R5 and Astro

[Kevin.sim]

Wondering if anyone in the forum has done Astro shots with the R5 (night sky, stars/aurora). Just wondering if you're finding same results with lenses as you may have gotten with your DSLR? I'm still doing some testing with a Rokinon 24/1.4 but looking like it performs better on my 6Dii than my R5. Looking to see if this is common or to be expected.

 

[RichardCPhotography]

Yep.. seems good!

 

[RichardCPhotography]

Here's a slightly easier one too, using the f11 'trick'

 

[dmiller68]

@Kevin.sim maybe your lens needs a firmware upgrade to work better with the R5. I know my Sigma needed one.

 

[Kevin.sim]

@Kevin.sim maybe your lens needs a firmware upgrade to work better with the R5. I know my Sigma needed one.

Hi David. It's a full manual lens with no electronic contacts so don't think it's an option. I'm still new to astro and learning that maybe a shorter shutter may be better to limit stars dragging over so many pixels. First I thought it was the lens but it performs nicely on my DSLR so I thought maybe there is a 'trick' with mirrorless.

 

[dmiller68]

Hi David. It's a full manual lens with no electronic contacts so don't think it's an option. I'm still new to astro and learning that maybe a shorter shutter may be better to limit stars dragging over so many pixels. First I thought it was the lens but it performs nicely on my DSLR so I thought maybe there is a 'trick' with mirrorless.

It was just a thought. Good luck!

 

[TMac99]

Hi David. It's a full manual lens with no electronic contacts so don't think it's an option. I'm still new to astro and learning that maybe a shorter shutter may be better to limit stars dragging over so many pixels. First I thought it was the lens but it performs nicely on my DSLR so I thought maybe there is a 'trick' with mirrorless.

The high resolution of the R5 really messes with the old 500 rule. There is a complicated rule, the NPF rule, that is more accurate for computing shutter speed to avoid trails. With your shooting parameters shown, it computes to 11 seconds shutter speed for “barely noticeable trails” and only 5.5 seconds for true spot stars.
If you don’t have it yet, there is a great phone app called Photo Pills that computes the NPF rule and lots of other invaluable items for Astro.

 

[Kevin.sim]

The high resolution of the R5 really messes with the old 500 rule. There is a complicated rule, the NPF rule, that is more accurate for computing shutter speed to avoid trails. With your shooting parameters shown, it computes to 11 seconds shutter speed for “barely noticeable trails” and only 5.5 seconds for true spot stars.
If you don’t have it yet, there is a great phone app called Photo Pills that computes the NPF rule and lots of other invaluable items for Astro.

Yes that is the one I was alerted to and am going to try. Thank you!

 

[imagesbydjw]

I was really happy with it shooting the Milky Way, this was a quick night out to get ready for an upcoming trip. Image was a stack of 10 images, used Sequator to remove noise, shot with R5, Rokinon 14mm 2.8, manual Focus at f2.8, iso 3200. Processed in Luminar AI.

 

[Digimike]

Wondering if anyone in the forum has done Astro shots with the R5 (night sky, stars/aurora). Just wondering if you're finding same results with lenses as you may have gotten with your DSLR? I'm still doing some testing with a Rokinon 24/1.4 but looking like it performs better on my 6Dii than my R5. Looking to see if this is common or to be expected.

I just posted a setting that I used and the results are a great starting point. So far the results on the R5 is great.

 

[Chief]

Hi David. It's a full manual lens with no electronic contacts so don't think it's an option. I'm still new to astro and learning that maybe a shorter shutter may be better to limit stars dragging over so many pixels. First I thought it was the lens but it performs nicely on my DSLR so I thought maybe there is a 'trick' with mirrorless.

A couple things to try. Higher resolution cameras tend to out resolve lenses of a less quality. Not saying that lens is lesser I use one as well. It looks great 30mp and below. Details don’t pop with a higher res body. If you have photo pills go to the spot star calculator and use the NPG rule rather than the 500 rule. Last thing that NPF rule will drastically shorten your exposure time so pump that ISO up accordingly. Brighter higher ISO will be cleaner than darker lower ISO with a lifted exposure. Good luck.