Top Camera Settings for Milky Way Photography

What camera settings do you use to take quality pictures of the milky way? This video shows you the settings I use for great results.

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[willembezuidenhout]

Excellent! Exactly what i needed to know to get started.

[mobileandhostile]

Nicely explained and easy to both understand and remember - thankyou 👍

[PirateSamuel]

this was helpful man... Subbed already... I've been trying to get some milky way shots but its too cloudy here haha

[ianm]

Hi good vid. What camera do you use plz

[Mr]

I use 15 sec, ISO 1000, F2, on the Z7 and 20mm F1.8 S lens

[photo_magicshots]

Many times when I increase ISO beyond 100, I get more like whitish sky, is that because it’s not 100% pitch dark?
Other settings F2.8, Shutter 20 Seconds, 14mm, Full Frame

[chaitanyapeddawad]

Hi, thanks for the info. I got into thinking about aperture f-stop setting. A wider aperture i.e. 2.8 will have a super shallow depth of field while a narrower aperture i.e. f/7 or f/9 will give more depth so I am inclined to think this should work better to get good depth for the sky (object is far and everything needs to be in clear focus just like a landscape). Having said this, I also understand that this will limit the light captured way too much and not a good idea to compensate this by going for 12800 like ISO (more noise and grains). Could you help correct my conceptual understanding in this regard? Is it that 2.8 and 3200 settings are the best we can get practically but not conceptually per se?

[summerhobbs_]

Hi, where can I actually see the whole Milky Way ?

[sportsimagery]

You mentioned that ISO 3200 is 32 times as sensitive as ISO 100. It’s not. It’s 5 times as sensitive.

[oneandonlyjaybee]

Why does he say the 500 rule gives him 35 second exposure before he starts getting star trails with that particular lens. Surely the stars start leaving trails at a given time, rather than one specific to your lens. Given the earth is rotating at a given speed regardless of you aperture?

[annonymat]

Careful, ISO is no acronym. You Must pronounce it as one word. 😉 thanks for the good video!