Wow!! What a great image! I may be going out tonight to try and capture it as well! Al I have is an EOSR, a Canon 2x Converter, and a Sigma 150-600 Lens. I will be going up close to Lake Texoma almost to the Texas/Oklahoma border!- Thanks for the video!
Thanks Gary! That sounds awesome. you should still be able to get some cool stuff with that setup for sure, including Orion's nebula. Andromeda is also up right now, as are the Pleiades.
This was awesome Brent! I'd love to see a full post processing video. Also how the heck did you turn the 2 second timer beep off on the R5? It drives me crazy 😂
Brent, thanks for the good video, you captured some really good color and detail in the nebula. I saw the photo on your IG and wondered about the short exposure time.
Very cool video. I got my Nexstar 5SE just over a month ago, and also was doing some imaging of the Orion nebula last night. I built my own 70Wh battery bank for the power issues. I also purchased an Aodelan Remote shutter release for my Canon D250, and a JWM automatic focuser to minimise touching the scope after alignment as much as possible. Finally I purchased a Neodymium filter because I live in a very light polluted city in the Southwest. I got an outstanding picture of the nebular with a single frame at an iso of 6400 with an 11 second exposure time. It was nice being able to use something as simple as Iphoto, for post processing and not have to resort to stacking a whole bunch of photos. Looking forward to watching more of your videos.
Hi Brent. I would definitely love to see more on astro photography and also processing. That is one direction I want to go in, besides landscape. I just bought a Move Shoot Move so I can do longer shots without star trails, and now I'm looking also for a telescope. I like your recommendation on the Celestron. For my first scope, I don't want something that is over the top pricey - I just want something that will get me great image quality with my R6, and something that I can learn on without breaking the bank. As always, great video!!
The Celestrons have been great for me. The nice thing about them too is that the series I have comes in different sizes, so you could even start with the slightly smaller and cheaper 4" version, or go crazy and get the 6" or 8" :P
hi . very nice video and the results are great . been wondering how you connect your camera to the telescope .. plz more astro tutorials and videos .thank you so much
great video , astrophotography is my passion , being doing it for 3 years now , i use dedicated Altair Astronomy camera's and a refractor scope , but its great to see what an unmodified dslr can also pull off
@@BrentHall fantastic mate , processing the photos as you said can be quite complicated, but once mastered it’s really rewarding, Orion can blow the core out so the 10 s exposure is a nice sweet spot
Great video , I was wondering if it's possible to attach EOS- R adapter and 100-400mm IS ii and do some intense deep sky astrophotography along with Canon R6 ? Please let me know your thoughts.
Sure it is, you just won't be able to do long exposures unless you get a star tracker of some sort. You'll just have to take a lot of shorter exposures and stack them in post.
Excellent video and good to see you back - just wondering why you used the R6 instead of the R5 for this. I've been looking at purchasing one or the other but as I live in Canada and winter is mostly dark, low light capability is a must. Do you think the R6 does better for astro than your R5? I did watch your previous video on it, and it seemed they were pretty much equals.
I think the R6 has a slight edge for low light. Yeah, in the videos I did about it, the R5 held up just fine for normal and even slightly high isos, but when you push past 3200, to me that's where the R6 starts to have a better handle on the low light performance. I certainly wouldn't say the R5 is bad though, in fact, it's still better than any other canon camera I've ever had for low light, I just happen to be lucky enough to have both, so I filmed the video with the R5 and did the stills with the R6.
@@BrentHall Thanks for the info! I've been waffling back and forth but I regularly shoot >3200 iso during daytime during winter's cloudy days so the R6 would probably be better for me. Appreciate your time and wisdom on this. Cheers from a cloudy Canadian.
Thanks for the great video. Have you done planetary of Jupiter or Saturn? I have a Nextstar 8 which I know is better for planets than deep space just for captureing the entire image, although I do want to try some deep space. I see that you can make it work without an equatorial mount which is encouraging. We are getting a Canon R5 here soon and I wondered if you have done planets, do you use a live view function where you can zoom in further and "record" the live view then process or did you still just take multiple frames like this video. I am trying to learn how to use the equipment I have without spending a ton on all the specialty I see through out RUclips. Thanks
I've never messed with trying to photograph planets. I don't have a good enough setup to get the kind of quality planetary images I'd want. That's just me though.
