My Orion Nebula shot came out decent after fighting with camera settings for ages
I've been trying to capture the Orion Nebula for like a month now, and my camera's auto mode is useless for astro stuff, lol. Every time I set up, something goes wrong, either the focus is off or the image is too noisy. I watched so many tutorials on manual settings, but it felt like guessing each time. The other night, I decided to just keep changing the ISO and shutter speed until something clicked. After a bunch of failed tries, I got a few frames that weren't total trash. Throwing them into my stacking software, I was sure it would crash or give me a blurry mess again. But this time, it actually stacked without errors and the final photo has some real detail. It's not amazing, but for me, it's a win after all that headache, lmao.