New Camera Coming In....Questions: I have a Canon 60d which I have started doing some Milky Way pics (my first success is below). I just ordered a Canon 7d, and was wondering if anyone...

MarkintheHV Loc: Hudson Valley

I have a Canon 60d which I have started doing some Milky Way pics (my first success is below). I just ordered a Canon 7d, and was wondering if anyone could advise if I need to tweak my settings any. I used a Rokinon 14 f/2.9 20 seconds shutter speed, ISO 3200.

I am heading to the midwest (very rural) area the week of 6/23, and would like to try and get some less light polluted pics.

Thanks

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proteus1 Loc: NEVADA

MarkintheHV wrote:

I have a Canon 60d which I have started doing some Milky Way pics (my first success is below). I just ordered a Canon 7d, and was wondering if anyone could advise if I need to tweak my settings any. I used a Rokinon 14 f/2.9 20 seconds shutter speed, ISO 3200.

I am heading to the midwest (very rural) area the week of 6/23, and would like to try and get some less light polluted pics.

Thanks

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http://www.blue-marble.de/nightlights/2013

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Hawknest Loc: South Georgia

MarkintheHV wrote:

I have a Canon 60d which I have started doing some Milky Way pics (my first success is below). I just ordered a Canon 7d, and was wondering if anyone could advise if I need to tweak my settings any. I used a Rokinon 14 f/2.9 20 seconds shutter speed, ISO 3200.

I am heading to the midwest (very rural) area the week of 6/23, and would like to try and get some less light polluted pics.

Thanks

very nice! how do you know where to look in the night sky to find something like this? thank you, rick

MarkintheHV Loc: Hudson Valley

I have a planosphere that shows me where the milky way is at a given hour on a given date. There are software packages out there that does the same thing, but I prefer the manual method

Hawknest Loc: South Georgia

MarkintheHV wrote:

I have a planosphere that shows me where the milky way is at a given hour on a given date. There are software packages out there that does the same thing, but I prefer the manual method

thank you!!

lighthouse Loc: No Fixed Abode

Hawknest wrote:

very nice! how do you know where to look in the night sky to find something like this? thank you, rick

The easiest way is to look for Scorpio, its beside Scorpios tail, in between that and Sagitarius, but Sagitarius is harder to recognise.
Scorpio is the very bottom constellation in this pic.
Very nice Milky Way shot by the way.

Hawknest Loc: South Georgia

lighthouse wrote:

The easiest way is to look for Scorpio, its beside Scorpios tail, in between that and Sagitarius, but Sagitarius is harder to recognise.
Scorpio is the very bottom constellation in this pic.
Very nice Milky Way shot by the way.

thank you very much! rick