shooting stars

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enrico

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Has anybody found/tried if it's possible to shoot stars at night with the camera and get good results?
 
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I'm sure it's possible. Try going down to a super-slow shutter speed (like 1/4, or 1/8) to get more light in. A nice wide angle will do wonders for that, too.
 
Thanks, I'll try that...has anyone here tried filming them? I was told at the shop where I bought the camera, it would be impossible to get a high quality resolution from it without going to a higher end camera.
 
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First, I thought this was a thread about assassinating celebrities.:)

Give it a shot and let us know how it turns out.
 
I'm planning going up north out of the city, to do some scenes, including starscapes...so far, anyone out there had any success with stars?
 
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if you're in a metropolitan area...there's too much light. you need to get way out in the middle of nowhere so that your light source is the night sky. however that still might not be bright enough...did you consider a planetarium? or somewhere that you can get a clean shot off a telescope of some kind?
 
I suspect you won't have too much success. The brightness of stars, even in the country, are not that bright. The resolution of your video camera makes it even more problematic. All shots you see in movies with stars are done in post-production.
 
thanks for your interest and feedback so far...I'm still hoping that maybe someone out there has had some opportunity to push the limits of technical possibilities with their experience trying to film the stars. Like I said, I would be shooting this way out of the city where the stars will be pretty dynamic and raw...in mid June, farther north like close to Labrador, by the east coast... so if there's anyone out there with the experience, I'd really appreciate it.
ps. this site has so been an incredible, vast forum for real, hands on experience, that Ive been able to learn a great deal from.
 
Either do some tests where you are or search the internet photo sharing sites for star photos (or possibly astronomy type sites). Google search shooting stars astronomy as well.
Some of these will list exposure info. You want normal shots (w/o telescopes or other gear) What was the exposure time and ASA? What equarte that equate to on the DVX?
 
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