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<blockquote data-quote="BF Hammer" data-source="post: 819679" data-attributes="member: 48483"><p>[USER=16749]@Bob Blaylock[/USER] : I agree that is more likely the glow of urban light pollution. Looks like what I have also captured with long exposure toward a town.</p><p></p><p>My way to get to infinity is to get an assist from LiveView. Set to manual focus, activate LiveView, put the focus square on a bright star. Now use the zoom-in button to enlarge that star as far as you can. Adjust the focus ring to make the star shrink to a minimum size point (it grows again beyond infinity). Now press the center button on the direction pad to reset LiveView. Looking through a tiny viewfinder in the dark is a rotten experience so I do all my work with LiveView and the rear screen.</p><p></p><p>On Friday, I tried 10, 8, and 6 seconds for shutter. 6 was working best, I should have gone to 4 seconds and bumped ISO to 6400. Aurora moves a bit faster than I thought. Motion blur was a thing. But I only have that luxury because I used my 15mm f/2.8 Carl Zeiss lens.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BF Hammer, post: 819679, member: 48483"] [USER=16749]@Bob Blaylock[/USER] : I agree that is more likely the glow of urban light pollution. Looks like what I have also captured with long exposure toward a town. My way to get to infinity is to get an assist from LiveView. Set to manual focus, activate LiveView, put the focus square on a bright star. Now use the zoom-in button to enlarge that star as far as you can. Adjust the focus ring to make the star shrink to a minimum size point (it grows again beyond infinity). Now press the center button on the direction pad to reset LiveView. Looking through a tiny viewfinder in the dark is a rotten experience so I do all my work with LiveView and the rear screen. On Friday, I tried 10, 8, and 6 seconds for shutter. 6 was working best, I should have gone to 4 seconds and bumped ISO to 6400. Aurora moves a bit faster than I thought. Motion blur was a thing. But I only have that luxury because I used my 15mm f/2.8 Carl Zeiss lens. [/QUOTE]
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