Night Sky Photos In Rain Season
I went out to the back street late at night and looked up at the sky, and I could see stars between the clouds.
To be honest, I thought it would be nice to capture even one star, even if there were clouds or light pollution, so I took out my Sony ZV-E10
I bought second-hand from a young man in Bangkok the other day
and my TTArtisan 35mm F0.95
I was selling for 20% off in a store promotion, and put them on a tripod to take a test shot.
70% of the sky was covered with clouds, but I could see stars occasionally between the clouds around Scorpio,
so I aimed for that and took a shot.
It wasn't a "work" that could reach the level of Star field photography, it was just a photo of the night sky, but I was happy that the stars were captured in it.
After looking at the photo after stacking, I didn't think it was at a level where I could finish it into a work of art, so I processed the background with Auto, did some simple color matching, deconvolution, and finally stretched it, resulting in a simple night sky photo.
The clouds have a large effect on the lens' performance when it comes to stars, but there is a lot of coma at F0.95. This would be there even if there were no clouds. You can't tell the fringes or halos unless you look at it on a clear sky.
The camera was limited to ISO400 due to light pollution, but I feel that it has enough functions and performance to take starry sky photos with a short focal length.
The reasons I bought the ZV-E10 are as follows.
(1) Bright monitor
(2) ASCOM compatible
(3) USB power supply (not only charging but also power supply)
(4) Interval shooting function without using an app
(5) Vari-angle monitor
Recently, Fuji and OM have cameras that have the same function as the bright monitor, which allows you to see dark places with Live View, but they are expensive cameras.
The Fuji XA7 that I own does not have this function, so I can only see 1st magnitude stars to about 2nd magnitude stars even in places without light pollution. It is very difficult to decide the star to focus on and the angle of view.
Pentax's KP is not as good as Bright Monitor, but you can see stars in Live View.
Sony's A7Sii does not have a function called Bright Monitor, but you can see almost the same image in Live View as the one you took with the ISO and exposure time you set. In twilight, you can see the dark parts of the summer Milky Way in Live View.
To be honest, I thought it would be nice to capture even one star, even if there were clouds or light pollution, so I took out my Sony ZV-E10
I bought second-hand from a young man in Bangkok the other day
and my TTArtisan 35mm F0.95
I was selling for 20% off in a store promotion, and put them on a tripod to take a test shot.
70% of the sky was covered with clouds, but I could see stars occasionally between the clouds around Scorpio,
so I aimed for that and took a shot.
It wasn't a "work" that could reach the level of Star field photography, it was just a photo of the night sky, but I was happy that the stars were captured in it.
After looking at the photo after stacking, I didn't think it was at a level where I could finish it into a work of art, so I processed the background with Auto, did some simple color matching, deconvolution, and finally stretched it, resulting in a simple night sky photo.
The clouds have a large effect on the lens' performance when it comes to stars, but there is a lot of coma at F0.95. This would be there even if there were no clouds. You can't tell the fringes or halos unless you look at it on a clear sky.
The camera was limited to ISO400 due to light pollution, but I feel that it has enough functions and performance to take starry sky photos with a short focal length.
The reasons I bought the ZV-E10 are as follows.
(1) Bright monitor
(2) ASCOM compatible
(3) USB power supply (not only charging but also power supply)
(4) Interval shooting function without using an app
(5) Vari-angle monitor
Recently, Fuji and OM have cameras that have the same function as the bright monitor, which allows you to see dark places with Live View, but they are expensive cameras.
The Fuji XA7 that I own does not have this function, so I can only see 1st magnitude stars to about 2nd magnitude stars even in places without light pollution. It is very difficult to decide the star to focus on and the angle of view.
Pentax's KP is not as good as Bright Monitor, but you can see stars in Live View.
Sony's A7Sii does not have a function called Bright Monitor, but you can see almost the same image in Live View as the one you took with the ISO and exposure time you set. In twilight, you can see the dark parts of the summer Milky Way in Live View.
深夜に裏の道に出て空を見上げたら雲の隙間に星が見えていた。
正直言って雲があろうが光害があろうが1個でも星が撮れればと思い
先日Bangkokの若者から中古で入手したSony ZV-E10
と
お店のプロモーションで２割引で売っていたTTArtisanの35mm F0.95
を持ち出して、三脚に乗せてテスト撮影をして見た。
空の70％を雲が覆っていたが、調度蠍座の辺りは雲の隙間から時々星が見えてたので
そこに狙って撮影。
星野写真のレベルにはとても達しない「作品」では無く、ただの夜空の写真だがとりあえず星は写っていて幸せだった。
Stack後の写真を見て作品に仕上げるレベルではないと思い、Autoでの背景処理、簡単な色合わせ、Deconvolution、最後にストレチしただけのシンプルな夜空の写真になった。
雲の影響が大きいので星に対するレンズの性能は判断できないが、解放F0.95でコマ収差はかなり出ている。これは雲がなくても出てくるだろう。フリンジやハローは晴れた空で判断しないと分からないな。
カメラは光害の影響でISO400が限界だったが、短焦点で星野写真を撮影するには十分な機能と性能のを持っている気がする。
ZV-E10を購入した理由は以下。
（１）ブライトモニタ
（２）ASCOM対応
（３）USB給電（充電だけではなく給電）
（４）アプリを使わずインターバル撮影機能
（５）バリアングル・モニタ最近の機種ではブライトモニタと同機能の暗所もLive Viewで見れるカメラがFujiやOMでも出ているが、高価なカメラになってしまう。
私が持っているFujiのXA7には当然この機能はないため、1等星から光害のない場所でも2等星くらいしか見えない。ピントを取る星や画角を決めるのにかなり手こずる。
PentaxのKPはブライトモニタほどではないが、そこそこ星はLive Viewで見れる。
SonyのA7Siiにはブライトモニタという名前の機能はないが、そもそも設定しているISO,露出時間に近い撮影画像とほぼ同じものがLive Viewで見られる。薄明時に夏の天の川の濃い部分がLie Viewで見られたりする。
Place: Back Street@East Pattaya (Bortle Class 7++, Moon Phase 50.0%)
Shot Date:20th / May / 2025 0:48 (UTC+7)
TTartisan 35mm F0.95 (F Stop 0.95)
Filter: None
Pic 1 : 4 Secs X 30 2 Minutes
Pic 2 : 6 Secs X 30 3 Minutes
ISO: 400 Camera: Sony ZV-E10 (Stock)Mount :Just Camera Tripot
Guide: None
Controler:None
Pre-Processing APP Drizzle None
Post-Processing PI,PS
Shot By Taro Seki Astropical.uk
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