Hi, i can buy a camera for $25,- second hand.... MEDION LIFE X44088 Camera modus: 4680 x 3500 pixels Diafragma: F3,1 ~ F5,8 Brandpuntafstand: f=4.5 - 94.5 mm Sluitertijd: 1/2000 ~ 15 sec Is this good enough to begin with ? Just to see something... or do i need to buy a expensive one. Thanx in advance !
@@RogerKeulen Sorry but that kind of cameras isn’t good for Astrophotography. You will be disappointed from the images you will be getting from that camera. I recommend you to save your money and get a DSLR with a 18-55 mm lens (and you can get better lenses from over time. And with the 18-55 lens you can get Orion Nebula or Andromeda and all that kind of beautiful objects over sky.). That will help you a lot I believe. With the MEDION camera you will have a lot of Chromatic Abberation that lowers the quality of the image. And it’s a Cheap Camera. You can’t really expect good results with it. I hope you didn’t got that camera since it’s been 2 months since your comment. I hope my reply helped you a little bit and I wish you luck and tons of clear skies with your journey.
I am in the process of starting to "build" an astrophotography rig. I was bitten by the astronomy bug with all of the hype of the Jupiter and Saturn conjunction this winter. Now, I just can't seem to get enough star gazing. My small telescope enabled my fiancee and kids to see the moons of Jupiter and just barely make out the rings of Saturn. I have watched a bunch of your videos and have become inspired to see more of the night sky. I am pricing out a DSLR camera...it's an expensive investment and I just want to make sure that I am getting the "best" camera....the "right" one for me. As an aspiring beginner, since I have not started yet, I am very happy that you have so much content posted. I will be sure to let you know when I finally start.
Thanks for your advice and years of knowledge. I just purchased my first Canon DSLR. I am fortunate where I live in Australia to drive about 30 minutes to get dark skies. The patience required in this hobby will do me good.
I'm moving my family to a farm soon and am excited to get into astrophotography! I have been watching your videos a lot lately. Thanks for all of this great info!
@@switchyduckk Oh, I wish! When I set up my account a few years ago I chose this pic... well before i started astro. Rly tough target too. Maybe one day!
Just getting into astrophotography, own a 9.25 Evolution telescope and just bought a Canon T7 as well as a Star Adventurer star tracking rig. Haven't used a real camera in 10 years and this video is just what I needed to get me started. Thanks for putting this together and dumbing it down for a novice like me.
Absolute beginner in astro: Check! Subscribed: Check! Like the video: Check! Thanks for sharing those tutorials! 😊 (Suggestion for other beginner-video's if you haven't already explained it:: explaining the noise reduction feature of the camera and why it's sometimes better to turn it off. It took me till I started watching astro video's to understand why a pic of 30 sec took another 30 sec 'processing time' 😊) I'll recommend you to my friends here in Belgium (Europe)!
Thanks Trevor, really liked this video. I appreciate the walkthrough as I have just started and frankly, I cant tell my ass from my elbow in terms of what I am doing. But the journey of discovery, how my results are changing with every new piece of knowledge I gained, be it figuring out some different setting for my camera, or how to get better output from the stacker, man, I got to say, its very addicting and gives me the drive to push further and further.
Having just retired from the NHS after a difficult year, I have started to act on my interest in astronomy and through the internet am discovering astrophotography. Your channel is being really helpful so thanks for your time in making these great tutorials. I will say too that I find your style very easy to watch and listen to (there were many sites that sent me to sleep before they got to any valuable points) so well done.
really nice video Trevor! always had a fascination for astrophotography, however never really had the chance to pursue it to the best of my capabilities! Thanks to this video (and some advice from fellow astrophotographers), I finally feel like I can go out and finally pursue this passion which I had stalled for so long! thanks so much!
Getting some gear together, going to try to capture that Milky Way this Summer. Thanks for helping the rest of us enjoy astrophotography. Every time I see those images it gets my undivided attention, just fixated on how amazing the night sky looks.
Dude! Thanks so much for including my photo! It means a lot, especially cause I've learned sooo much from your videos. Thanks for sharing your knowledge! 😊 👍
Hey Trevor thanks for sharing my picture I'm so happy about this! Once more such a great video, I've started my astrophoto journey along with your tutorials and learned so much, thanks for that!!
@@markoechsli9059 hi Mark glad you like the image! I made it with just a DSLR (Samyang 24mm f1.4 and CanonEOS 6D) and a tripod! I made shure to level the tripod properly and then i took 17teen pictures in two rows which were all overlapping by 1/3. Then it's easy to stitch them togheter with lightroom or photoshop automatically!
A few months ago i had so many desires like owning a luxury apartment, a supercar and stuff but now there's just one thing. Having my own little observatory. 🤗
Start with a star chart and a decent 10*50 pair of binoculars...work your way up to a portable telescope...your universe will start to open up. Gradually. Easy to succumb to aperture fever. Observatory won't fall from the sky into your lap. A hard slog, learning curve, respecting the stars which dance for you, for free, every night...it's a slow, patient, majestic process. Don't hasten. You'll eventually be rewarded. Like many other good Earthlings. Greetings from London 🙏 😷 🌈
Thank you so much Trevor, I did my first attempt on 28th July here in the U.K. looking for Comet Neowise without any instructions like your video to help me along. Never mind, when our skies clear again I'll have another go to shoot what is out there. This has so much info needed to know. So a big thank you.
