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To provide more convenient operational experience,
Star Adventurer 2i
provides an easy
way to execute 6 most popular photographic functions including
Astrophotography
mode with celestial tracking
,
Astrophotography mode with solar tracking ,
Astrophotography mode with lunar tracking, Astro Time-lapse
mode,
Regular-
Exposure Time-Lapse
mode and
Long-Exposure Time-Lapse
mode. All you have to do
is turning the
Mode Dial
to corresponding mode, then
Star Adventurer 2i
will automatically
execute the preprogrammed function with your favorite settings. The default factory settings
will be used if user haven't customized their own settings.
Please refer to "Appendix
Ⅳ
:
How to Restore Factory Settings
" for details.
Please note that all the successful executed parameters in APP mode will be
automatically stored into corresponding preprogrammed function mode.
For
example, when you turn the
Mode Dial
to APP and configure the
Exposure
as 180
seconds ,
Photo Interval
as 2 seconds ,
Photos
as 60 pictures,
Tracking Rate
as
sidereal,
Dithering Range
as disabled and
WiFi
Off on Run
as disabled. After you click on
Run
, all these settings will be stored into preprogrammed
Astrophotography
mode with
celestial tracking
. Next time when you turn Mode Dial to
, All the previous configured
settings will take effect instead of factory setting.
Whenever the button are pushed or Slide Switch are changed, the preprogrammed task
will be terminated and restart after button released or Slide Switch changed.
Switched to STOP:
The motor will stop rotation,
however the camera shutter control still works. This is
useful when taking astrophotography with landscape.
You can switch to
STOP
to take a clear landscape
photo first, then switch to N/S to take photos with sharp
celestial objects. Then stacking them to get a fantastic
astro-photo with landscape.
Switched to N:
For
Astrophotography
mode in
Northern Hemisphere. For rotating direction in time-
lapse please refer to the picture on the left
Switched to S:
For
Astrophotography
mode in
Southern Hemisphere. For rotating direction in time-
lapse please refer to the picture on the left
Six Preprogrammed Function Modes (
, , , ,
RT
and
LT):
Rotation direction in six preprogrammed task
modes:
3-position Slide Switch:
Buttons:
Whenever you push the buttons,
Star
Adventurer 2i
will rotate at speed of 12 times of
sidereal rate. Please refer to picture on the left for
rotation direction.
Buttons:
Whenever you push the buttons,
Star
Adventurer 2i
will rotate at speed of 12 times of
sidereal rate. Please refer to picture on the left for
rotation direction.
Press Right
Button
Press Left
Button
Slide Switch
Switched to N
Slide Switch
Switched to S