Sony RX10 M3: Sun Stars

Sample Photos

On this page, I present photos to illustrate for the Sony RX10 M3 how you can let the sun have stars, and which aperture should be set for this purpose. In my opinion, it is best to set aperture to f/16, but there may be reasons that this is not advisable. For example, diffraction increases fuzziness above f/5.6 and is so strong at f/16 that this may be prohibitive to take photos at f/16 at all... Please take a look at the sample photos below to form your own opinion on this.

Sample Photos

For investigating this matter, I took several series of shots directly into the sun.

Click the photos to open larger versions in a new window. All photos are OOC JPEGs without any processing (apart from resizing the previews).

Series 1: f/8, f/16

f/8		f/16
Series 2: f/16 - Black Background

f/16		f/16
Series 3: f/5.6 and f/16

f/5.6		f/16
Series 4: f5.6 - f/16 (including Sensor Dust...)

f/16, 24 mm (sensor dust close to the left edge)		f/11, 28 mm (sensor dust close to the left edge)

f/8, 24 mm (sensor dust close to the left edge)		f/5.6, 28 mm (sensor dust no longer visible)
Diffraction Effects

f/16		f/11

f/16, sharpened		f/11, sharpened

f/8		f/5.6

Sony RX10 M3: Sun Stars

Sample Photos

Series 1: f/8, f/16

Series 2: f/16 - Black Background

Series 3: f/5.6 and f/16

Series 4: f5.6 - f/16 (including Sensor Dust...)

Diffraction Effects