ISO 4000 CAPABLE LENS

cdmazoff wrote:

rlheelan wrote:

I want to shoot the night sky ( milky way). Are there lens that will allow me to do this. I have a Canon EOS camera (basic) and am a patiwan learner.

HELP

Yikes!!! ISO is the least of your worries with doing night sky. You need a tripod, a lens with a wide aperture and that's about it.

Tips for Night Sky Photography:

• Look for cool clear moonless nights (unless you specifically want to photograph the moon!), and avoid light polluted areas (big cities or towns).
• Start with fresh, fully charged batteries.
• Use a sturdy tripod and cable release; set up your composition, lock down the focus, and make a test shot. This will help determine exposure, and if you need to make any changes to your composition.
• Shoot NEF (RAW) so you can more easily make adjustments in post-production if needed.
• Set the white balance between 2800°K-4000ºK. Check the histogram after you take the picture to make sure the image is being properly exposed. It’s easy to underexpose the stars or overexpose a foreground.
• Zoom in to the image on the LCD to check sharpness.
• Consider making a series of exposures for the foreground to merge as an HDR composite with the stars.
• A good starting exposure for most star shots is to use the widest aperture on your lens, expose for 20 seconds, increasing the ISO as needed for a good exposure.
• If you’re going out to specifically shoot the moon, research the phases of the moon, so you know what time the moon will be rising and setting each evening so you know when to plan your shoot. Also note the direction it will travel in the sky to plan your composition.
• Turn ON the camera’s Long Exposure Noise Reduction feature.

https://www.nikonusa.com/en/learn-and-explore/a/tips-and-techniques/photographing-the-night-sky.html

Those are great tips! If I may: checkout Photopills app (for Android, not sure if there is for iPhone). It gives you a schedule for takink pictures of the Milky Way, with time and real time orientation (plus a lot of other things as sunset, sunrise, etc). It really worths It!