Back to photostream

StarLink satellites

StarLink satellites in motion. Eventually, they will all take positions at programmed coordinates. The appeared out of nowhere and very suddenly, and obviously, you cannot autofocus on a subject like this against a dark sky.

 

So all I could do was manually set the focusing ring on the lens manually to "infinity" and hope the lens would pick up these spots of light. The Sony 50 f/1.2 can focus beyond ∞, so I ended up overshooting ∞ a little. The camera also set the exposure time to 0.5 seconds, which was a bit too long. As a result, I could not get the best focus.

 

By the time I set the shutter to a faster speed and get better focus, a big patch of cloud moved in, and that ended any hopes for getting a better shot :(

 

Still, an interesting image, and I thought I would upload it to flickr.

 

A1_09970

341 views
6 faves
3 comments
Uploaded on November 14, 2024
Taken on October 19, 2024