Tang Shooters LXV: TCSS Thread...
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part0
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LOl there is a chinese phrase early bird get up early got worm eat.... :bsmilie:
hmmm... me nw cooking breakfast then later go slp liao muhahaha....
i tomorrow broke liao that's why i jio next week at least got a bit of money. if you all want to go then i go meet you all there. drink water sing song play darts. then can return kt his flash. but then again, i going out early in the morning for circle line discovery tour.
fwah you winner...
billycadiz
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Enjoy butties!! can't go, got work.. sunday will meet the xmm magnets for sure... :lovegrin:
Twinkle twinkle little stars..
Sharing my first successful startrail shot, previous attempts were all failures... either all white or all pink..
The following shot was taken from 11pm to about 3am from my bedroom.
sharing some knowledge here.
1) use a car battery to power up the camera. so that you do not get into the low battery problem.
2) Ensure your CF card memory is sufficient to take up to the maximum no. of shots ( about 300 ~ 500 shots ) depending on the length of star trial you want to capture.
3) using multiple exposure of 15sec @ F4 iso-100 for the individual shots. most of the camera is not able to handle exposure up to 1 hour, the sensor will be cooked and results are not as good ( unless you are using PHASE ONE digital back of other higher end stuff ).
4) I tripod the camera and connect to a computer for controlling of the multiple exposure sequence and frequency. I currently do not have a TC-80N3 ( timer release ) and hence has to rely on computer for the repeat shot function.
5) check out the earth magnetic South with a compass, so that the circle will be seen orbiting at the center.
6) use special merging software to post-process ( merge ) the files... else you will cry trying to do them manually in Photoshop. I am using a free software available in the Internet ( Startrial.exe )
Sharing my first successful startrail shot, previous attempts were all failures... either all white or all pink..
The following shot was taken from 11pm to about 3am from my bedroom.
sharing some knowledge here.
1) use a car battery to power up the camera. so that you do not get into the low battery problem.
2) Ensure your CF card memory is sufficient to take up to the maximum no. of shots ( about 300 ~ 500 shots ) depending on the length of star trial you want to capture.
3) using multiple exposure of 15sec @ F4 iso-100 for the individual shots. most of the camera is not able to handle exposure up to 1 hour, the sensor will be cooked and results are not as good ( unless you are using PHASE ONE digital back of other higher end stuff ).
4) I tripod the camera and connect to a computer for controlling of the multiple exposure sequence and frequency. I currently do not have a TC-80N3 ( timer release ) and hence has to rely on computer for the repeat shot function.
5) check out the earth magnetic South with a compass, so that the circle will be seen orbiting at the center.
6) use special merging software to post-process ( merge ) the files... else you will cry trying to do them manually in Photoshop. I am using a free software available in the Internet ( Startrial.exe )
giantcanopy
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Twinkle twinkle little stars..
Sharing my first successful startrail shot, previous attempts were all failures... either all white or all pink..
The following shot was taken from 11pm to about 3am from my bedroom.
sharing some knowledge here.
1) use a car battery to power up the camera. so that you do not get into the low battery problem.
2) Ensure your CF card memory is sufficient to take up to the maximum no. of shots ( about 300 ~ 500 shots ) depending on the length of star trial you want to capture.
3) using multiple exposure of 15sec @ F4 iso-100 for the individual shots. most of the camera is not able to handle exposure up to 1 hour, the sensor will be cooked and results are not as good ( unless you are using PHASE ONE digital back of other higher end stuff ).
4) I tripod the camera and connect to a computer for controlling of the multiple exposure sequence and frequency. I currently do not have a TC-80N3 ( timer release ) and hence has to rely on computer for the repeat shot function.
5) check out the earth magnetic South with a compass, so that the circle will be seen orbiting at the center.
6) use special merging software to post-process ( merge ) the files... else you will cry trying to do them manually in Photoshop. I am using a free software available in the Internet ( Startrial.exe )
Beautiful :thumbsup:
Thanks for going thru the steps bro. very useful
Ryan
Twinkle twinkle little stars..
Sharing my first successful startrail shot, previous attempts were all failures... either all white or all pink..
The following shot was taken from 11pm to about 3am from my bedroom.
sharing some knowledge here.
1) use a car battery to power up the camera. so that you do not get into the low battery problem.
2) Ensure your CF card memory is sufficient to take up to the maximum no. of shots ( about 300 ~ 500 shots ) depending on the length of star trial you want to capture.
3) using multiple exposure of 15sec @ F4 iso-100 for the individual shots. most of the camera is not able to handle exposure up to 1 hour, the sensor will be cooked and results are not as good ( unless you are using PHASE ONE digital back of other higher end stuff ).
4) I tripod the camera and connect to a computer for controlling of the multiple exposure sequence and frequency. I currently do not have a TC-80N3 ( timer release ) and hence has to rely on computer for the repeat shot function.
5) check out the earth magnetic South with a compass, so that the circle will be seen orbiting at the center.