Hi Brent Andrew here in Ottawa Canada Can you tell me what adapter you used on the R6 to connect to a telescope and if there is any else you need Thanks
I like all your videos. I am not interested in telescopes but enjoyed your lessons. I enjoy astro videos more without the use of telescopes but that is just me. I am not interested in vesting more money in telescopes and trackers but will experiment with my camera and lenses best I can. I remember you mentioning that you got a third party lens adapter ef to r. Although Canon does not recommend using third party adapters, I cant find any in stock any where. So I dont have a choice. What brand did you get and does it work for you? I am so frustrated with Canon. Thanks
Don't worry, I'll still have plenty of regular videos with regular gear, just maybe with a few more videos like this scattered in there every now and again. Doing the RUclips thing, and trying to be successful at it is pretty hard because I like to do so many different types of photography and it's not as appealing to a broad audience. I had to get a couple of the 3rd party adapters because I only had one Canon adapter and they all disappeared when the R5 and R6 came out, so I feel your pain, lol. I got the Commlite ones because they were super cheap. One has held up alright and one has kind of broken already. They aren't made as well and they can't hold heavy lenses very well. The one of mine broke from having my Tamron 24-70 G2 on there a lot, and it's fairly heavy little lens, very top heavy. I'm definitely saving up and slowly transitioning to all RF mount lenses, but that's gonna take a while cause the ones I need are pretty expensive. Hopefully I'll be able to pick up another Canon one here sometime soon.
What are your thoughts of the Canon m50. Do you have a review of it? I was looking at it for an upgrade from my T1i that won't break the bank, and to use for astrophotography, vlogging, and landscape photography.
I've never used an m50. I've decent things about it though. You might also consider an RP. I use it for all those things and it's a great little camera.
Not a practical / economical thing to do, but I wonder if you would get any quality benefit by using a "big white" like 600mm f/4 with a 2x TC instead of cheaper telescope? 🤔 For short or medium distance photos the difference is of course huge but with super long distance there is so much air movement between the camera and the subject. Great, interesting video, thanks!
Aside from the money factor, there's definitely a lot of things to consider. If I had a big white, I might try messing around with it, but the weight would be a real issue. You'd have to get a pretty hefty star tracker and balancing weights, and an even bigger tripod. Plus the optics are totally different. There are plenty of affordable telescopes out there with faster apertures as well.
@@BrentHall Yeah, I know very little about astrophotography but what you wrote seems to make perfect sense. That kind of a setup would not be easily portable 😅. I have been curious about this because I have seen some people (with many different telescopes) liking to use Explore Scientific FCD100 127mm f/7,5. That weighs 8,2 kg (18 lbs) and has smaller aperture diameter than 600mm f/4. But it seems to require something like Celestron CGX mount / tripod combo that weighs about 30 kg (66 lbs). Though it's rated for 25 kg (55 lbs) load capacity - so quite study. I got a chronic medical condition two years ago that limits my trips a lot so I might be looking something that doesn't need to be portable. I could ask my brother to make the setup a motorized platform so it could be easily driven between outdoors and indoors storage 🤔.
I took a look at the telescope that you use. On amazon it indicates the NexYZ adapter as an option. Do you have that and what do you need it for? Does it mount directly to a regular tripod? You mention needing a battery power source but the docs talk about 8 Lithium Metal batteries - does the battery you use substitute for that?
The NexYZ adapter is for your phone, to allow you to take photos and a bunch of other stuff. I don't have that adapter because I always use my big cameras instead. It doesn't mount to a regular camera tripod, but I'm pretty sure it comes with its own tripod, which is really nice. It can take 8 regular AA batteries, but it drains them pretty fast, so I always just use a power pack, usually my Goal Zero Yeti 150, but there are plenty of smaller power packs out there.
I had to use a T adapter, but at the time it was only available for EF mount, so I also had to use the canon RF adapter. I don't know if they have a native RF T mount yet or not though. I don't have that telescope anymore.
No, you need a T adapter, but they're super common and cheap online. Oh, and you'll need the EF-RF adapter as well, which is much more expensive, but I haven't seen any RF mount T adapters yet.
If you're looking to image through Amateur Telescopes see this precision Canon RF Mount 2" UltraWide Low Profile Prime Focus Telescope Adapter: www.telescopeadapters.com/2-prime-focus-adapters/600-canon-eos-r-2-ultrawide-prime-focus-telescope-adapter-low-profile.html
@@BrentHall I can do the pics, subs, flats, etc., and stack them. It's the post processing that is kicking this old man's butt. I just turned 65. I have taken my Celestron 6" SCT SE and put it on the Celestron AVX mount that arrived 2 days ago. Low and behold... clouds are rain for the next 5 days in central Texas.
Disagree 100%. I'm guessing you MISSED the final image. While the alt-az mount is not the best, I have one along with the Celestron AVX, it can still be done. Your comment has no merit. About 10 seconds with that mount is roughly the best you can do. The proof is here @10:28.
