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@@alexroper6319 I always answer the questions if they are sensible. If you look at the comments below, you will see my replies. You will also find the answer to you question, had you looked. The phone app is called photopils. A few seconds of research would have furnished you with the information you need. English may not be your first language, so I will cut you some slack for your impolite and passive aggressive question.

P.S the white balance was adjusted in editing.

@focusphotonsfrugally6644 good morning, yes completely understand your response sorry. Reading back it was rude of me and I have changed my comments. Thank you for the excellent tips and replying, keep up the great work

@alexroper6319 Hi Alex, thanks for that, I should probably also apologise, maybe I got out of the wrong side of bed this morning! Yes I did adjust the white balance as part of my editing process. I try not to do too much though as it is easy to go to far and introduce a load of noise.

@focusphotonsfrugally6644 not at all, my comment was blunt and I didn't scroll through the comments and replies. You were totally fair with your response, in my opinion.

I notice your TH-cam channel is full to the brim with insightful helpful videos. it's called click bait that's how the internet works. Proof of it working is you! Even bad or negative comments are great because they drive engagement. Also just because you know how to do it doesn't mean everyone else does.

@@focusphotonsfrugally6644 So you admit it was a misleading clickbait title. Internet also works by being able to block channels that post clickbait titles.

Block me then I couldn’t care at all.

@@paulmingay834 thank you very much Paul.

@@johnyoung1606 thank you for watching, and your comment. I’ve always used Nikon, apart from a brief period with a Sony camera that just proved headline specs don’t mean much. The frugal part is just about finding that balance of quality and performance that delivers exactly what is needed.

@@nightscapejournals thanks Paul, just fancied doing something a bit different. Weirdly unexcited about the aurora of the last few days. We have had broken clouds, and I hate that with moonlight just end up with shots that are very limiting when it comes to editing. Obviously delighted we are getting aurora, but don't need to photograph it to enjoy it. Hope you are well and have had some quality time with your camera.

@@nightscapejournals P.S learnt to drive in an MG metro Turbo. I want one so badly it hurts.

@@bruceclothier3082 Thank you, it’s Old Winchester Hill.

@@TheRulorulero I literally tell you what settings I used at the end of the video. But, I don’t know what you are trying to film and what artistic intention you have so there is little point in using my settings, because they may not work for you. There is no secret formula that I can give you. You have to work it out for yourself.

@@focusphotonsfrugally6644 oh, sorry. i think i dont see the full video... i have slepy. greetings from argentina

@@TheRulorulero that’s cool, we all need sleep.

@@sarahreynolds2459 Ulanzi vl49 they are tiny little things.

@@Sub2AGL just buy the best camera you can afford, with the best range of lenses you can afford.

​@@focusphotonsfrugally6644 what leneses do u prefer?

@@Sub2AGL wide angle lenses.

@@nightscapejournals Thanks Paul, yes, I don't have enough batteries with me to get it right, I usually have it clear in my head, and then it pours out of my mouth as complete nonsense. Hopefully it will be good for some milky way action this weekend! Hope you are well and have a fully functioning laptop again.

@@focusphotonsfrugally6644thanks - still waiting for diagnostic on the laptop 🙄. Suspect it’s going to be a couple of weeks yet, which is frustrating!!

@@CluelessTH-camr some of the background glow is light pollution, probably from London, some of it was the moon. I also hope the party was because he found his dog. I did take his phone number so I could call him if I saw his dog. Thanks for watching!

@@CluelessTH-camr thanks Keith, yep the wind was a real pain, I did my best with the camera, but the wind was strong enough to move the bike ever so slightly. The great thing about photography, is it always leaves you with that feeling if circumstances were better you could have done better. So a little bit of unfinished business. Hope you are well and had a good weekend!

@@gregwagner7622 thank you very much. Hope you are well and had a fantastic weekend.

@@nightscapejournals thank you Paul, I did consider if the motorbike could summon up another aurora. But sadly not. Although weirdly a friend did catch some aurora earlier in the week down in Dorset. Hope you are well and managed to get out with your camera over the weekend.

@@paulmingay834 I guess I can only reply with, once again thank you for watching and making the effort to comment. Hope you are keeping well!

