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<blockquote data-quote="blackstar" data-source="post: 745505" data-attributes="member: 47518"><p>Thank you so much, BF.</p><p></p><p>After all your explanation and sharing studied, still have more inquiries for you to help: Do you just throw raw files into Sequator to run stacking? or convert raw into TIFF and pre-process them b4 stacking with Squator? or just use jpg's to run stacking? The fact that the final stacked images stand out as brilliantly beautiful from the seemingly crapy single exposures really makes the (stacking) process impressive. (But I realize your effort and investment in equipment to improve single exposures also make a great difference. And post process also a big factor.)</p><p></p><p>Viewing from your outtakes, it seems the MW images are visible in them, at least faintly though, if not very clear. So, I would assume for all four sets of single exposures, you were there able to see the MW in the sky with naked eyes (at least faint scene). If I'm correct, the place you took shots must have a light pollution scale = 3 or 4. So it's not comparable (aside from your investment and efforts) to the place I took shots -- backyard in town (scale=7). And was not able to see even faint MW in the sky. </p><p></p><p>I think I'm going to get a new Rokinon 10mm f2.8 wide angle CS lens for my D3500 after failed to try two new Rokinon 12mm f2.8 fisheye FF lenses: incompatible lens! I figure that using Rokinon 14mm f2.8 FF with d3500, it will come down to ~18mm wide which overlap my kit lens. OTOH, when upgrade to FF body, Rokinon 10mm f2.8 CS lens will come down to ~15mm wide, which is close to 14mm. Am I on the right path? Afterward, I may try to take shots at other darker places and hope to get better result.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="blackstar, post: 745505, member: 47518"] Thank you so much, BF. After all your explanation and sharing studied, still have more inquiries for you to help: Do you just throw raw files into Sequator to run stacking? or convert raw into TIFF and pre-process them b4 stacking with Squator? or just use jpg's to run stacking? The fact that the final stacked images stand out as brilliantly beautiful from the seemingly crapy single exposures really makes the (stacking) process impressive. (But I realize your effort and investment in equipment to improve single exposures also make a great difference. And post process also a big factor.) Viewing from your outtakes, it seems the MW images are visible in them, at least faintly though, if not very clear. So, I would assume for all four sets of single exposures, you were there able to see the MW in the sky with naked eyes (at least faint scene). If I'm correct, the place you took shots must have a light pollution scale = 3 or 4. So it's not comparable (aside from your investment and efforts) to the place I took shots -- backyard in town (scale=7). And was not able to see even faint MW in the sky. I think I'm going to get a new Rokinon 10mm f2.8 wide angle CS lens for my D3500 after failed to try two new Rokinon 12mm f2.8 fisheye FF lenses: incompatible lens! I figure that using Rokinon 14mm f2.8 FF with d3500, it will come down to ~18mm wide which overlap my kit lens. OTOH, when upgrade to FF body, Rokinon 10mm f2.8 CS lens will come down to ~15mm wide, which is close to 14mm. Am I on the right path? Afterward, I may try to take shots at other darker places and hope to get better result. [/QUOTE]
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