sun framed above the horizon and send it to Polaris. Polaris will take photos at the exact time the sun hits the selected angle.
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