Astro Photo Question (trying this forum)...

Started Sep 28, 2022 | Questions thread
OP John Retsal Regular Member • Posts: 259
Re: Astro Photo Question (trying this forum)...
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just Tony wrote:

Camera is Nikon Z6II with the Z 14-30 f/4 lens.

It’s going to be challenging to set the focus precisely at 14mm. Very little light gets through an entrance pupil of 14/4 = 3.5mm diameter. Use the star Vega, the brightest star nearly straight up at this time of year early at night, and examine your test shots at max magnification. When you see tons of dim stars you have it.

Manual focus mode, manual exposure and VR Off are your friends.

Here are a couple of shots I got the other night. EXIF data included

Oh as for focus, with Z lenses if you disable the setting to remember last focus point, when you first turn the camera on, it's focused at infinity.

Cassiopeia/Perseus region.

Sagittarius  region

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