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[SBCriss]

Cool photos. If I were to take a shot of the sky tonight, what would I have my setting on? I have no tripod and an 18-55mm lens...lol (great start, i know :rolleyes:)

 

Well in the beginning i puted my camera on a table and puted something under the lense that the camera points the sky.. And a 18-55mm is great, pretty much the same as i always use :)

Make the aperture as small as possible (like F2.9 or something) and the shutter speed between 20-30sec. And ISO always as high as possible :)

Have fun

[T0M722]

Thanks I'll experiment tonight :D

[TDU 505]

Make the aperture as small as possible (like F2.9 or something) and the shutter speed between 20-30sec. And ISO always as high as possible :)

Have fun

 

Isn't that aperture very large? Unless you mistyped f/29.

[MANTE84]

Actually i have a tripod, but i don't understand a thing on your tutorial; why must i use the max ISO i can use on my camera, my pictures will be grainy and with over luminosity, i think . Maybe if i use a lower shutter speed like 60 seconds, aperture as low as possible on my camera F/2.8, can i get a nice pictures of the night stars ?

 

@TDU505 No Sbcriss is right, when the aperture is at F/2.9 for exemple, you let the luminosity enter on your camera and if you use a F/29 your pictures will be black, you don't let the luminosity enter so in night your picture will be black.

@TOM722 Get a tripod if you want to make night shoot, without that's impossible or really hard

[t.]

Actually i have a tripod, but i don't understand a thing on your tutorial; why must i use the max ISO i can use on my camera, my pictures will be grainy and with over luminosity, i think

 

Ya, I've not ever understood why he uses maximum ISO. Surely if your camera has a 'Bulb' exposure setting you could leave the ISO fairly low and hold the exposure for over a minute or two depending on how dark it was? Should have the same effect minus the noise, given that high ISO's are a comprimise for using quicker shutters in low light but since we have a tripod we don't need a quick shutter. I'd go for an Aperture substantially smaller than f2.8 as well, likely f8 - 10 but again that's dependent on light. This is all theoretical however, having not been out to try.

[TDU 505]

@TDU505 No Sbcriss is right, when the aperture is at F/2.9 for exemple, you let the luminosity enter on your camera and if you use a F/29 your pictures will be black, you don't let the luminosity enter so in night your picture will be black.

 

No no, I'm not talking about technique here. He says "small aperture" and quotes f/2.9 as an example, but f/2.9 is a bloody large aperture value.

[T0M722]

I tried it earlier and it was alright. I had trouble focusing it.. how do you do that? XP Here's a shot of it.

 

Fail nightsky by T0M722, on Flickr

[MANTE84]

There's some pictures (exactly the same) but with different setting , shutter speed, aperture , with-without flash, ISO ..

 

http://i1201.photobucket.com/albums/bb341/MANTE84/P1130568.jpg

Exposure : 20 ; Aperture: f/2.8 ; ISO 100 ; no flash

 

http://i1201.photobucket.com/albums/bb341/MANTE84/P1130569.jpg

Exposure : 15 ; Aperture: f/2.8 ; ISO 100 ; no flash

 

http://i1201.photobucket.com/albums/bb341/MANTE84/P1130570.jpg

Exposure : 10 ; Aperture: f/2.8 ; ISO 100 ; no flash

 

http://i1201.photobucket.com/albums/bb341/MANTE84/P1130571.jpg

Exposure : 5 ; Aperture f/2.8 ; ISO 100 ; no flash

 

http://i1201.photobucket.com/albums/bb341/MANTE84/P1130572.jpg

Exposure : 2 ; Aperture f/2.8 ; ISO 100 ; no flash

 

http://i1201.photobucket.com/albums/bb341/MANTE84/P1130573-1.jpg

Exposure : 60 ; Aperture f/2.8 ; ISO 100 ; no flash

 

http://i1201.photobucket.com/albums/bb341/MANTE84/P1130574.jpg

Exposure 40 ; Aperture f/2.8 ; ISO 100 ; no flash

 

http://i1201.photobucket.com/albums/bb341/MANTE84/P1130575.jpg

Exposure 1/2 ; Aperture f/2.8 ; ISO 100 ; no flash

 

