DSLR challenge - help me survive the Zombie Apocalypse.

[powerlord]

I was given the choice of a present: a baseball bat, or a camera. I chose the camera.

Now I am regretting my decision - help me stay alive!

I have a Canon 6d, and a Samyang 135mm.

I have only 100 minutes (plus a few mins to stack and correct in startools) before the zombies arrive to eat my brain

As we all know, the only zombie deterent is a high quality astrophotography picture (red nebulas a zombie favourite).

Do I:

1: take 200 subs at 30 seconds @ iso 3200 (test shot seems to show this 1/3 or so histogram)

or

2: take 100 subs @ 60 seconds @ iso 1600 (also about 1/3 histogram)

or

3: take 50 subs @ 120seconds  @ iso 800 (also about 1/3 histogram)

quickly i can hear their cries !

stu

 

Edited August 24, 2021 by powerlord

[Clarkey]

According to the following link iso 1600 is optimum for the 6D.

Best ISO values for Canon cameras | DSLR Astrophotography (dslr-astrophotography.com)

Good luck with the Zombies.🧟‍♂️

Option 4 - go to Astrobin and nick someone else's picture and take all the credit! (and hope the zombies fall for your cunning plan)

[PeterCPC]

Longer exposure subs would be better than lots of short exposures. I agree about ISO1600.

[Stub Mandrel]

Can you swing the camera around by its strap?

 

But seriously the correct answer is the longest exposure possible, so the fewest subs you can get away with to give your cronky laptop  a chance to stack them before the zomb...

[Clarkey]

As there has been no reply we can only assume that Powerlord has been eaten by the zombies. Too slow on the replies I guess......

RIP Stu.🤣

[powerlord]

it was the stacking that got me in the end.. a few minutes were not enough. I tried distracting them with a picture of the pillars of creation, but they said that was old hat... then ate it. and my brain.

 

Edited August 26, 2021 by powerlord