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Originally Posted by erick
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? |
In the absence of someone with more recent experience, I'll hazard an answer. (Last one I photographed was Comet Bennett in 1970!)
Unless you mount the camera on a tracking mount, you want to avoid trailing. That limits you to an exposure of somethng like a second. However, this applies more in a dark sky context.
In the twilight, I'd trust your exposure meter and bracket one or two stops either way.
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