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Hi Dave! For your H5D-50c, I’d suggest the HCD 28mm. It’s not as wide as the HCD 24mm, but it’s faster at f4 vs f4.8 for the 24mm and will let it more [star]light. Where will you be shooting and what kind of image are you looking to get?The H5D is going to need a rental lens to do a Milky Way shoot. What lens do you folks recommend?
An accompanying image of the Milky Way would be wonderful! Thank you in advance!
That is nicely composed image!Here’s one with the X1D and 30mm. F3.5, ISO 6400, 30 secs. Taken from St. Simons island looking towards Jekyll island. The light pollution on the left is from the St. Simons Pier, in the right half is Jekyll Island. Taken around 3:30am. You should be able to get some something similar (depending on environmental conditions, light pollution nearby, and Milky Way positioning) with the H5D and 28mm. I use the iOS app Sky Guide to plan my shots.
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Thanks, Bill! It is amazing how few people actually see the beauty of the night sky, myself included, being in the sprawling megalopolis of Atlanta. I long for another dark skies visit. It has been far too long!The Bruce Peninsula where I live (45.15N, 81.40W) is an official Dark Skies area, but it's much too cloudy currently! The darkest Dark Sky preserve in southern Canada, I believe, is Grasslands National Park in Saskatchewan, along the Montana border.
Just FYI!
I am always up for a Milky Way shoot. It's one of my favorite subjects. I'd have to do some research in terms of month/location. One of the tricky things about shooting the Milky Way in the SE United States is, from my experience, that the months with best visibility of the core also are the ones with highest humidity and haze in the atmosphere...which greatly compounds the light pollution problem.Ah, good evening, Todd! You ask the very questions I was about to ask you! Never thought about a MW shoot before but if you are up for one, I am too.
Stan is always ready as you know.
From what I understand so far, around Atlanta, probably the Callaway Garden area. No idea what month is best but there are other possibilities! I don't mind an overnight trip if necessary.
What do you think? I am new to this, and I don't mind waiting until the best time of year.
Hi tcdeveauHere’s one with the X1D and 30mm. F3.5, ISO 6400, 30 secs. Taken from St. Simons island looking towards Jekyll island. The light pollution on the left is from the St. Simons Pier, in the right half is Jekyll Island. Taken around 3:30am. You should be able to get some something similar (depending on environmental conditions, light pollution nearby, and Milky Way positioning) with the H5D and 28mm. I use the iOS app Sky Guide to plan my shots.
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