Milkyway: Feel bad even to name this topic milkyway. Well, this is the first time i tried to take pics of the wilkyway but got nowhere close to that. Please tell me what i did wrong i...

rosarioc62 Loc: Ft. Lauderdale, Florida

Feel bad even to name this topic milkyway. Well, this is the first time i tried to take pics of the wilkyway but got nowhere close to that. Please tell me what i did wrong i really really need help here.
details: Camera canon 1100D - lens 18-200mm - f/6.3 - iso 100 - 92 secs - tripod - shutter release. Hope i have not missed out any info. thnx.

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Sannye Loc: Oregon

Try iso 3200, wide open for 30 seconds. Lens focused on infinity, image stabilization off. Then go from there. Good luck. Oh, and as wide as you can go- on your lens 18 mm.

rosarioc62 Loc: Ft. Lauderdale, Florida

Sannye wrote:

Try iso 3200, wide open for 30 seconds. Lens focused on infinity, image stabilization off. Then go from there. Good luck. Oh, and as wide as you can go- on your lens 18 mm.

i zoomed that was one of my mistakes. i will try again tomorrow and post the pic. thanks Sannye.

Cotondog Loc: Saskatchewan, Canada

rosarioc62 wrote:

Feel bad even to name this topic milkyway. Well, this is the first time i tried to take pics of the wilkyway but got nowhere close to that. Please tell me what i did wrong i really really need help here.
details: Camera canon 1100D - lens 18-200mm - f/6.3 - iso 100 - 92 secs - tripod - shutter release. Hope i have not missed out any info. thnx.

You will need a longer exposure than 90 seconds to get a decent photo, but you will have to control for the star trails. 2 ways to do that: stack a number of shorter exposures into one photograph, or use a devise like an Astrotrac that tracks the stars across the sky as you leave your shutter open. Below is a photo I took at the Saskatchewan Summer Star Party. I took one 4.5 minute exposure, 1600 ISO. Canon 50D with a Sigma wide angle set at 10mm. I had the Astrotrac mounted on a tripod a ball head on top of that, and then the camera.

ReFlections Loc: From LA to AL

Cotondog wrote:

You will need a longer exposure than 90 seconds to... (show quote)

Good advice.

James Parrish Loc: Folsom, California

Cotondog wrote:

You will need a longer exposure than 90 seconds to... (show quote)

NICE SHOT!

gtwhogger Loc: Lawton

Another thing that helps is to use a lens with Aspherical lens elements to cut back on Comma of the stars.

Also shoot with wider aperture to gather as much starlight as possible

flyingpig Loc: Lakewood, Illinois

rosarioc62 wrote:

Feel bad even to name this topic milkyway. Well, this is the first time i tried to take pics of the wilkyway but got nowhere close to that. Please tell me what i did wrong i really really need help here.
details: Camera canon 1100D - lens 18-200mm - f/6.3 - iso 100 - 92 secs - tripod - shutter release. Hope i have not missed out any info. thnx.

rosarioc62, here is a picture that I took last summer and the settings I used with my Canon EOS REBEL T3i on a fixed tripod.
Manual Exposure mode, 30 sec. exposure, 1600 ISO, f/3.5, and EF-S18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS II Lens. Lots of times I'll also use my camera mounted piggyback on my telescope to allow me to track the stars so they don't trail. I've done this with stars and most recently comets with the camera mounted to track and the images have turned out pretty good. Another thing to look at is the more lens that you use the shorter the exposure time and the quicker the stars will trail. Hope this helps you out.

gtwhogger Loc: Lawton

Cotondog wrote:

You will need a longer exposure than 90 seconds to... (show quote)

Nice job

gtwhogger Loc: Lawton

flyingpig wrote:

rosarioc62, here is a picture that I took last sum... (show quote)

Another nice one