CHOOSE THE RIGHT GEAR
Oct 28, 2021
3 minutes
When it comes to shooting the Milky Way, the most important item in your kitbag will be a sensitive DSLR or mirrorless camera that enables you to open the shutter for at least 30 seconds. Long exposures of two minutes or more are necessary to capture sufficient light, colour, and detail to properly reveal the Milky Way, as well as faint celestial sights such as star fields, galaxies, nebulae, and even gas clouds.
A full-frame camera’s sensor has larger individual photosites than that of a crop-sensor model, which are able to
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