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Old 14-06-2010, 05:53 PM
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Depends on where your shooting Tony. You can get a good approximation of exposure time by following these guides.

Close to the Celestial equator; exp time = 700/ Focal length. So if you are using 85mm then you can expose for about 8 sec.

If you are shooting towards the pole then Exp = 1000/ FL
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