Thanks Paul, Beachy head also seems to have its own wether, it can be completely different there, unfortunately you don't know till you get there. Beachy Head is a round trip for me of about 4 hours of driving and 2 hours of rock climbing on flat ground. It is well worth the effort though when things are good. Like you say it's a balance of so many things to make it work, all thrown in with what level of selfishness others will tolerate from me. Its mad in reality how few days these things align, might only be four a year plus factoring daily life. I was reminded of the relentless march of time. I got home at 3am this morning and noticed a large part of the winter circle rising. I will look forward to your next video with some perseids hopefully, they seem to be putting on a good display at the moment.

@@paulmingay834 thank you. Yep it took me a while to adjust to digital to. Modern processing is just the same as the old way just without smelly messy chemicals. Modern photography is as much about processing as film, just these days you can press reset and start again, if it all goes wrong. I used to avoid it, then I realised I wasn’t getting the most out of my camera, so I got stuck in.

@@happinessloveyoursmile thank you very much.

@@focusphotonsfrugally6644 😊🌸

@@CluelessTH-camr thanks Keith, I really appreciate your comment. It’s always nice to get a comment like that from people whose work I also admire. It feels like it has been a bad year the world over for Astrophotography, judging by the other channels and photographers I follow. Hope you are well and get some clear skies soon.

@@nightscapejournals thank you, i expect one day I will fall off something. It was nice to be out and know I had time to actually film something, without rushing to beat the weather, hopefully we have turned a corner now. I feel like we are owed a lot of clear nights.

@@PaytonCarterOutsideThanks Boss! The Z5 and 40mm f2 deliver beyond what the specs suggest. I love the 40mm f2 and it's perfect for 1080hd and then upscale it to 4k to avoid the crop in standard 4k. Recently I have started using the 20mm f1.8 with straight out of the camera 4k which relates to about a 30mm field of view. I think the 24-70 f4 is a great lens and I will get one when I find one the right price second hand. The Nikon Z cameras have lock on the sensor when the camera is switched off so it doesn't get jolted around. Having said that when I am on my bike I carry the camera and lens in a small padded camera bag, and then put that in another backpack. The backpack I use on my bike is meant for enduro off road motorcycles, so it's really snug and doesn't move around. It's also big enough to get a small travel tripod in. The bag I use is. Kreiga r35 expensive, but quality. More suited than a dedicated camera backpack.

Unfortunately I can’t give you a set of magic settings, you need to work that out for yourself. There are so many variables even something as simple as how far north or south you are on the planet will change the settings you need.

@@focusphotonsfrugally6644 I understand, thanks for your response!

The app is called Photopils. Wider is always better, but because the 24mm f1.4G ED is for a full frame camera you might not gain much in field of view. I think that the 35mm lens I used in the video is sharper at f1.8 than the 24mm is at f1.4 so you may not gain any advantage for all of that extra money. Have you looked at the sigma 18-35mm f1.8 it has a really good reputation and is considerably cheaper and would be more useful in the long term.

@@focusphotonsfrugally6644 thanks a lot for taking time to reply!!

Thank you very much, waiting for the weather to be more cooperative.

The same way as you would set the iso to any other setting you would want.

Thank you very much.

Thanks Paul, yes I think this might be the worst spring ever, that I can recall. Thanks but I am a notoriously lazy star trailer and cheat, and darkness was giving way to dawn so the cider bottle shot wasn’t as good as I had envisioned. You know what it’s like to capture everything, timelapse to star trails plus vlog I could easily take ten cameras with me. Thanks for watching and I look forward to your next video.

Hey, D3300 is it any good?

photopils

Thanks Keith, yes it felt like a once in a lifetime event to witness that. Hope you are well and getting some good camera time in.

Thank you, yes I will happily swap Milky Way shots for aurora. I don’t mind being thwarted like that. But I am itching to open my Milky Way core season properly. It feels like the moon and the rain seem intent on stopping me at the moment. Looking forward to your video.

Thank you very much. I hope you got to see the same display. It really felt like a once in a lifetime event, for me at least.

Thank you very much!

no I am not.