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Night sky pictures - how to focus?
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<blockquote data-quote="sOnIc" data-source="post: 190872" data-attributes="member: 15861"><p>Yes good conditions are hard to come by, I'm waiting for the Moon to go away .. but my most recent experience was for the Perseid meteor shower a few weeks ago; I focussed using Cappella which is the brightest star in the northerly direction, I zoomed in to 55mm and very carefully adjusted the focus back and forth until I was sure I'd got it right, then pulled back to 18mm - and it was in perfect focus for the whole session. But I just realised this would not be possible if using a prime lens, so maybe Live View is the best way to do it in that case...</p><p>Clear skies ...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="sOnIc, post: 190872, member: 15861"] Yes good conditions are hard to come by, I'm waiting for the Moon to go away .. but my most recent experience was for the Perseid meteor shower a few weeks ago; I focussed using Cappella which is the brightest star in the northerly direction, I zoomed in to 55mm and very carefully adjusted the focus back and forth until I was sure I'd got it right, then pulled back to 18mm - and it was in perfect focus for the whole session. But I just realised this would not be possible if using a prime lens, so maybe Live View is the best way to do it in that case... Clear skies ... [/QUOTE]
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