I never said that this is what you should do, this isn't a tutorial. I simply showed you what I was doing. I'm well aware that it wasn't an optimal setup or settings for proper astrophotography. I'm just messing around at this point. I know I should have taken the time to do a proper polar alignment, but I didn't because I was being lazy.
That’s a wow! Very interested to see more and more on the editing please.
Great video! I have to say, personally I would love a good in depth astro tutorial. Especially with your touch on it.
Wow!! What a great image! I may be going out tonight to try and capture it as well! Al I have is an EOSR, a Canon 2x Converter, and a Sigma 150-600 Lens. I will be going up close to Lake Texoma almost to the Texas/Oklahoma border!- Thanks for the video!
Thanks Gary! That sounds awesome. you should still be able to get some cool stuff with that setup for sure, including Orion's nebula. Andromeda is also up right now, as are the Pleiades.
Great video. Yes please more post processing video for Astro.
This was awesome Brent! I'd love to see a full post processing video. Also how the heck did you turn the 2 second timer beep off on the R5? It drives me crazy 😂
lol, I just turned the beep off in the settings menu (the yellow wrench tab).
Brent, thanks for the good video, you captured some really good color and detail in the nebula. I saw the photo on your IG and wondered about the short exposure time.
Very cool video. I got my Nexstar 5SE just over a month ago, and also was doing some imaging of the Orion nebula last night. I built my own 70Wh battery bank for the power issues. I also purchased an Aodelan Remote shutter release for my Canon D250, and a JWM automatic focuser to minimise touching the scope after alignment as much as possible. Finally I purchased a Neodymium filter because I live in a very light polluted city in the Southwest. I got an outstanding picture of the nebular with a single frame at an iso of 6400 with an 11 second exposure time. It was nice being able to use something as simple as Iphoto, for post processing and not have to resort to stacking a whole bunch of photos. Looking forward to watching more of your videos.
That's awesome! I definitely want to do some longer exposures, for sure. I just need to not be so lazy and do a more proper alignment, lol.
I would be all about learning more about astro photography. I have the same gear you have minus a tele. I am in the market.
I would definitely enjoy more astro tutorial type videos. But then again I enjoy all your content, so just keep them coming! Thanks.
Many thanks Todd!
Brilliant video! How did you connect the camera to your telescope, prime? Cheers.
Bro that is sooooo awesome!!!
Thanks man!😀🙏
Awesome video. Question, can you do timelapse video with the telescope? Nyall
Which adapter did you use? I have a Celestron 130 SLT and can't find the right adapter for my Canon R6. Thanks! Great video btw.
Hi Brent. I would definitely love to see more on astro photography and also processing. That is one direction I want to go in, besides landscape. I just bought a Move Shoot Move so I can do longer shots without star trails, and now I'm looking also for a telescope. I like your recommendation on the Celestron. For my first scope, I don't want something that is over the top pricey - I just want something that will get me great image quality with my R6, and something that I can learn on without breaking the bank. As always, great video!!
The Celestrons have been great for me. The nice thing about them too is that the series I have comes in different sizes, so you could even start with the slightly smaller and cheaper 4" version, or go crazy and get the 6" or 8" :P
Nice video, I never understood how stacking can bring out a photo and increase detail
Then you need to watch this by Dr. Robin Glover the creator of Sharp Cap. ruclips.net/video/3RH93UvP358/видео.html
hi . very nice video and the results are great . been wondering how you connect your camera to the telescope .. plz more astro tutorials and videos .thank you so much
You just need a T adapter. They are pretty common and cheap, online. Just make sure you get the right one for your brand of camera.
great video , astrophotography is my passion , being doing it for 3 years now , i use dedicated Altair Astronomy camera's and a refractor scope , but its great to see what an unmodified dslr can also pull off
Oh nice! Yeah, I'd definitely like to have some more dedicated astro stuff, maybe someday. For now I'll just have keep trying with this setup.
@@BrentHall fantastic mate , processing the photos as you said can be quite complicated, but once mastered it’s really rewarding, Orion can blow the core out so the 10 s exposure is a nice sweet spot
Love it!
Many thanks!
Great video , I was wondering if it's possible to attach EOS- R adapter and 100-400mm IS ii and do some intense deep sky astrophotography along with Canon R6 ? Please let me know your thoughts.
Sure it is, you just won't be able to do long exposures unless you get a star tracker of some sort. You'll just have to take a lot of shorter exposures and stack them in post.
