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13 exposures taken from a Boeing 777 over the UK last August with A7R2 and 28mm F2.0.

 

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in case someone wants to try this, a few tips & tricks... took quite a few attempts to get to this one

 

- biggest problem are the reflections in the aircraft windows.

- A380 is absolutely bad, the double glass is 5cm apart and the 2nd glass is reflecting badly

- 777 is a lot better, the glass is just 1cm apart and has very little reflection

- make sure you are not sitting above the wing (obvious i guess)

- make sure you are checking the milky way position of the flight path in Stellarium and then decide which side of the plane to sit

- take a dark cardboard that covers as much of the aircraft window as possible and cut a hole into the centre for the lens to go through (alternatively the backside cover of your inflight magazine will do the job ;-))

- use a lens hood and press it against the aircraft window to fix the camera position

- use manual focus, once focus is OK and exposure is acceptable, take a series of pictures (20-30 at least) without moving the lens.

- exposures between 0,4 and 0,8 seconds seem to be the max that works unless you are flying in really smooth air

- process in DeepSkyStacker or manual alignment.

 

good luck...

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I think the paranoia is something that is US specific ;-) usually people are quite excited and ask for a copy of the final picture ...

 

 

Good info. Was wondering about shots through a plane window. However wonder what the seat mate or stewardess thinks of the window shenanigans in these troubled times when you pull out your sheet of cardboard with a hole cut in it.

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