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Newb to Photography Anonymous
First try to take picture of stars.

I just started with my new Dslr Rebel Xt.

Manual Mode Iso 1600
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>> Anonymous
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Anon doesn't like stars ?

Ok then this one?

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>> phesarnion
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Protip: Do it in Africa.... In the middle of nowhere.

28mm lens, 30s exposure, F2.8, ISO 1600 I think.

Just messing around with a shit tripod.

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>> Anonymous
pretty much better than i did! And i'm very far away from africa lets say hmm... Canada!
>> phesarnion
so am i... hmm England. lol.
>> Anonymous
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With a d70.

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>> Anonymous
Why is it all blueish? Light polution, Filter?
>> Jeremo !iKGMr61IHM
Would it be better to leave it at ISO 200 and using bulb mode instead???
>> Vincent
OP's pic is lacking critical focus, Manual focus and take a bunch of test shots first to get in focus.

Also depending on the focal length and if you want / don't want star trails will depend on the shutter speed.

wider than 30mm 30 seconds = ok
wider than 50mm 20 seconds = ok
more than 50mm = good luck, or have an equitorial mount.

the wider the lens the better etc etc. Also closer to the north star (For northern hemisphere) the less the stars move in relation.
>> Anonymous
I was at 18mm In manual focus regarding EXIF says Auto !?. Shutter speed 30 sec. and pretty much everyone is telling me iso 1600 is useless and i should always leave it at iso 100 is that true?

thx for the feedback
>> Anonymous
attach your camera to a telescope if you can find an adapter... it'll be worth it.
>> Anonymous
To take pictures of stars
I just put the lens cap on
>> Anonymous
Tripod + Insanely long exposure time = better then 1600 ISO.
>> Anonymous
>>71048

Gratz OP, you may have discovered a new comet/meteor. That or it's a blurry nebula. Clearer picture required.

Where was the camera pointing and at what time? Anon may be able to confirm for you.
>> Anonymous
>>71847

That's Cygnus and Lyra, but I have no idea what "comet" you're talking about.
>> Anonymous
>>71852

That's why I want to check. Without a long exposure or telescopic view it's hard to tell. That and the noise does nothing to help.

Brownish object in the center right of the image. It's not bright enough to be a star or planet (given relative size in comparison to everything else), too motionless for an Earth satellite (this includes space debris), however it still leave the possibility for either a galaxy or nebula. Neither of which are very bright. Notice the tail end of the Milky-Way in the shot and compare brightness given relative size. I suppose it's the color that makes me think otherwise, but you never know until you check. Saturn and Jupiter are out of the question being that they're both as bright as your average star is, however there is possibility of Neptune. However give the size of it at 28mm, I'm going to rule that out.

>>71062
Center right this post. Sorry for correction, it wasn't OP's. Interesting none the less though.

Curiosity has me and I would like to check it out.
>> Anonymous
Get a cable remote release for the Nikon's and you can keep the thing open for 1/2 an hour before it needs to close and process the shot.
>> Anonymous
>>71873

That is if you want to do star trails.
>> Anonymous
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I don't get it, you people. This was the first time I took a photo of stars ever.

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>> Anonymous
>>71877

Work harder.
>> thefamilyman !!rTVzm2BgTOa
>>Camera Actuations 638845037
i lol'd
>> Macheath !8b4g0BkNZg
>>71894
I get that sometimes too with my camera. I think that's a bug with EXIF, I don't even think the RebelXT can record camera actuations.
>> Anonymous
>>71889

Explain?
>> Anonymous
/p/, I need your help please! I'm using a film camera( Canon EOS Rebel X) and I have a decent tripod to use with it. I want to take photos of the lunar eclipse tonight if that's possible, but I can't take photos and then see how they turn out and go back to try again. Can /p/ give me some tips that I should start out with? I'll take a lot of film, so I'll be perfectly all right with constantly tweaking it during the eclipse, but I don't want to go out and take photos with no starting point in terms of HOW to take the photos.

I'm really green when it comes to cameras... Any and all information regarding what film to use, which settings I should use, and what tips and tricks might garner better/clearer images would be really helpful. Thanks!
>> Anonymous
What time's the lunar eclipse?

Check the EXIF on this, but I think going at aperture 5.6 with ISO 100 for 6 seconds would expose alright for the moon's detail (at 60mm). You really should use tele for the moon, tho. I don't have one.

Settings depend on what kind of optics you're gonna use, I think.
>> Anonymous
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>>72040


oops

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>> Anonymous
>>72040

Crap, nevermind. Film camera. Disregard my calculations. You also have that reciprocity law failure thing to account for that I have no idea about. I think with certain longer exposures on film you have to halve the shutter speed to get the correct exposure.
>> Anonymous
For all intents and purposes, the lunar eclipse is at about 3:33 AM. I can get high up to escape the light pollution of the city, and the only lens that I have is a 35-80 mm lens, but since you said 60 would be good, I suppose I'm all right.
Thanks for the help. I'll be checking back as often as I can if there are any more suggestions.
>> Anonymous
>>72045
So should I go with 6 seconds or 3?
Or should I just try both? Haha
>> Anonymous
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Here's some shots I just took (tonight) by custom mounting my shitty point and shoot old olympus to my Celestron C-5 catadioptric telescope

Too bad I can't mount my proper SLR to it, I've tried but I still can't work out how to do it. These shots aren't too bad though

1/2

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>> Anonymous
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And...


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>> Anonymous
I thought that setting the shutter speed to 1/125 would make the image too dark... or is that some special circumstance that's making your image come out bright enough?
>> Anonymous
>>72067
the moon is a very bright object. I did no tweaking with the exposure afterwards (only a little bit of cropping + resizing for 4chan)

Use spot metering and you'll find that the moon needs a pretty fast shutter speed to be correctly exposed, else it will just be a burnt white hole in your picture.
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This is my capture of the moon with nothing more than a 57mm lens on a Fuji S5000. I would like a 300mm zoom lens but $$$ are lacking for that extravagance.

It was a very bright moon at 5:43AM. Played around with 40 different settings to get this one. My camera isn't exactly feature rich.

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>> Anonymous
Right, but my issue will be when the actual eclipse takes place and the reflection of the sun will be gone( what with the earth being in the way and all).

Or will enough light still manage to reflect in some scientific "what the fuckery" that I don't yet comprehend?
>> Anonymous
Bump?
>> Vincent
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>>72078
>>Fuji S5000, 37 - 370 mm equiv.

Actually that 57 becomes 370mm equivelant on a 35mm sensor. So effectively someone with a 1.5 or 1.6x crop DSLR needs a 240mm lens or greater to beat that.

I had a 70-300 I slapped a 2x convertor on, but the convertor was such bad quality I don't think it really helped..

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>> Anonymous
Hey, wouldn't it be better to use a higher ISO like 400 or 800 since it's more sensitive?
Or am I confused?
>> Anonymous
>>72111

Well you can but you risk getting too much noise. A longer exposure at ISO 100 would look a lot better.