Dear All

Questions from the Darkroom when I want to export a photo via email do I
need to do any setting?

I am a new user on darktable 3.0.2 version

Thank you in advance


Best regards

Tim



On Wed, 15 Jul 2020 at 09:50, Jeffrey Ollie <[email protected]> wrote:

> I'd be careful with exposure lengths that long, you're pretty likely to
> get smudging/star trails due to the earth's rotation. But it really depends
> on your focal length. The "Rule of 500" gives a decent guideline:
>
> https://petapixel.com/2015/01/06/avoid-star-trails-following-500-rule/
>
> Definitely go with manual exposure, and manual focus as well. The comet is
> pretty bright, as long as you have a large aperture you probably won't need
> very long exposures.
>
>
> On Tue, Jul 14, 2020 at 7:45 PM Terry Pinfold <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Hi Niranjan,
>>         I would suggest not using aperture priority. Instead use manual
>> exposure. I would suggest a lens wide open to get as much light as
>> possible. Probably about 20 second exposure to avoid movement of the comet
>> but still getting lots of light into the camera. Then experiment with ISO.
>> Probably starting at 3200
>>
>> Aperture priority will get confused with the dark sky and would likely
>> overexpose the comet.
>>
>> Sadly I am in Australia and can not see this comet. Maybe in another life
>> in 6800 years.
>>
>> cheers
>>
>> On Wed, 15 Jul 2020 at 10:12, Niranjan Rao <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> Greetings,
>>>
>>>
>>> Firstly - this has nothing to do with darktable. My apologies for being
>>> off topic. From my point of view, there are lot of experts here who can
>>> help to improve photo quality. If you think it's inappropriate, please
>>> feel free to delete.
>>>
>>>
>>> Comet NEOWISE is going to be visible for next few days. I have been
>>> seeing some stunning photos, some of them on mobile phones. I'm that
>>> person who is often wrong in camera settings and trying to learn from
>>> internet resources. I don't have fancy camera or lenses, but my hopes
>>> were raised after seeing mobile photos from Samsung devices. I should
>>> also mention, after spending a year just to be safe, I have finally
>>> stopped shooting jpeg+raw to just raw as photos seem to be more
>>> recognizable these days and my knowledge of darkatable and post
>>> processing is increasing.
>>>
>>>
>>> Are there any tips experts willing to share for taking picture of comet.
>>> I have a tripod and and assumption that weather will cooperate. I know
>>> about and aperture and shutter priority modes, but do often get confused
>>> which one to use. As most of the videos and sites say, I'll be using
>>> aperture priority.
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks in advance.
>>>
>>>
>>> Niranjan
>>>
>>>
>>>
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>>
>> --
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>> Cytometry & Histology Lab Manager
>> Lecturer in Flow Cytometry
>> University of Tasmania
>> 17 Liverpool St, Hobart, 7000
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>>
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