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<blockquote data-quote="Jacknet" data-source="post: 386003" data-attributes="member: 34142"><p>Sapy - The first thing to do to get a &quot;feel&quot; for star photography is get our there and set up your camera on a tripod and cable release if you have one. I've done it without one with no noticeable results. Start experimenting with exposure. Change your iso around from 800 to 3200 and notice the results. I started shooting wide open f2 on my Tamron 60mm @ 2 sec. After each shot I zoom my playback to a large size to see the results closely. At 2 sec I noticed a trail which means that the FOV for my 60mm lens gets noticeable earth movement. Hard to believe but yeah the earth is moving 26000 miles an hour or something like that. So I went to 1 sec. then a half before I got reasonably sharp stars. But experiment with it. I also started closing up my lens to get better focus. You just have to play with it. One thing you'll notice is how many stars the sensor picks up that you can't see which is the whole advantage of Astrophotography. That's where I started and until my 200mm lens gets here that's about all I can do at this point. I'm also playing with post processing because that's a big part of AP also. Download DeepSkyStacker for free and go on youtube and watch some videos on how to process your pictures. That will keep you busy for awhile.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="Jacknet, post: 386003, member: 34142"] Sapy - The first thing to do to get a "feel" for star photography is get our there and set up your camera on a tripod and cable release if you have one. I've done it without one with no noticeable results. Start experimenting with exposure. Change your iso around from 800 to 3200 and notice the results. I started shooting wide open f2 on my Tamron 60mm @ 2 sec. After each shot I zoom my playback to a large size to see the results closely. At 2 sec I noticed a trail which means that the FOV for my 60mm lens gets noticeable earth movement. Hard to believe but yeah the earth is moving 26000 miles an hour or something like that. So I went to 1 sec. then a half before I got reasonably sharp stars. But experiment with it. I also started closing up my lens to get better focus. You just have to play with it. One thing you'll notice is how many stars the sensor picks up that you can't see which is the whole advantage of Astrophotography. That's where I started and until my 200mm lens gets here that's about all I can do at this point. I'm also playing with post processing because that's a big part of AP also. Download DeepSkyStacker for free and go on youtube and watch some videos on how to process your pictures. That will keep you busy for awhile. [/QUOTE]

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