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Bottom Liner
Feb 15, 2006


a specific vein of lasagna



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Bottom Liner
Feb 15, 2006


a specific vein of lasagna

xzzy posted:

Just keep in mind that a meteor will hit a pixel on your sensor for about 1/100 of a second and they're roughly as bright as an average star. So next time you're out take some 1/100 shots of the sky and note how many stars you've captured. Adjust iso and aperture to get as many stars as possible and that's a ballpark for your meteor setup. When actually doing meteors set the exposure length as long as possible to avoid star trails then sit back and relax.


Meteors are visible for much longer than 1/100th a second. If you expose for 1/100th of a second then crank your shutter to multiple seconds you're going to be massively overexposed because your ISO will be cranked. The sweet spot for astro on most sensors is ISO 3200, then open your lens up all the way and start around 6-10 seconds and adjust as needed from there for your focal length and light pollution.

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