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Canon EOS 350D night sky / star pics

Started Apr 20, 2020 | Discussions
RaisinTide New Member • Posts: 1
Canon EOS 350D night sky / star pics

Hi all,
We're trying to take pictures of the night sky and stars and following a post on Facebook of someone who managed to get some nice pics he suggested we turn the camera to:-

ISO - 1250 - 1600

Shutter speed - 25 seconds

Aperture - 2.8

We managed to get the ISO that high and the aperture to 3.5 but were unable to adjust the shutter speed so gave it a go anyway.

Whilst on a tripod the camera made a noise like the shutter opening a couple of times but not the familiar noise of it shutting, after that we were getting error noises?

Can anyone help please?

Canon EOS 350D (EOS Digital Rebel XT / EOS Kiss Digital N)
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benjilafouine Veteran Member • Posts: 3,875
Re: Canon EOS 350D night sky / star pics

RaisinTide wrote:

Hi all,
We're trying to take pictures of the night sky and stars and following a post on Facebook of someone who managed to get some nice pics he suggested we turn the camera to:-

ISO - 1250 - 1600

Shutter speed - 25 seconds

Aperture - 2.8

We managed to get the ISO that high and the aperture to 3.5 but were unable to adjust the shutter speed so gave it a go anyway.

Whilst on a tripod the camera made a noise like the shutter opening a couple of times but not the familiar noise of it shutting, after that we were getting error noises?

Can anyone help please?

This is an old camera but put it in bulb mode. In bulb mode you control the time.

https://www.manualslib.com/manual/24557/Canon-Eos-350d.html?page=93

Also, ISO 1600 is not recommended for long exposures (more noise). Manual mode can also go to 30 seconds if I remember right. For longer exposure, you have to use bulb.
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Regards,
There is always something to shoot/snap, you just have to know how to do it and have the right gear.
Benji

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