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Night Sky Shooting / Astrophotography on X-T2 : ETTR? ISO 1600?

Started Oct 2, 2018 | Discussions thread
shiftyonthemic
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Re: Night Sky Shooting / Astrophotography on X-T2 : ETTR? ISO 1600?

Jerry-astro wrote:

I've been pretty successful with starscapes and other astro work with the following basic settings:

ISO 3200
25s max exposure length (else you risk star trailing)
Wide open (f/2.8 in my case -- Zeiss Touit 12mm lens)
Shoot RAW for maximum post processing latitude

Even at those settings, your shots might appear somewhat underexposed. However, there's enough processing latitude to give you plenty of contrast and detail (one reason to shoot RAW in this case). NR at that ISO is still pretty manageable with minimal "star eating" issues.

Jerry-- Did you boost the EC to get a more neutral histogram?

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