Spent $40 on a cheap intervalometer for my DSLR and it completely changed my deep sky shots

Before, I was manually hitting the shutter for every 30-second exposure, which shook the camera and ruined a bunch of frames. Now I can set it and forget it, letting the camera run for hours without touching it. Anyone have a good workflow for stacking hundreds of these exposures?

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drew5528d ago

I started with DeepSkyStacker for free, but now I use Siril because it handles calibration frames better. The key is getting a good master dark frame by shooting with the lens cap on at the same temperature as your lights.

the_thea28d ago

Ever try stacking without darks?

susan_wright3428d ago

Honestly, used to think those cheap gadgets were a waste, but an intervalometer is a total game changer for keeping things still. @drew55 has a point about Siril, I made the switch too and the way it handles those dark frames just makes the final stack cleaner. Getting the camera's temperature matched for those calibration shots really is the secret sauce.