georged Posted January 11, 2023 Share #1 Posted January 11, 2023 Advertisement (gone after registration) Hello all, first time poster long time fan. My question is it possible to take photos of the Milky Way with the D-Lux 7 and if so would anyone have any suggestions for settings. Regards Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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jrethorst Posted January 12, 2023 Share #2 Posted January 12, 2023 Start at space.com's guide to astrophotography: https://www.space.com/astrophotography-for-beginners-guide, including basic helpful tips such as use a remote shutter release, and less basic tips such as the rule of 500: divide 500 by the focal length of your lens. If you have a 20-mm lens, then 500 / 20 = 25. You can shoot for 25 seconds on a tripod before the stars start to streak. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
georged Posted January 13, 2023 Author Share #3 Posted January 13, 2023 8 hours ago, jrethorst said: Start at space.com's guide to astrophotography: https://www.space.com/astrophotography-for-beginners-guide, including basic helpful tips such as use a remote shutter release, and less basic tips such as the rule of 500: divide 500 by the focal length of your lens. If you have a 20-mm lens, then 500 / 20 = 25. You can shoot for 25 seconds on a tripod before the stars start to streak. Thank you, that’s good advice I will it out, I'm in a pretty dark area and not much light pollution. My only concern was the d lux 7 being a Compact camera it might not be up to the challenge but I will give it my best go, thanks so much Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrethorst Posted January 16, 2023 Share #4 Posted January 16, 2023 You should be able to take very high quality photographs with the D-Lux 7. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
georged Posted January 17, 2023 Author Share #5 Posted January 17, 2023 10 hours ago, jrethorst said: You should be able to take very high quality photographs with the D-Lux 7. Noted, thanks Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurgi Posted July 15, 2023 Share #6 Posted July 15, 2023 Hi Georged, I wondered how you managed taking photos of the Milky Way, and whether you could share the settings of the camera. Cheers! Jurgi Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
georged Posted July 15, 2023 Author Share #7 Posted July 15, 2023 Advertisement (gone after registration) 3 hours ago, Jurgi said: Hi Georged, I wondered how you managed taking photos of the Milky Way, and whether you could share the settings of the camera. Cheers! Jurgi Hi Jurgi As it happens I only just took my first shots of the Milky Way this week. I was pleasantly surprised with the results. My settings were: Raw AWB ( as I can edit in post later it being raw) 3200 ISO F 1.7 Shutter 20.0 s 0 EV As it’s compact camera it far exceeded my expectations, I’m still yet to get round to editing it properly in Lightroom as just from a little playing around I can see it will come out quite well. I used the app PhotoPills to plan the shot which with the help of argumented reality really helped me get set up. I hope this helps! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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