http://i1201.photobucket.com/albums/bb341/MANTE84/P1130576.jpg

Exposure : 1/10 ; Aperture f/2.8 ; ISO 100 ; no flash

 

http://i1201.photobucket.com/albums/bb341/MANTE84/P1130578.jpg

Exposure : 1/25 , Aperture f/2.8 ; ISO 100 , flash

 

http://i1201.photobucket.com/albums/bb341/MANTE84/P1130579.jpg

Exposure : 1/25 ; Aperture f/2.8 ISO 1250 ; flash

 

http://i1201.photobucket.com/albums/bb341/MANTE84/P1130580-1.jpg

Exposure : 8 ; Aperture f/2.8 ; ISO 100 ; flash

 

http://i1201.photobucket.com/albums/bb341/MANTE84/P1130581.jpg

Exposure : 20 ; Aperture f/2.8 ; ISO 100 ; flash

 

http://i1201.photobucket.com/albums/bb341/MANTE84/P1130582.jpg

Exposure 3.2 ; Aperture f/2.8 ; ISO 100 ; flash

 

http://i1201.photobucket.com/albums/bb341/MANTE84/P1130583.jpg

Exposure 2 ; Aperture f/2.8 ; ISO 800 ; flash

 

http://i1201.photobucket.com/albums/bb341/MANTE84/P1130584.jpg

Exposure : 2 ; Aperture f/2.8 ; ISO 1250 ; flash

 

http://i1201.photobucket.com/albums/bb341/MANTE84/P1130586.jpg

Exposure : 2 ; Aperture f/2.8 ; ISO 400 ; flash

 

These pictures has been taken around 10 PM

As you can see there's no stars i've waiting until 0 AM

 

+ I've used a tripod

[SBCriss]

Well guys listen:

If you do a nightsky shot with over 35secondes the stars wont be nice because of the earth rotation, then you get startrails which is also nice.

And i was wrong with aperture, 2.9 is small and 29 is big

And about the focusing thing:

Usually i focused a lightpole on the street, then turn back to Manuell focus.

But to get the best focusing, you have to use MF and focus it as you want

More ISO at night is for me to get more light, tri it out 10sec with iso 100 = black

10 sec with 1600iso = good nightsky shot

And you need to edit it abit on a photoshop program, change the RGB levels..

If i didnt help you, im sorry, this works very well for me, but there are lots of tutorials on the internet ;)

[MANTE84]

Well guys listen:

If you do a nightsky shot with over 35secondes the stars wont be nice because of the earth rotation, then you get startrails which is also nice.

And i was wrong with aperture, 2.9 is small and 29 is big

And about the focusing thing:

Usually i focused a lightpole on the street, then turn back to Manuell focus.

But to get the best focusing, you have to use MF and focus it as you want

More ISO at night is for me to get more light, tri it out 10sec with iso 100 = black

10 sec with 1600iso = good nightsky shot

And you need to edit it abit on a photoshop program, change the RGB levels..

If i didnt help you, im sorry, this works very well for me, but there are lots of tutorials on the internet ;)

 

I don't agree with you, our pictures will be more grainy. You said ISO 100 = Black, that's true so we can USE an ISO 400 or 800 with 25-30 seconds

[TDU 505]

I don't agree with you, our pictures will be more grainy. You said ISO 100 = Black, that's true so we can USE an ISO 400 or 800 with 25-30 seconds

Exactly. This is what I don't understand. Why not leave it open for longer? Unless you don't want star trails.

[MANTE84]

So i've tried to make some night stars shoot, so that's what i've tried

 

I just post one because i like it .

 

 

Exposure : 60

Aperture : f/3.6

ISO 100

No flash

 

I've tried some pictures with ISO 1600 and 8 seconds for speed and they looks really grainy, lately i will try again, like certainly tonight

[SBCriss]

Well ok, but as i said, it works for me, all those nightsky shots that i've taken, were all taken with ISO 1600, and the other ppl liked them

 

Nice one mante, did you set aperture to BULB?

