| Re: Photographing star trails
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Originally Posted by Beebopshawobadop  If I could convice my dad to let me use his camera, I'm sure I could get a tripod from somewhere... This needs to be done!!! | Welcome to WAB Beebop, I love your enthusiasm! Good luck persuading your dad... Quote:
Originally Posted by nytecam In days-of-old 20min or longer single exposures were possible with film  | I think the longest exposure I took on film was about 3 hours. You can do really long exposures with DSLRs depending on the model. My old Nikon D70 was a maximum of 30 minutes but the D300 is unlimited. As you rightly say though, you have to be a long way away from civilisation or the light pollution will spoil long exposures.
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