I'd recommend https://www.lightpollutionmap.info/ to find a good dark sky location near you.
On Wed, Jul 15, 2020 at 8:20 AM Niranjan Rao <[email protected]> wrote: > I have Canon sx60hs. It doesn't have detachable lens. > > I am in completely urban environment. Because of weather, ambient light > and buildings in between, I was not able to see the comet yet. > > Planning to make a trip litter further where there should be little more > dark and hopefully better weather. > > > Thanks, > > Niranjan > On 7/15/20 12:13 AM, Stille wrote: > > Agreed with the manual exposure. If you tell us what lenses you have and > what your observation location is like (city, rural, middle of nowhere etc) > I can suggest some settings. > > On 7/15/20 3:55 AM, Niranjan Rao wrote: > > Hi Terry, > > Thank you. Looks like I need to do some more RTFM and tinker with the > dials. So far my range was aperture and shutter priority. I know camera has > manual settings, but not advanced enough and/or never tried it. > > Regards, > > Niranjan > > > On 7/14/20 5:45 PM, Terry Pinfold 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 >> >> >> >> >> ____________________________________________________________________________ >> darktable user mailing list >> to unsubscribe send a mail to >> [email protected] >> >> > > -- > Dr Terry Pinfold > Cytometry & Histology Lab Manager > Lecturer in Flow Cytometry > University of Tasmania > 17 Liverpool St, Hobart, 7000 > Ph 6226 4846 or 0408 699053 > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________ > darktable user mailing list to unsubscribe send a mail to > [email protected] > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________ > darktable user mailing list to unsubscribe send a mail to > [email protected] > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________ > darktable user mailing list to unsubscribe send a mail to > [email protected] > -- Jeff Ollie The majestik møøse is one of the mäni interesting furry animals in Sweden. ____________________________________________________________________________ darktable user mailing list to unsubscribe send a mail to [email protected]
