How To Shoot Milky Way or Astro Photography On An Analog Film Camera In 2020

[@WesKriesel]

It's true about needing a checklist or organization system to combat feeling rushed or feeling panicked. Good tip!

[@pablodiazphotography]

Ya man! Gotta stay focused for good outcomes! Work in progress 👍🏼

[@anzaeria]

That final image is awesome! Nice clarity. A number of years ago, I photographed a comet on 35mm film. This was Comet McNaught which was clearly visible in the Southern Hemisphere for a short time and was huge. I used a Canon FTb with a 135mm f2.5 lens and a Fuji 1600asa colour negative film which was super grainy. I did get a bit of star trailing but the comet turned out quite nice. Though I regret not shooting earlier in the evening when the comet was a little brighter.

[@pablodiazphotography]

Thanks so much for the great story. We definitely can always learn something when we go out to shoot photography. Cheers

[@CanadianBatman1]

I like the retrospective on how things went. Hindsight doesn't ever help the situation in consideration. It does however allow for personal, as well as professional growth. Sometimes we get so excited, that we forget to slow down, live in the moment...take our time.

[@pablodiazphotography]

TWO DAYS OFF -Weekly Vlog Love your thoughts here Ryan and can’t agree more that growth was something I am always interested in and taking time to enjoy moments is always paramount 👍🏼

[@hostingboy]

I really like the background lighting in your video. The last photo with the tree and stars is simply awesome!

[@pablodiazphotography]

Thanks a bunch Hamish!!! How’s life treating you my friend?

[@jocknarn3225]

just gonna produce unrxpected colour-rendering .. reciprocity is

[@pablodiazphotography]

👍🏼

[@CanadianBatman1]

This reminds of tracking the phases of the moon back in University. We used to prop the shutter open permanently. That was one of the last time I used a film camera.

[@pablodiazphotography]

That’s cool Ryan! Same idea for sure, just didn’t want star trails this time around.

[@rayne1337]

Hello. I don't know if you still read those comments or not, but it's not fair that your channel has smaller amount of subscribers than it deserves. One small tip: instead of cable release or IR/Bluetooth remote shutter you can actually use a self-timer, just press it then go away from your camera. It should work fine with bulb too.

[@pablodiazphotography]

rayne Thanks for the kind words my friend, it’s really appreciated! Also great tip on the self-timer 👍🏼

[@anzaeria]

I'm not sure if a self timer would work effectively with Bulb. You might get a rather brief duration exposure when the shutter fires from the self timer. For one thing, the camera doesn't know how long you intend to keep the shutter open. At least with a cable release, you can control how long the shutter will remain open.

[@ridealongwithrandy]

Good on ya! I went out with my digital a couple weeks ago and did things wrong, and did things right. got some good shots, but I forgot to check the MOON! I did get my checklist perfected tho so that was good :)

[@pablodiazphotography]

Way to go Randy! That’s what photography is all about! Keep shooting those stars ✨

[@koltinn]

If you want slides, you can use provia 100f and push by +2 stops giving you an iso of 400

[@pablodiazphotography]

Thanks Koltin, I think this is a great tip.

[@koltinn]

@@pablodiazphotography www.fujifilm.com/products/professional_films/pdf/provia_100f_datasheet.pdf datasheet for it.

[@Resorob]

Thanks for the upload, I recently returned to astronomy after a 42 year pause and wanted to do some astrophotography. I know that DSLR's in combination with stacking software can yield spectacular images. But, I returned to film a few years ago to be rid of instant gratification. So I will also shoot film and see how this turns out, will develop myself and will use a Nikkormat FTN and F2 Photomic with an array of vintage Nikon glass. I will mount the camera on an Omegon LX2 tracker. Your video offered valuable insights and is a motivation to use film.

[@pablodiazphotography]

Alright! This is great news and very glad to hear you’ll be using your experience and love of film to get it going again! I appreciate the comment and keep in touch.

[@achernarpolis8842]

Did you deal w any big spiders or scorpions out there at night? If so how did you avoid them?

[@pablodiazphotography]

Great question and the short answer is, no I didn’t encounter any spiders or scorpions. Honestly, I don’t think about while I was out there 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@achernarpolis8842]

@@pablodiazphotography thx, wow I’m a bit surprised, aren’t they all over the place in CA? Especially in the desert… glad it worked though, Cheers!

