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Andy01 Veteran Member • Posts: 5,188
Re: Astrophotography with EF-M lenses

Nipar wrote:

Do you think that over ISO 5000 the picture will start being noisy?

Noise is a user tolerance thing so each person may be different. IMO ISO 1600 is about as far as I would go.

If you're interested in taking pictures like the ones you posted, the methods or techniques vary only slightly, depending on the lens used. The same camera settings

Just one more question: how can I disable the AF and set the focus to infinite with the 11-22 or 32mm?

Don't use "infinity" on any lens, EF-M or otherwise. Even the best MF lens is unlikely to have an infinity mark or hard stop that is accurate enough for stars.

Use Live View, set the screen to maximum magnification (10x ?) and manually focus on a bright star trying to get the star as sharp (small & pinpoint-ish) as possible. Once that is done. make sure you don't touch the focus ring again.

Some lens have a specific leverage but EF-Ms don't (the 32mm has but I don't know what it serves..)

Not sure what you mean by this ? Are you referring to switches built in to the lenses ?

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