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Old 20-08-2010, 11:07 PM
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Hello there,

Forget about DSLR's and computers and stacking for proper star trails. Buy a cheap mechanical film SLR from ebay for next to nothing and set it to bulb with 200-400 iso film for 1-2 hours @ f5.6-f8 and there you have it, perfect star trails. Scan your film at your nearest lab @ High Res, preferably Fuji Frontera (and no I don't work for them, but they leave Kodak in the dark ages) and there you have it, perfect star trails as a digital file with no dramas about failing batteries, computer issues etc.

Try film again, it's fun.

Cheers
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