It looks as though in manual time lapse mode the longest exposure is 1/8 sec. Any way to get even longer exposures eg for astrophotography?

Hi Paul, I'm able to set exposures of up to 30 seconds in manual timelapse mode. Have you already enabled the timelapse setting in the menu?

I have created a short video to show how I select these settings:
https://youtu.be/Ug_p-Zo37KQ

Regards, Christian

yes, I had not realized that one has to set the Video mode to Manual, which allows one to set long exposure times. It works beautifully for Milky Way time-lapses, I shoot 8 sec exposures every 10 sec, the battery lasts 6 hours - midnight to dawn. however I still do not fully understand how to use the "each frame" setting in manual mode. You imply that with a fixed exposure time (eg 8 sec) and the ISO set to auto, and a fixed aperture (in my case fully open) the ISO will automatically be adjusted to keep the overall image brightness constant. So if I start the timelapse at dusk, then as the sky gradually darkens the ISO will keep ramping up? (potentially to max?). My question is: does this work in manual mode with a fixed apreture and exposure time?