- Location
- Cheshire, England
- Name
- Martin Connolly
Hi everyone, last night was wonderfully clear and starry. The Milky Way was showing up nicely so I thought I'd attempt some photos. I got out the tripod, set the X-E1 up with:
- image stabilisation off
- ISO 6400
- aperture wide open (f3.5 on the 16-50 zoom at wide angle)
- 15 second exposure
- 2 second timer
- manually focused to infinity
The exposures looked pretty good but all the stars showed up as fuzzy blobs instead of sharp dots of light. I had assumed that focusing to infinity (or as far out as I could manage anyway) would do the trick. I wasn't able to check the focus in the viewfinder - it just didn't show me anything except a black screen.
Any ideas for what might have gone wrong?
Thanks
- image stabilisation off
- ISO 6400
- aperture wide open (f3.5 on the 16-50 zoom at wide angle)
- 15 second exposure
- 2 second timer
- manually focused to infinity
The exposures looked pretty good but all the stars showed up as fuzzy blobs instead of sharp dots of light. I had assumed that focusing to infinity (or as far out as I could manage anyway) would do the trick. I wasn't able to check the focus in the viewfinder - it just didn't show me anything except a black screen.
Any ideas for what might have gone wrong?
Thanks