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Old 01-02-2008, 10:42 PM
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First, I like how the clouds frame the stars, it adds quite a bit of interest to the picture.

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Originally Posted by vesitata View Post
why the focus isn't actually right if I turn it to the infinity end...could someone explain?
Had to focus on the bright town hall first..
Lenses are actually able to focus beyond infinity. Reading says that it's because of the barrel expanding / contracting with temperatures. So your best option is to focus on something sufficiently far away, and then switch to manual focus so that the focus doesn't change when you try to take the picture.

Oh, and an extra link for some astrophotography reading for you
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