Thanks guys, there's nothing like sitting back in a deckchair on a warm summer night looking at the milkyway with your eyes!

I'll try autostitch and see how it turns out..and definitely do that in the mountains or desert next year Paul !!!

It's quite easy, all you have to do is piggyback your camera on a motrised and roughly polar aligned mount, set up a wide field lens, and put the camera on it's side to capture a large part of the milkyway, these 3 shots are two minutes each...

France 113, I'm not sure about your camera, this was done with a Canon 400D, why don't you try setting your camera on 'bulb' if it has thar, or maximum exposure time...see what you get...

Clear Skies!
Keith..