Excellent video and good to see you back - just wondering why you used the R6 instead of the R5 for this. I've been looking at purchasing one or the other but as I live in Canada and winter is mostly dark, low light capability is a must. Do you think the R6 does better for astro than your R5? I did watch your previous video on it, and it seemed they were pretty much equals.
I think the R6 has a slight edge for low light. Yeah, in the videos I did about it, the R5 held up just fine for normal and even slightly high isos, but when you push past 3200, to me that's where the R6 starts to have a better handle on the low light performance. I certainly wouldn't say the R5 is bad though, in fact, it's still better than any other canon camera I've ever had for low light, I just happen to be lucky enough to have both, so I filmed the video with the R5 and did the stills with the R6.
@@BrentHall Thanks for the info! I've been waffling back and forth but I regularly shoot >3200 iso during daytime during winter's cloudy days so the R6 would probably be better for me. Appreciate your time and wisdom on this. Cheers from a cloudy Canadian.
Thanks for the great video. Have you done planetary of Jupiter or Saturn? I have a Nextstar 8 which I know is better for planets than deep space just for captureing the entire image, although I do want to try some deep space. I see that you can make it work without an equatorial mount which is encouraging. We are getting a Canon R5 here soon and I wondered if you have done planets, do you use a live view function where you can zoom in further and "record" the live view then process or did you still just take multiple frames like this video. I am trying to learn how to use the equipment I have without spending a ton on all the specialty I see through out RUclips. Thanks
I've never messed with trying to photograph planets. I don't have a good enough setup to get the kind of quality planetary images I'd want. That's just me though.
Hi Brent
Andrew here in Ottawa Canada
Can you tell me what adapter you used on the R6 to connect to a telescope and if there is any else you need
Thanks
How did you stack? In photoshop? I love the final image. Time for me to use almost the same gear myself!
I do stack in Photoshop
sometimes, but this one was stacked in Deep Sky Stacker, and then the rest of the editing was in PS.
Nice edit!
Thank you!🙂
this is amazing😍
Many thanks!
Instead of tapping the screen on the R6, try out the bluetooth remote feature. It's fantastic for this.
Yeah, I have apps that I use, but mostly I just set up the built-in timelapse and let it go. I was just being lazy for the video.
I like all your videos. I am not interested in telescopes but enjoyed your lessons. I enjoy astro videos more without the use of telescopes but that is just me. I am not interested in vesting more money in telescopes and trackers but will experiment with my camera and lenses best I can. I remember you mentioning that you got a third party lens adapter ef to r. Although Canon does not recommend using third party adapters, I cant find any in stock any where. So I dont have a choice. What brand did you get and does it work for you? I am so frustrated with Canon. Thanks
Don't worry, I'll still have plenty of regular videos with regular gear, just maybe with a few more videos like this scattered in there every now and again. Doing the RUclips thing, and trying to be successful at it is pretty hard because I like to do so many different types of photography and it's not as appealing to a broad audience.
I had to get a couple of the 3rd party adapters because I only had one Canon adapter and they all disappeared when the R5 and R6 came out, so I feel your pain, lol. I got the Commlite ones because they were super cheap. One has held up alright and one has kind of broken already. They aren't made as well and they can't hold heavy lenses very well. The one of mine broke from having my Tamron 24-70 G2 on there a lot, and it's fairly heavy little lens, very top heavy. I'm definitely saving up and slowly transitioning to all RF mount lenses, but that's gonna take a while cause the ones I need are pretty expensive. Hopefully I'll be able to pick up another Canon one here sometime soon.
would love to see wildlife editing tutorials
What are your thoughts of the Canon m50. Do you have a review of it? I was looking at it for an upgrade from my T1i that won't break the bank, and to use for astrophotography, vlogging, and landscape photography.
I've never used an m50. I've decent things about it though. You might also consider an RP. I use it for all those things and it's a great little camera.
Not a practical / economical thing to do, but I wonder if you would get any quality benefit by using a "big white" like 600mm f/4 with a 2x TC instead of cheaper telescope? 🤔
For short or medium distance photos the difference is of course huge but with super long distance there is so much air movement between the camera and the subject.
Great, interesting video, thanks!
Aside from the money factor, there's definitely a lot of things to consider. If I had a big white, I might try messing around with it, but the weight would be a real issue. You'd have to get a pretty hefty star tracker and balancing weights, and an even bigger tripod. Plus the optics are totally different. There are plenty of affordable telescopes out there with faster apertures as well.
