Just realized my budget phone camera trick for night shots was all wrong

I tried for months to get decent night shots of the stars with my old Moto G, but everything came out blurry or dark. I finally watched a video that said to prop the phone on a rock and use the 3 second timer instead of touching the shutter. The first shot from my backyard in Phoenix last Tuesday actually showed the Milky Way for the first time. Has anyone else found a simple setting change that fixed your photos better than buying new gear?

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gavinh2624d ago

Wait, you got the Milky Way with a Moto G? That's wild! I read this article the other day about how using a pair of sunglasses as a makeshift lens hood helps cut down on glare from streetlights, but I never thought about the timer trick. Thanks for sharing that, definitely gonna try it on my next campout.

clairem3824d ago

Read an astronomy blog that said the timer trick basically replaces a remote shutter, @gavinh26.