It’s been raining the last couple weeks, so I haven’t had much of a chance to do night time photography. I’ve been hankering to do some astronomical shots, but only just got around to doing them tonight.
All of those were taken on my Nikon D60 at f/8, ISO 100 with a 30 second exposure. I’ve touched them up a little bit, but was very happy with the low level of noise and clarity of the picture.
Unfortunately, 30 seconds is the longest exposure the D60 will do without a remote, which is a shame because I really wanted to try my hand at star trails. Other than driving sales of peripherals, I’m not sure why Nikon decided not to let users set an exposure time in the menu system.
I think I may have to investigate the price of that remote, as well as an AC adaptor.