@@BrentHall Yeah, I know very little about astrophotography but what you wrote seems to make perfect sense. That kind of a setup would not be easily portable 😅. I have been curious about this because I have seen some people (with many different telescopes) liking to use Explore Scientific FCD100 127mm f/7,5. That weighs 8,2 kg (18 lbs) and has smaller aperture diameter than 600mm f/4.
But it seems to require something like Celestron CGX mount / tripod combo that weighs about 30 kg (66 lbs). Though it's rated for 25 kg (55 lbs) load capacity - so quite study. I got a chronic medical condition two years ago that limits my trips a lot so I might be looking something that doesn't need to be portable. I could ask my brother to make the setup a motorized platform so it could be easily driven between outdoors and indoors storage 🤔.
Specifically what adapters/t-rings were you using to mount the mirrorless camera to the scope? Thanks!
The t-ring is for EF lenses, so I just put on my canon ef-rf adapter.
Hi Brent, any tips on capturing the iss with a note 10.
No, I've never tried that before. I'm sure there are phone mounts out there for a telescope.
@@BrentHall thanks for your help.
I took a look at the telescope that you use. On amazon it indicates the NexYZ adapter as an option. Do you have that and what do you need it for?
Does it mount directly to a regular tripod?
You mention needing a battery power source but the docs talk about 8 Lithium Metal batteries - does the battery you use substitute for that?
The NexYZ adapter is for your phone, to allow you to take photos and a bunch of other stuff. I don't have that adapter because I always use my big cameras instead.
It doesn't mount to a regular camera tripod, but I'm pretty sure it comes with its own tripod, which is really nice.
It can take 8 regular AA batteries, but it drains them pretty fast, so I always just use a power pack, usually my Goal Zero Yeti 150, but there are plenty of smaller power packs out there.
@@BrentHall Thank you!
Important question-- Can I have a live view as I'm shooting in Bulb .
( while it's taking the shot )
Negative
O well
My camera is 6400 iso max and cant even see if a star in the double cluster is in focus
Hi Brent, can you share wich adaters I need to use my r6 with my Meade etx90?
I had to use a T adapter, but at the time it was only available for EF mount, so I also had to use the canon RF adapter. I don't know if they have a native RF T mount yet or not though. I don't have that telescope anymore.
Does your Celestron kit listed have everything need to fit the R6 or R5? T Ring and Tripod?
No, you need a T adapter, but they're super common and cheap online. Oh, and you'll need the EF-RF adapter as well, which is much more expensive, but I haven't seen any RF mount T adapters yet.
@@BrentHall I have the EF EOS-R adapter, but where do you get your T2 ring? Do you use focus reducer?
Is a 2 star alinement not good enough to do a longer ecposure?
Yeah, the longest exposure I could get from the 2 star alignment I did was about 30-40 sec I think.
Do you have noticeable amp glow with the R6 in long exposures?
I get some hot pixels here and there, especially with longer exposures and timelapses, but other than that it's been fine for me.
What adapter and mount did you use on your telescope to couple EOS-R6? I have a similar setup, but I got vignetting in my image. Thank you.
I just used the regular T mount adapter, mounted to the EF-RF adapter.
@@BrentHall may I know where I can get the t ring you used? Did you also use the Celeste on focus reducer? Thank you a lot.
@@kuo-hsienchang338 I got it on Amazon. I didn't use a focal reducer.
If you're looking to image through Amateur Telescopes see this precision Canon RF Mount 2" UltraWide Low Profile Prime Focus Telescope Adapter:
www.telescopeadapters.com/2-prime-focus-adapters/600-canon-eos-r-2-ultrawide-prime-focus-telescope-adapter-low-profile.html
I am guessing you are using an unmodded Canon?
Affirmative.
@@BrentHall I can do the pics, subs, flats, etc., and stack them. It's the post processing that is kicking this old man's butt. I just turned 65. I have taken my Celestron 6" SCT SE and put it on the Celestron AVX mount that arrived 2 days ago. Low and behold... clouds are rain for the next 5 days in central Texas.
As someone new on the channel, I definitely did not enjoy watching u putting on the shoes as an intro..
No no no lol. Wrong telescope mount wrong exposure length and wrong settings. Bad information
Disagree 100%. I'm guessing you MISSED the final image. While the alt-az mount is not the best, I have one along with the Celestron AVX, it can still be done. Your comment has no merit. About 10 seconds with that mount is roughly the best you can do. The proof is here @10:28.
I never said that this is what you should do, this isn't a tutorial. I simply showed you what I was doing. I'm well aware that it wasn't an optimal setup or settings for proper astrophotography. I'm just messing around at this point. I know I should have taken the time to do a proper polar alignment, but I didn't because I was being lazy.