in this two-minute tutorial you will learn how to take pictures of the Milky Way first off it's important to have a camera that can be put in manual allowing for the adjustment of settings like shutter speed ISO and aperture when taking pictures of any night sky scene.
it's important to avoid star trails which can occur if the shutter speed is too long taking five hundred divided by the focal length of your lens will give you your maximum shutter speed this is the shutter speed you will want to use to get as much light into the camera and you won't encounter any star trailing.
for the aperture setting use the smallest F number your lens will allow although aperture values above 2.8 will make the milky way harder to photograph as the F number decreases the aperture inside the lens opens up letting in more light now comes ISO or the sensitivity of your image sensor the higher the ISO.
the more noise and grain will enter the image so finding your maximum is though without too much noise will be important this is dependent on the comfort level and your camera's ability just remember that these settings aren't dependent on one another so finding the right balance.
is key and will often take practice once you have your settings locked in focus on a bright star by first changing the focus mode from auto to manual then using live view zooming on to a star using your focus magnifier and adjusting the focus make sure that you're shooting in RAW picture mode and that you have a sturdy tripod use your camera's self.
timer or an external shutter release to eliminate any shake from pressing the shutter button if you have the mirror lock-up feature enable that to further reduce camera shake keeping all these things in mind you should capture the breathtaking view of the Milky Way.
it's important to avoid star trails which can occur if the shutter speed is too long taking five hundred divided by the focal length of your lens will give you your maximum shutter speed this is the shutter speed you will want to use to get as much light into the camera and you won't encounter any star trailing.
for the aperture setting use the smallest F number your lens will allow although aperture values above 2.8 will make the milky way harder to photograph as the F number decreases the aperture inside the lens opens up letting in more light now comes ISO or the sensitivity of your image sensor the higher the ISO.
the more noise and grain will enter the image so finding your maximum is though without too much noise will be important this is dependent on the comfort level and your camera's ability just remember that these settings aren't dependent on one another so finding the right balance.
is key and will often take practice once you have your settings locked in focus on a bright star by first changing the focus mode from auto to manual then using live view zooming on to a star using your focus magnifier and adjusting the focus make sure that you're shooting in RAW picture mode and that you have a sturdy tripod use your camera's self.
timer or an external shutter release to eliminate any shake from pressing the shutter button if you have the mirror lock-up feature enable that to further reduce camera shake keeping all these things in mind you should capture the breathtaking view of the Milky Way.
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