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08-11-2010, 10:31 PM
You say manual focus - how so? Did you use the scale on the lens body? If so, that's usually not accurate enough to get pin sharp stars. I use magnified live view on a bright star when I want to do this. I'm not sure on a good method without live view.



Even at 30 seconds at those focal lengths I would expect some trailing if you're not using a tracking mount.
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Messages In This Thread
Focus on stars - by Guest - 08-11-2010, 10:14 PM
Focus on stars - by popo - 08-11-2010, 10:31 PM
Focus on stars - by Rainer - 08-12-2010, 07:06 AM
Focus on stars - by Guest - 08-12-2010, 04:55 PM
Focus on stars - by popo - 08-12-2010, 05:18 PM
Focus on stars - by miro - 08-12-2010, 06:50 PM
Focus on stars - by Guest - 08-12-2010, 10:28 PM
Focus on stars - by Rainer - 08-13-2010, 07:12 AM
Focus on stars - by genotypewriter - 08-19-2010, 01:39 PM
Focus on stars - by Guest - 08-19-2010, 07:10 PM
Focus on stars - by Guest - 08-19-2010, 08:16 PM

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