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Issue with T5i view finder when shooting stars.

Started Aug 1, 2019 | Questions thread
Ralph McKenzie Senior Member • Posts: 2,121
Re: Issue with T5i view finder when shooting stars.

I've used both my 1000d and 650d (t4i) to do astrophotgraphy and not had this issue.

I looked at your linked images and all are out of focus, but what we really need is the lens you used, what focal length you used and then all the relevant camera settings.

BTW 45 seconds is far to long an exposure unless your were trying to do star trails.

The behaviour you detail sounds a little like the auto LCD switch is active but not switching back to the LCD after the shot is taken.

The image below is taken with my Canon t4i and the standard 18-55 kitlens and is a stack of 10 images taken at 20 seconds per image at ISO 1600, so if all goes well you should be able to get this sort of result from your camera.

By any chance is your image review time set to off?

Please post those camera settings if you can, but what you describe does sound as though there could be another issue unrelated to settings.

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