Old but new to DSLR photography

mjadams61

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I started in photography in my sophomore year in high school and I am 55 now so the time of 35mm :). My dad was a hobbist in photography even had a dark room setup. Well got out of photography when I got out of high school just the normal photos with cheap 35mm and now smartphone and point and shoot cameras. Well had a stroke jan 2014 and decided to get back into photography but mainly into night sky photography so got me a D3400 after doing some research and the price of a 2 lens kit Nikon DX 18-55 and 70-300 so hopefully I can get some info on the different settings this DSLR needs for night sky photography :)
 
There are a lot of us here who started off in 35mm and the darkroom including me. (I am about 11 years older than you.) Photography is a sickness. Around here we call it NAS (Nikon Acquisition Syndrome) Got to get that next lens, that next camera or that next Speed Light.

Welcome to the group.

If you fill out your profile and add the camera gear we can better answer any questions that you might have.
You can do that at http://nikonites.com/profile.php?do=editprofile

Under camera just put the model number like D3400; Once you put the first letter like D you will see a list of all the cameras in the database pop up. The more numbers you put in the smaller the list becomes. When you see your camera just click on it, Be sure to click on "Save Changes" in the lower right corner.

Thanks
 
Now lets see some photos.

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mjadams61

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Here a couple I took during the day with the AF-P NIKKOR 18-55MM lens
 
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