GoPro Hero 8 Nightlapse Video
Channel: Marcus Glass
Date: 26/07/2020

- GoPro Hero 8 Black Night lapse Video Mode experiment in rain from night to early morning in rain.  Was hoping to catch cool clouds and storm as it came through but the storm arrived much earlier than anticipated. 

--- Storm Night Lapse Suggestions (do as I say not as I do) --
Based on my learning experience with this night lapse here are some suggestions to improve your next storm time lapse:

1.Night lapse video with Interval set to auto may result in a very long time lapse when camera is stationary.   Perhaps manual setting of interval would be best. I sped up the time lapse portion of this video by 300% because at 100% speed there was not much occurring and it made the time lapse too long and boring.

2. Determine whether focus is the ground or clouds. If clouds put horizon at lower third of frame so lower third is ground and upper two thirds is sky. If focus is ground then place horizon at upper third of frame so you have two thirds ground and one third sky. 

3. Time lapses of storms are better with higher winds and faster moving clouds . 

4. Get into position well before the storm is about to arrive so the time lapse captures the storm approaching so you can capture cloud movements and lighting and the wall of rain approaching.

5. To reduce water droplets on lens try one of the following
  A. Put Rain-X Glass Treatment on lens
  B. Use a lens cover with Hydrophobic properties such as Clearex Hydrophobic Screen Protector.
  C. Lick the lens (assuming it is already clean and free of Covid-19)
  D. Spit on lens and rub it around a bit then use hand sanitizer on your hands to disinfect your hands of Covid 19 and other germs.
  E. Put some JetDry for dishwashers on the lens

GoPro Hero 8 Black Night Lapse Settings in this video:
Resolution 4K
Lens Wide
Interval Auto 
Format Video
Shutter Auto
EV Comp 0
White Balance 0
ISO Min 100
ISO Max 800
Sharpness High
Color Flat

Outcome of settings
- Video was grainy which may be partly due to the constant rain
- Captured video was too long in length. Interval should have been manually set to a higher value.

Amazon Links to items in video
GoPro Hero 8 Black https://amzn.to/2X9YWgR