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Newbie's (blackstar) Moon Shot questions and helps
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<blockquote data-quote="Dawg Pics" data-source="post: 719918" data-attributes="member: 26505"><p>I think you need 10 posts in order to attach an image. </p><p></p><p>Shooting mode "M" is just for changing shutter speed, and aperture manually. You have to change the focus mode to manual focus in order to use the focus ring on the lens. Yes, it takes a little practice to get sharp focus using manual focus. A small light in a room is a good way to practice. When you get some good weather, try to focus on Venus or whatever bright star shows up first at twilight. That would be easier than trying to do it on a faint star in the dark. At least, that is what I would do to practice. Just use live view and zoom in. You need a tripod to do this.</p><p></p><p>When you are in Live View, the display for the settings will be on the border of the monitor. You can't get the full display that you are talking about unless you take it out of live view.</p><p></p><p>If you are shooting star images, then you need take the camera out of auto ISO. Your lens isn't all that fast, meaning it only goes to F3.5, and you probably need to shoot with a smaller aperture than f3.5 for best sharpness. As a result, your ISO setting will likely be up kind of high. It will be trial and error. You can start with ISO 6400 and set the shutter speed to stay open for no more than 20 seconds and see how it looks. Then you adjust from there.</p><p></p><p>You just need to keep taking images until you find what works for you in your shooting conditions. Light pollution and turbulence in the atmosphere will affect your images.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dawg Pics, post: 719918, member: 26505"] I think you need 10 posts in order to attach an image. Shooting mode "M" is just for changing shutter speed, and aperture manually. You have to change the focus mode to manual focus in order to use the focus ring on the lens. Yes, it takes a little practice to get sharp focus using manual focus. A small light in a room is a good way to practice. When you get some good weather, try to focus on Venus or whatever bright star shows up first at twilight. That would be easier than trying to do it on a faint star in the dark. At least, that is what I would do to practice. Just use live view and zoom in. You need a tripod to do this. When you are in Live View, the display for the settings will be on the border of the monitor. You can't get the full display that you are talking about unless you take it out of live view. If you are shooting star images, then you need take the camera out of auto ISO. Your lens isn't all that fast, meaning it only goes to F3.5, and you probably need to shoot with a smaller aperture than f3.5 for best sharpness. As a result, your ISO setting will likely be up kind of high. It will be trial and error. You can start with ISO 6400 and set the shutter speed to stay open for no more than 20 seconds and see how it looks. Then you adjust from there. You just need to keep taking images until you find what works for you in your shooting conditions. Light pollution and turbulence in the atmosphere will affect your images. [/QUOTE]
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