 

ISO 1600:

It was a cloudless night by SBCriss95, on Flickr

 

 

Nightsky Photoshoot by SBCriss95, on Flickr

 

 

Another Nightsky by SBCriss95, on Flickr

 

 

Nightsky by SBCriss95, on Flickr

 

 

Cloudy night by SBCriss95, on Flickr

 

 

Nightsky 1 by SBCriss95, on Flickr

 

 

Ok they are a bit grainy, but imo this looks good on nightky shots, looks like there were more stars in the sky

[MANTE84]

If you've a tip to lend me for makes a nice stars shoot, i listen you i just have to take my tripod and come on my garden. What is BULB? I understand the word bulb but i don't understand what do you mean.

 

Can you come on msn please ?

Thanks in advance

[mau92]

What is your maximum of ISO mau? If you can switch your ISO to 6400, 8 secondes will be good, and use a tripod ;)

 

Thanks Lead! :D:D

 

i dont remember the maximum ISO, but i think its near 6400 or so. Thanks for the advice!

 

Cheers!

Mau

 

EDIT: max ISO 3200

[SBCriss]

Ur welcome mau :)

And mante sry i cant come on msn now

BUlB is an option on a camera where you shot a photo as long as you press the button

I said pretty much everything, this is how i do nightsky shots, but you have to practise, your first shots wont be perfect, but after some nights you were standing outside you should get some cool shots :)

[mau92]

I grabbed the camera and started to "play" with it. Here are the configs i get with the different settings.

 

In "Automatic Program" mode (the P)

 

ISO 3200 1'' F3.5 +2.0EV

 

In "Fireworks" mode

 

ISO N/A 8'' F5.6 +2.0EV

 

In "High ISO" mode (high sens)

 

ISO 3200/1600 5'' (almost) +2.0EV

 

 

In all modes the camera sets the lens opening time as well as the exposure time, except in "Fireworks" mode, where you can select the exposure time by changing the "EV's", but you cant change the ISO.

[T0M722]

I had my ISO set to 6400 with a small large aperture and around 25sec shutter speed. It's hard to focus on the sky because it's dark through the viewfinder.

[MANTE84]

I had my ISO set to 6400 with a small large aperture and around 25sec shutter speed. It's hard to focus on the sky because it's dark through the viewfinder.

 

I think you focus in manual, you just have to try many times and definitly you will get a nice picture !

[SBCriss]

^ Ur right :)

[MANTE84]

^ Ur right :)

 

Sbcriss, i can't do evrything i want with the sky, we're speacking about stars, my focus can be only automatic, all setting are in manual but this one is automatic ...

I was thinkin' i must buy a DSLR camera but my dad isn't ok, oh yea i have some old's DSLR camera, you can't image how old these have ... I don't want to use them >.<

Maybe if you've some tip to lend me, i'm welcome for receive them.

 

My camera is a Panasonic Lumix FZ 18

100-1600 ISO

f/2.8-f/8 => Aperture

60-1/1600 =>Exposure

 

If you want to know more, you just have to request.

[SBCriss]

Well my only tip is:

Buy a cheap DSLR camera, my Canon eos 1000D costs now about 300€, and its realpy good for its money.

The autofocus cant focus on stars the only way to focus it would be the moon

[Just_a_Script]

(not a real Gun! and disarmed anmuntion)

 

 

an nice Album Morgens im Wald in Mudersbach - a set on Flickr

 

:chewy:

[MANTE84]

Well my only tip is:

Buy a cheap DSLR camera, my Canon eos 1000D costs now about 300€, and its realpy good for its money.

The autofocus cant focus on stars the only way to focus it would be the moon

 

The price isn't a problem, i just have to wait ... actually i need a laptop and after this i will certainly buy a DSLR camera

[Ken]

I don't have a DSLR camera but with my digital camera and a tiny touch of PS I can produce these:

 

http://i944.photobucket.com/albums/ad289/westwingturbos/Scenery/lkjlkjlio.jpg

 

http://i944.photobucket.com/albums/ad289/westwingturbos/Scenery/oiuoiuoiu.jpg

 

http://i944.photobucket.com/albums/ad289/westwingturbos/Flowers%20and%20Animals/100_3111copy.jpg