Just got into dipping my toes into Astro this summer, and your channel has been extremely helpful. Also living in light polluted Ontario, it was great seeing the amazing shots you get from your backyard. I haven't had many clear nights (I mean, this IS Ontario), but I got my first, half assed pic of the Milky Way and even if it's dim, it was great to see. I used Sequator, Darktable and GIMP (all free) for editing. Been using GIMP for years, so it was my easy go to. Love the channel!
Perfect timing man, in two weeks I am travelling to a portal class 4 moonless night sky, and I wanted to take my first photo ever of the milky way. thanks
Amazing tutorial! I've been a photographer for as long as I can remember, and I've always wated to do AP, but I was put of with my clueless early efforts! Aftr watching this, I'm going to take my 20mm/f1.4 lens out for a walk one dark night, and see if I can do better ths time around, thanks to you tips!
Were you able to take some photos? How was shooting the night sky with a camera as a photographer. I am very interested in AP and I'm a beginner, so every tip I get is valuable for me. Thanks! 🙂
Love your Videos, Trevor, i feel you've overlooked what may be the most important of all tips (forgive me if this sounds like lecturing). FOCUS, how to focus at night is the thorn in the side of any beginner, my fist few images were ruined after a long night of trying because my focus was off and i didn't notice in the field. Now, i find that using autofocus during the day to focus on a very distant object, then, putting the lens in manual focus and, using a bit of electrical tape to hold the focus point, helps greatly.
Susan LeVine Try the tape trick, works for me. Focus on a very distant object in auto focus mode during the day, or a distant light at night, let go of shutter button without triggering the shot so the focus holds, then, carefully switch the lens to manual focus and apply a piece of tape on the lens barrel on the spot that turns when the lens is focusing on and out to prevent it from moving. The lens will be focused in infinity and the tape will hold the barrel from moving during transport. Just make sure not to switch to auto focus while it’s taped or it can ruin the focus motor.
Only issue there is thermal expansion of the lens elements can easily take you out focus from day to nighttime temperatures. I suggest a Bahtinov mask on a bright star like Vega or Rigel instead. They aren't too expensive to buy or make, and pretty intuitive to use.
Can’t you just use manual focus and just focus to infinity? I mean, the stars are like, technically and literally nearly infinite focal distance away lol
This is a great channel...just what I need for a beginner, full of useful tips and tricks and good advice about starting off small and working up, so easy these days to jump straight in and buy everything and get overwhelmed and then lose interest..lol Keep up the great work as its very inspiring...👍
Trevor, your tutorial actually made me smile and gave me hope. Thank you! Next week im getting Canon EOS RP and ill try it with the Tokina 11-16m 2.8 to see what happens.
I think this is the best video for beginners like myself, great timing and lots of great information. We would like to see more videos like this and props on you channel and photographs, we are pleased for showing us the universe from the screen of your camera.
As always, great video Trevor. Even though I'm not a complete "beginner" this video will help to refresh my memory since I don't get out to image often enough. Still using a DSLR and tripod. Hope to get a tracker soon.
I got started with astrophotography like 1,5 years ago. Last summer I took a picture of the milky way, just by using a tripod, a 150€ camera and a 18-55 kit lens, it looked amazing to me and really fixed me on astrophotography. So this year I did a holiday job and got myself an eos RP with a 14mm samyang, an Astronomik CLS filter and a Move Shoot Move tracker on black Friday, I'm just waiting for a clear night to try out my new setup right now.
@@neohermitist Really good so far, but I don't really get to shoot that often due to my job and bad luck with clouds. I've already pictured the Orion Belt, the seven sisters, the California nebula and the Andromeda Galaxy. I currently use an unmodified EOS RP with an astronomik CLS Clip-In Filter, a cheap move shoot move tracker, a Samyang 135/2, a Samyang 14/2.8, a canon 50/1.8 and a Canon 85/1.4. But I recently started getting into other parts of Photography, like cars and wildlife.
I've just started to take pics of the sky like a week back, using an 8 yr old mirror less camera, I have to say I didn't expect to get a single star where I live (dubai, u almost can't see any) but the journey to image stacking and editing colours in gimp has helped me soo damn much, it was actually mind blowing when I realised what I have the potential to capture 😂. Thankyou loads dude ur vids have helped me out so muchh!!
This was fantastic! I literally had no idea the images we see online of beautiful night skies were stacked multiple exposures! I love astronomy and am a photographer. I think I know what path I'll be going down in the near future.
