How to Capture video of a Sprite

Step 2 Gather equipment. (Camera)

First you need a good low light camera.

I have two cameras in parallel. One color and one Black and White. you don't need a color cam to do this. In fact the Black and White is much better for this purpose. The rest of this Instructable will focus on the B/W camera.

The camera best suited to casual sprite capture cost wide vs lowlight ability is the SuperCircuits PC164c
The camera be found here. PC164c It costs about $114 plus shipping. This is the B/W camera I use
I'd also suggest an outdoor weather housing. You can build one yourself or purchase one. Either will work. Typically you need one because Even if it's not raining when you start a capture session. Odds are, if there's sprites. It's probably gonna rain sometime during the night.

You need the camera to be in a dark location. No street lights or porchlights if possible. Bugs flying through a light will trigger the motion recording software.

You'll need the camera to be on a tripod or some form of stable platform. If the camera moves from wind, bumps or vibrations the motion software will spend all night recording little squiggly stars.

Below you'll see a photo of my cameras and the tower they're mounted on. You don't need a tower! a simple tripod will work. I doesn't matter as long as the camera will stay pointed in on direction and not move around!