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Originally Posted by Wormius
I took a look at your camera settings. Similar to mine, but I still get really grainy looking shots. 2 second timer, 10 second exposure, F2.7 ISO 1600 (varied between 80 and up, looked slightly better at 200 and 400). I am guessing this camera maybe isn't meant for night photos. It's a fairly old Canon S5 IS. Maybe that's the issue.
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to add to what CaptYooh said...
can you do a longer timer? i found at 2 seconds there is still significant 'shake' in the camera/tripod - that's why i went with a 10 second timer/remote trigger. i also found that anything over a 4-5 seconds exposure and i was noticing blur just from earth/star movement
also - my 'back up' (old) camera body is a canon 50d. it came out in 2008. the S5IS came out in 2007 (thank you google!! ha!). i've had really good success getting night shots with that camera so like CaptYooh said - you should be able to get some really good night shots with your camera, even with it being older.
hope you have success!!