I know some guys who would freak their pants out at the description of the stacking process😁 where are my darks, and offsets, and flats??? But they are more on the NASA side as you described.😄 Art and science obey different rules.
HAHA! YEP! And quite honestly, the extra work is strictly for the eyes of the photographer because at this point it's almost impossible for the average person to see the benefit...especially on a phone screen!
@@CapeNightPhotography yes, isn’t that sad? It breaks my heart when people mix-up pictures and post stamps, but what can you do? Isn’t that funny, manufacturers advertise their cameras with always more pixels, and people look at the results on a 6” screen. Where are the 36 Mpx of our K1 friend? Perhaps people should pay more attention to details, any details. Keep on looking up and thank you for sharing.👍
@@thierrygillard6896 Awesome comment! If someone really enjoys that level of complexity, then more power to them. But if they are doing it for others, the return on investment is minimal. I'd rather spend more time enjoying my surroundings than over engineering my shoots!
Thanks Tim, great stuff. I'm planning on getting the Pentax O-gps2 later this year to go with my k70. I saw the tracked lighthouse-milky way image. Does the camera compensate for the stable foreground with the moving stars? I expected some motion blur on the lighthouse. Thanks again.
Great! To answer your question, yes you will notice some blur. The only way around that is to shoot a second exposure specifically for the foreground but with the tracking shut off. If you go back a few videos here on my channel, I talk about how I use Astro Tracer and I mentioned that in the video. You may find that helpful.
Dear Tim, could you please tell what tracking exposures you able to get with your Pentax K1? I'm usually able to get from 30-60 second for lenses with FL: 10, 18, 30, 50 mm. With longer FL I able to have only from 10-20 seconds exposure. I use Pentax K70. I'd like to ask you to make a video about good lenses for astrophotography for Pentax cameras. This would be very useful. As there is some video about good lenses for this but they mostly for Nikon, Canon, Sony... And for Pentax such video I wasn't able to find.
Andrew, thanks for your comment. I typically shoot at 2 to 2.5 minutes with a 15-30. Longer than that and I do get a bit of star trailing. Ideally, most folks have the best results in the 24-70 range from what I have read. Longer focal lengths can be tough but I have shot at 135mm for about 90 seconds with good luck. Longer lenses will obviously show trailing quicker. Sometimes this can be affected by the direction you are pointed in as well so you may notice you can go a bit longer to the north but that's probably not the area of sky you are looking for. I definitely recommend a fresh recalibration of the GPS and astrotracer at every location to minimize errors. That might help. I heard a firmware update may be coming to help soon as well. Great idea about the lens review. I am going to add that to the list.
Thanks for posting all those options, the clear explanations are much appreciated! I hope you're not getting slammed by the blizzard!
Thank you! We survived, kept power but lost internet until this morning!
Great video, Thanks.
Thanks for the video great tips and suggestions I do all 3 as well pantax K70 And I have the start adventurer
Sounds like you have a great setup!
I know some guys who would freak their pants out at the description of the stacking process😁 where are my darks, and offsets, and flats??? But they are more on the NASA side as you described.😄 Art and science obey different rules.
HAHA! YEP! And quite honestly, the extra work is strictly for the eyes of the photographer because at this point it's almost impossible for the average person to see the benefit...especially on a phone screen!
@@CapeNightPhotography yes, isn’t that sad? It breaks my heart when people mix-up pictures and post stamps, but what can you do? Isn’t that funny, manufacturers advertise their cameras with always more pixels, and people look at the results on a 6” screen. Where are the 36 Mpx of our K1 friend? Perhaps people should pay more attention to details, any details. Keep on looking up and thank you for sharing.👍
@@thierrygillard6896 Awesome comment! If someone really enjoys that level of complexity, then more power to them. But if they are doing it for others, the return on investment is minimal. I'd rather spend more time enjoying my surroundings than over engineering my shoots!
Thanks Tim, great stuff. I'm planning on getting the Pentax O-gps2 later this year to go with my k70. I saw the tracked lighthouse-milky way image. Does the camera compensate for the stable foreground with the moving stars? I expected some motion blur on the lighthouse. Thanks again.
Great! To answer your question, yes you will notice some blur. The only way around that is to shoot a second exposure specifically for the foreground but with the tracking shut off. If you go back a few videos here on my channel, I talk about how I use Astro Tracer and I mentioned that in the video. You may find that helpful.
Thanks I'll do just that.
Dear Tim, could you please tell what tracking exposures you able to get with your Pentax K1?
I'm usually able to get from 30-60 second for lenses with FL: 10, 18, 30, 50 mm. With longer FL I able to have only from 10-20 seconds exposure. I use Pentax K70.
I'd like to ask you to make a video about good lenses for astrophotography for Pentax cameras. This would be very useful. As there is some video about good lenses for this but they mostly for Nikon, Canon, Sony... And for Pentax such video I wasn't able to find.
Andrew, thanks for your comment. I typically shoot at 2 to 2.5 minutes with a 15-30. Longer than that and I do get a bit of star trailing.
Ideally, most folks have the best results in the 24-70 range from what I have read. Longer focal lengths can be tough but I have shot at 135mm for about 90 seconds with good luck. Longer lenses will obviously show trailing quicker. Sometimes this can be affected by the direction you are pointed in as well so you may notice you can go a bit longer to the north but that's probably not the area of sky you are looking for.
I definitely recommend a fresh recalibration of the GPS and astrotracer at every location to minimize errors. That might help.
I heard a firmware update may be coming to help soon as well.
Great idea about the lens review. I am going to add that to the list.