Long exposure trails?
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tektite
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Pretty much with that lens you won't be getting any great star shots without trails. The zoom + largest f-stop being f4 is simply not a lens for astrophotography at all. It just doesn't have a large enough f-stop to gather the amount of light needed to show the stars before they show trails from movement.
It's entirely possible to take long exposure shots through a long lens without trails if you have a device to turn the camera opposite the Earth's rotation.
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You can build a "barn door tracker" for under $20 (or more), but expect to spend a lot of time fiddling and practicing before you get any good results. But results can be had!
JaYbIrD1969
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There's nothing wrong with f/4, I use that as part of a base exposure for night work. The key is getting the field of view wide enough. This is a 30 second exposure but because it's so wide, you really don't see the streaking. There is a tiny bit but you really have to look for it:
Lunar rainbow on Yosemite Falls
Lunar rainbow on Yosemite Falls
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JaYbIrD1969
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There's nothing wrong with f/4, I use that as part of a base exposure for night work. The key is getting the field of view wide enough. This is a 30 second exposure but because it's so wide, you really don't see the streaking. There is a tiny bit but you really have to look for it:
Lunar rainbow on Yosemite Falls
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