First astro shot with my Canon A60.

02/17/2004 11:41:56 AM · #1

Just wanted to share a few shots i just took.

Please give me any advice on improvements,

I cant push the Camera much further.

May just look like a lot of dots but its "Cassiopeia"
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Heres another photo, i was very impressed with this one as i didnt realise my Canon Powershot A60 was so good.

Orion
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Message edited by author 2004-02-18 07:20:59.

spectre013

Canon EOS-D60

02/17/2004 11:45:41 AM · #2

Very nice, have done a few shots myself and it is not an easy task by any means. I have limited my self to just solor system objects for the time being.

Keep working on it, should try Orion its a great subject this time of year.

tjavery

Canon EOS-300D Rebel

02/17/2004 12:08:54 PM · #3

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Cool. Could you please tell us what settings you used? I've often photographed the sky at night but have ended up with high levels of noise.

Of course I live in Houston and we rarely see stars at night :-)

02/18/2004 01:40:36 AM · #4

thanks for the replys

the settings were :

F2.8
iso 50
shutterspeed 15 seconds

I'll post some more pics later

02/18/2004 02:25:08 AM · #5

I have posted a pic of Orion above.

I took a close up of the 3 middle belt stars and it showed their ture colour, blue.

Sigma 15-30mm f/3.5-4.5 EX Aspherical DG DF for Canon

02/18/2004 02:32:00 AM · #6

Try setting the ISO to 200 or 400. But as you said in the begining you are pushing the camera to its limits and I think that you have to get some good SRL and special lenses to photograph the nightsky properly.

02/18/2004 02:34:05 AM · #7

Ok cool, well it looks like its gonna be another clear sky today, so i hope it stays like that for tonight.

I'll give that a shot by turning up the ISO.

Thanks

02/18/2004 03:06:58 AM · #8

Originally posted by garlic:

some good SRL

Whats SRL ?

Sigma 15-30mm f/3.5-4.5 EX Aspherical DG DF for Canon

02/18/2004 03:16:12 AM · #9

Sorry SLR (interchangeable lense cameras)

02/18/2004 04:13:15 AM · #10

ahhh ok cool

what would you suggest ?

Sigma 15-30mm f/3.5-4.5 EX Aspherical DG DF for Canon

02/18/2004 05:45:06 AM · #11

IÂ´ve being thinking of Canon EOS 300D but waiting for the relase of Nikon D70, then maybe the price will go down a bit. IÂ´m a low budged guy but if I had $1500-2000 I would be looking at Canon EOS 10D.

jab119

Canon EOS-70D

Canon EF-S 18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS

02/18/2004 06:02:50 AM · #12

the 15 seconds exposure you are using is good, but bump the IOS up to 400 or 800 if your camera will do it.

here is a shot of Orion I did some time ago, the 707 was mounted piggy back on my telescope
Orion with Sony 707
Camera model: CYBERSHOT
Exposure time: 30.0s
Aperture: 2.4
Focal length: 34.7mm

this is by far my best wide field shot, it is a SINGLE exposure of 150 seconds, manually guided on my telescope.

The milky way
Camera model: Canon EOS D60
Exposure time: 150.0s
Aperture: 3.5
Focal length: 28.0mm

James

rich

Canon EOS-40D

Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM

02/18/2004 06:11:31 AM · #13

Originally posted by jab119:

James,

How important is the mirror lockup function on the D60 in this type of photography (in your experience)? The reason I ask is that I know the 300D does not have this function.

Thanks,
Rich.

jab119

Canon EOS-70D

Canon EF-S 18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS

02/18/2004 06:57:16 AM · #14

Rich, for wide field astrophotography using a wide angle lens , mirror lock up is not needed, sure it will help out if your tripod or telescope is not very stable.

For most of my wide field stuff I have not used the morror lock up.

James