(Not sure which Comet McNaught thread is best for this question - I'll try this one)
Everything (being weather, diary, work, family, health!) permitting, I'll be imaging to 400ASA slide film. I'll be using my Pentax KX and alternating my 55mm/f1.8 and my (thanks Terry
) 135mm/f3.5 lenses. Maybe also my 28mm/f2.8, but I doubt it. I'd like to try pre-dawn and post-sunset.
Would you experienced astrophotographers please suggest some aperture/shutter settings I can bracket? I'm guessing aperture fully open or maybe shut down one stop. But I really don't have a feel for shutter speed. I could see what the meter suggests and use that as a maximum speed?? Or can we guess now? - are we talking bracketing, say 1/60 second or 1 second? What is the ball-park? Many thanks in advance.
Of course, being way behind the times, I've no way of knowing how I went until the slides come back! Could I get the comet to do an encore if I stuff it up?
