Using the GoPro: All Night Time-Lapse – Settings and Setup Tutorial



My GoPro Hero 4 Night Lapse Video, and how you can film the stars too!

By Kristian Bell

The new GoPro Hero 4 opened up a whole different realm in photography/filmmaking: the night sky. Also it gave me another thing to film around the house! The time lapses are awesome so let’s jump into it.

Looking for a different night lapse tutorial?

Part 2 – editing: Night Lapse Post Production Tutorial

In depth settings tutorial: Protune and Night Mode Tutorial

What you need:

A GoPro HERO4 Extension Cord Tripod (I just use the generic GoPro sticky mount and a ladder) The GoPro Frame









USB charger and box I also Recommend an LCD BackPack











GoPro 4

Extension Cord

Basic Tripod

The Frame

LCD Backpack



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Settings:

I know you’re antsy to get your first night lapse so I am going to make the settings very easy for you. For our purposes—filming the stars—I always recommend trying this (one size fits all) set-up:

Shutter: 30s Interval: Continuous MegPixels: 12mp Wide Spot Meter: Off Protune: on White Balance: 3000K Color: GoPro ISO: 800 Sharpness = MED EV Comp: n/a

Take your filmmaking and photography to the next level! Protune settings trouble every GoPro user, and since they are such a large part of night photography I made an entire post for you. Read about protune/night-mode settings and their relation to night photography in my in-depth Tutorial.

Set-up: