A park ranger's flashlight trick changed my night sky shots

Last summer I was struggling with star trails at Great Basin National Park, and a ranger walked by during a canyon tour. She pointed her red flashlight at my tripod and said 'your focus ring is drifting, lock it with tape before every long exposure.' Have any of you found a simple field hack that fixed a photo problem you'd been fighting for ages?

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felixw9920d ago

Did you try turning off image stabilization on the tripod too? That was the fix for me, it kept fighting the mount and smearing my shots.