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Originally Posted by telekinetic
30 seconds?! Jesus man, what settings were you using? I was doing my test shots handheld with 1/320 or 1/640 with f/4 and iso 100, and they were coming out great...but got thick cloud cover as soon as the eclipse started.  |
I didn't say to shoot at 30 seconds. I said to keep it under 30 seconds, as a general rule, and I explained why.
Somebody playing around with a slow kit lens (I assume 18-55mm, f3,5-f4.5) might be tempted to go wide angle and take a shot of the milky way, for example. This might cause the camera to want to go over 30 seconds on auto. The result would be arcs.
Edit: Here's a link that pretty much supports your argument:
http://www.flickr.com/groups/canon70...7605132314286/