 Mark Hemsworth |
Shooting the night sky Hi, There has been some really clear skies and great views of the stars and moon but I dont seem to be able to get anything half decet captured. I either end up with just a blank image instead of the stars of the moon completely burnt out but no stars, can anyone suggest what settings to use? or am I asking too much of the equipment I have? i have a fuji s602 digital camera.
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Dave Kone |
When shooting the moon you need a high sutter speed as if you were shooting in broad daylight. For the stars try exposure times between 10 - 30 seconds. Much longer than 30 seconds start trails will show.
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Pete H |
Consumer Digital cameras do not lend themselves well to photographing stars..The reason is the sensor. Shooting white dots on a black background with these cams just isn't all that hot..You'll see "noise" in the photos at anything over 30 secs..NR does help, but is not a cure. There are sensors especially well suited to this, but they are not used for everyday photos..They fall in the realm of astrophotography. Pete
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Andrew Laverghetta |
I have a picture in my gallery of a night sky with a tree in the foreground. I think it was something like ISO 1600 or maybe 3200 at F/4.0 for 30 seconds. If you look closely, you can see some trails; the stars look like dashes instead of dots. Even on the Canon 20D with noise reduction there is a lot of noise. I guess I probably could have used a slower ISO for this shot but I didn't as I was mainly experimenting. I did end up having a good slide exposure of the big dipper on Fuji Velvia 100F, 30 seconds at f1.8 and I couldn't really see any trails. That was odd.
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