6) use special merging software to post-process ( merge ) the files... else you will cry trying to do them manually in Photoshop. I am using a free software available in the Internet ( Startrial.exe )
sibei swee...
if want to use film how? :think:
thanks, I cannot remember the setting for shooting stars with film, I think you can simply put F22, iso-100 film and then open the shutter as long as you like.. something like that...
one more thing i tot of: those using Nikon DSLR no need so mafan. Can custom the multiple exposure mode, set the shoot intervals and # of shots then just mount tripod and shoot! haha! 
dun even need to stitch in PP, everything auto combined in camera! :thumbsup:
only issue is dunno if 2 batteries (when using batt grip) can last a few hrs. :think:
dun even need to stitch in PP, everything auto combined in camera! :thumbsup:only issue is dunno if 2 batteries (when using batt grip) can last a few hrs. :think:
sharing some knowledge here.
1) use a car battery to power up the camera. so that you do not get into the low battery problem.
2) Ensure your CF card memory is sufficient to take up to the maximum no. of shots ( about 300 ~ 500 shots ) depending on the length of star trial you want to capture.
3) using multiple exposure of 15sec @ F4 iso-100 for the individual shots. most of the camera is not able to handle exposure up to 1 hour, the sensor will be cooked and results are not as good ( unless you are using PHASE ONE digital back of other higher end stuff ).
4) I tripod the camera and connect to a computer for controlling of the multiple exposure sequence and frequency. I currently do not have a TC-80N3 ( timer release ) and hence has to rely on computer for the repeat shot function.
5) check out the earth magnetic South with a compass, so that the circle will be seen orbiting at the center.
6) use special merging software to post-process ( merge ) the files... else you will cry trying to do them manually in Photoshop. I am using a free software available in the Internet ( Startrial.exe )
7) remember to disable your DSLR's noise reduction option. Or else if you shoot for 10secs, your camera will wait for another 10secs to eliminate or get rid the hot pixels.
enjoy,
Billy
1) use a car battery to power up the camera. so that you do not get into the low battery problem.
2) Ensure your CF card memory is sufficient to take up to the maximum no. of shots ( about 300 ~ 500 shots ) depending on the length of star trial you want to capture.
3) using multiple exposure of 15sec @ F4 iso-100 for the individual shots. most of the camera is not able to handle exposure up to 1 hour, the sensor will be cooked and results are not as good ( unless you are using PHASE ONE digital back of other higher end stuff ).
4) I tripod the camera and connect to a computer for controlling of the multiple exposure sequence and frequency. I currently do not have a TC-80N3 ( timer release ) and hence has to rely on computer for the repeat shot function.
5) check out the earth magnetic South with a compass, so that the circle will be seen orbiting at the center.
6) use special merging software to post-process ( merge ) the files... else you will cry trying to do them manually in Photoshop. I am using a free software available in the Internet ( Startrial.exe )
7) remember to disable your DSLR's noise reduction option. Or else if you shoot for 10secs, your camera will wait for another 10secs to eliminate or get rid the hot pixels.
enjoy,
Billy
one more thing i tot of: those using Nikon DSLR no need so mafan. Can custom the multiple exposure mode, set the shoot intervals and # of shots then just mount tripod and shoot! haha!
only issue is dunno if 2 batteries (when using batt grip) can last a few hrs. :think:
there are actually many more details you have to take into consideration.
- brightness of the surrounding buildings.
- brightness of the stars
- clouds blocking the stars..
- the longer you shoot, the longer the star trials
- the foreground composition is also very important, it creates the overall picture impact to the viewer. Not just the lines in the dark skies..
for yesterday's shot, the last 50 exposures were all wasted, because there is a big patch of clouds that suddenly move into my picture.
the clouds came in suddenly...
the clouds occupies the entire space..
there are actually many more details you have to take into consideration.
- brightness of the surrounding buildings.
- brightness of the stars
- clouds blocking the stars..
- the longer you shoot, the longer the star trials
- the foreground composition is also very important, it creates the overall picture impact to the viewer. Not just the lines in the dark skies..
for yesterday's shot, the last 50 exposures were all wasted, because there is a big patch of clouds that suddenly move into my picture.
the clouds came in suddenly...
the clouds occupies the entire space..
thanks for sharing...
blazer_workz
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Bonjour! 
billycadiz
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Goot aftelnoon butties!!!
Very nice Big Billy!!!:thumbsup: TFS!
I've also tried to shoot startrails on a beach,midnight almost pitch black, put cam in a tripod then left it alone.. hehe! (inspired by KT1 during Kukup;open the shutter and just do its work,), 2 batt fully charged, open the shutter for an hour.. then fell sleep waiting for it to finished reading and doin the NR. :embrass::what:
then..... sexcited to check my shot..
The photo look like a sandpaper, no stars, all grains..:bsmilie:
Very nice Big Billy!!!:thumbsup: TFS!
I've also tried to shoot startrails on a beach,midnight almost pitch black, put cam in a tripod then left it alone.. hehe! (inspired by KT1 during Kukup;open the shutter and just do its work,), 2 batt fully charged, open the shutter for an hour.. then fell sleep waiting for it to finished reading and doin the NR. :embrass::what:
then..... sexcited to check my shot..
The photo look like a sandpaper, no stars, all grains..:bsmilie:
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