Originally posted by photographerclare Hey guys,
I am a beginner to astrophotography, but I need your help. I have been trying to shoot stars and I cannot get them stable. Im on a k50, but I hear they are quite similar
a little background:
DA 35mm lens, ISO 3200 f2.4, 10 seconds (I think) I use a tripod and remote, NR and SR are both off. I can't get a picture that is completely stable. When I turn my camera to live mode it shakes, so I am thinking there is some setting on that I need to turn off or vice versa. Can anyone help me?!
Some advices was already provided, I will repeat some and add some:
1. incorrect focusing - turn off AF, rotate the focusing ring to the end and then try moving line by line until perfect focus (or at least move a few lines - you should get a better focus even then)
2. Not very stable tripod (seems like moving a bit down while taking photo)
3: especially important if your tripod is not very stable - put on delay. After mirror is opened, the camera shakes a bit for a while, and if tripod is not very good, you will get moving
You could try using some solid thing to put the camera on with same settings (only better focus) and look if it affects move in camera. When I did not have a tripod in the trip, I did some photos by putting the time for 30s (I had 17mm, and no O-GPS or remote with me), and putting the camera on the table - simply the screen was on the table and camera was looking directly up. Even if this won't take the photo of an exact object you want to take photo off, it will allow you to see if the unstable tripod is your problem.