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First shot of Milkyway. Advice appreciated.

Started Oct 26, 2016 | Questions thread
Astrophotographer 10 Forum Pro • Posts: 13,911
Re: First shot of Milkyway. Advice appreciated.
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I have done a test with lower ISO and boosting versus higher ISO. They don't work out the same, something shifts in the colour response and I found at least on an XE, that the colour was off, there was a bit more noise in the shadows and the image was a tad degraded compared to the high ISO.

Test it yourself and see for yourself.

Lower ISO I agree is the way to go for longer exposures. But for the casual Milky Way shot the old formula of F2.8 30 seconds ISO3200/6400 is what 95% of nightscape photographers use. I don't see anyone who puts out good images use ISO500 and 30 seconds.

I have done 100's of these images with all different types of settings and these are the ones I find work the best.

Perhaps you can put one of your images up for critique.

Greg.

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