[@davehyper7835]

Nice video, great tips...... what film did you use?

[@pablodiazphotography]

dave hyper Hi Dave! For this trial run at shooting stars with film, I used inexpensive film, Fuji Film Superia X-TRA 400 36 exp

[@davehyper7835]

@@pablodiazphotography Ah my favourite day to film. very nice!

[@pablodiazphotography]

dave hyper awesome! Cheers Dave!!

[@momchilkrustev7261]

Wonderful shots! What ISO would you recommend for shooting Astro Photography? Also, what film would you suggest?

[@pablodiazphotography]

Momchil Krustev Great question Momchil! I play with ISOs from 400-1600, but I usually start at 400 or 800 as a base. Kodak UltraMax 400 is a solid and versatile choice.

[@johndoe-xf2ih]

Hello, I have a stupid question bear with me, were all of these shot at infinity focus? Another question, if I wanted to keep both the sky and a body like the joshua tree or a rock formation in focus , what focus do i use ? Bear 🐻with me i'm a beginner

[@pablodiazphotography]

Hello 👋 These are not dumb questions. I actually shot at f1.8. And focusing to infinity is fine for older lenses but newer lenses may have a better fusing range. The low aperture will allow more light into your sensor and will also allow you to reduce the exposure time or shutter speed. The issue is that when focused on the stars, your foreground will suffer a bit.

[@johndoe-xf2ih]

@@pablodiazphotography thank you for replying❤️🫡

[@naijiazhang9870]

I have to say this video is very useful!

[@pablodiazphotography]

Thank you for the very nice comment 👍🏼 I’m glad it was helpful

[@a.o.3523]

how did you process your film to digital for the post? did you scan to jpg or raw?

[@pablodiazphotography]

I sent them out for scanning and receive JPEG’s. So any edits were done with minimal data from a JPEG file

[@АндрейФранчук-х6л]

What ASA of the film, you've used?

[@pablodiazphotography]

On this date I used ASA 400

[@pinched_image]

What was your film speed? 400?

[@pablodiazphotography]

Thanks for the question, yes, I shot it on 400

[@deslandes1298]

Great video

[@pablodiazphotography]

Gabriel Deslandes Thanks Gabriel! Much appreciated!

[@Vankoolar]

I watch this video while put my camera in bulb mode for an hour Btw im using 100 iso film

[@pablodiazphotography]

rian al Hi Rian! Thanks for watching and I look forward to hearing about how your shot turned out! What exactly are you shooting, stars? I hope to hear more about your photography! What camera are you using?

[@HarveyG.]

did you used box speed on the last photo? and what settings did you used??

[@pablodiazphotography]

Yes, ISO 400 on last photo, f1.8 and I cannot confirm but shutter speed between 10-20 seconds.

[@HarveyG.]

@@pablodiazphotography got it thanks sir

[@pablodiazphotography]

Harvey Gee No problem Harvey! What type of camera and/or film do you normally shoot?

[@HarveyG.]

@@pablodiazphotography ive never try to shoot for astro on film. but i currently using srt101 and fuji c200 film. but gonna buy some superia 400 for me to try astro

[@pablodiazphotography]

Excellent, have fun with it 👍🏼

[@murph914]

What film did you shoot?

[@pablodiazphotography]

Mike Murphy I have mainly been shooting the less expensive film, like 35mm Fomapan, Kodak UltraMax and Fuji Superia. However, I purchased a Mamiya 645 1000s that I want to shoot soon and I purchased some Portra 400 for it.

[@WesKriesel]

Nice images!

[@pablodiazphotography]

Thanks Wes!!!

[@Elad6k]

OMG! Just cut the first 8 minutes! What was that? Just call the video "My experience shooting the Milky way on film" I hate being that guy but someone had to say it. Still appreciate the video and upload :)

[@pablodiazphotography]

You can be that guy all day, I appreciate the feedback.

[@WesKriesel]

Pray for the best!

[@pablodiazphotography]

🙏

[@samcoates7519]

What does Joshua tree mean?

[@pablodiazphotography]

Joshua Tree is a National Park that I shot in.