Great video and info to help beginners. I started my night photo adventures several years ago and learning you can use your current lens and camera to start out. Just make certain you own a sturdy tripod. You'll find some nights the images look awesome and other nights the sky may contain too much moisture or light; all part of the game. Enjoy your time under the night skies watching the stars and listening to the wildlife wake up and their music. I've listened to loons calling and owls responding, coyotes howling and yipping; fun times!
thank you for showing the real process of astrophotography. I've always been interested in astronomy, and might probably start astrophotography. - from Indonesia -
If you are not wanting to forget about the beginners then acknowledge that we beginners haven't got deep pockets ie: we can't all afford photoshop, we stretch our budgets as far as possible to get a start in Astrophotography often making do with used equipment or the cheaper consumer DSLR's and lenses...you already have experienced this frustration of not having an endless budget, please consider helping us newbies along by offering us a tutorial using free alternatives to Photoshop eg: Open source Gimp with the Astrophotography Gimp plugin and other reasonably priced software, I suspect it falls short of Photoshop but I also suspect that it is a good tool until we can afford an upgrade to this awesome hobby.
I was pleasantly surprised to see that I have the same camera you used in your demonstration. I have been interested in dark sky shooting since I was in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan and saw the milky way first hand. An awesome site to behold. I will definitely try your suggestions and I will be watching more. Thank You jlbrody
Great video Trevor. I am a beginner at this, and while I've enjoyed seeing how far you can go with all of the astro technology available today, I would love to see more content aimed at beginning astrophotography. There are so many people out there that would like to try this stuff out without having to commit to a sizeable investment. Also, with Covid being an issue, it is almost impossible to find opportunities to hang out with experienced astrophotographers. Personally, I would love to see a video that goes into getting a good polar alignment without the aid of computerized tracking systems or even a polar scope (such as the rig a have 😁). Perhaps one aimed at easy to understand drift alignment, or useful smartphone apps that can aid in achieving a good polar alignment. Thanks for all the content you have put on here over the years covering a wide range of astrophotography interests and skill levels.
This actually helps a ton, especially with images that are very bright. I had a few that I took that are far too bright for me to see any detail, so its good to know that I might be able to get some use out of those.
Great video as always, Trevor! As a photographer myself for 11 years, 9 of them being serious, I caught a few quick things you forgot to mention: If your camera supports RAW format, ALWAYS go with that. It takes more memory space and takes much longer to be processed by the computer than traditional JPEG (more so a standard computer than a gaming, and is greatly compounded in stacking), but you'll get the best results in the end. That's because there is no processing and compressing by the camera that would result in photo degradation. ISO noise reduction settings, exposure gain (also called exposure compensation, not to be confused with ISO), white balance, picture mode, etc. can be adjusted, ignored or changed by the processing software with better results. Also, in the Canon T6 I had, it had a WiFi adapter so I could control the camera with my phone with the Canon Camera Connect app up to 100 feet away, disregarding the need for a delay timer, and being able to squeeze in more photos in a session. If your camera has that, I'd highly recommend using it. You can even see what the results of the photo look on your phone, which may have either a better or worse screen than your camera, depending what you paid for both. And if you are far enough away, you just might be surprised to see wildlife show up. 🙂 Also, use several processing software on your computer. Each one processes differently, and you may like one end photo over the other.
Ioptron Skyguider Pro and Williams Optics Redcat51 both on their way. Can. Not. Wait. Stepping up from a 70-300mm kit lens on a skytracker pro. Soooo excited. Can't even thank you enough for guiding me into this amazing hobby!
Mine just came but on recent trip to Cherry Springs I didn't pull it out of the box. Was afraid to miss the shots in front of me with what I already knew. I went home very happy and this weekend I start lesrning the red cat. I waited so long!
Thank you so much for sharing your tips for Astrophotography! I am hoping to get into this and improve along the way! Kindest Regards, Ray from Sydney Australia
Thank you for this video Trevor very helpful. I'm now signing up for adobe Photoshop so I can process my pics to hopefully have my pics look great. Thank you for your videos extremely helpful.
It is a pity that your videos are not subtitled ... they are excellent and I love the way you do it ... Greetings from Argentina, keep it up and success!
Great video Trevor. This is just what I was looking for. I have been wanting to do this for ages, I thought I would need special gear, that is until I found this video and I do photograpy so its nice to know I have all the equipment at had to start Many thanks stay safe and a Happy New year to you, I hope 2021 will be a lot better than 2020. Just to let you know I am in Kent here in the UK and I am disabled with walking issues but have crutches to use so I can get about a little bit. Bye for now.
Just now finding your channel. Very informative! I'm heading to Utah this fall for three weeks; and want to learn and try astrophotography. Will watch more of your beginner videos! Thanks!
Love this video! I’m just getting into astrophotography seriously, and helps a lot! Just gotta see if I can catch a clear new moon night, since Vancouver isn’t exactly known for clear skies 😉
Oh this video was almost perfect timing. I just went back to my city from being in a small town with little to none light pollution. I could still take some great pics.
Thnx for your video. I’m following you for a while. I’m gonna start this month with basic DSLR with 75 300 lens. Canon rebel t6i. Just to get the feeling as a beginner.
Thank you for this video and tips. I am new to Astrophotography. I see so many nice photos, which makes me want to be out there and take them myself. You have given me a lot of helpful tips :)
That was a really good informative video. The great thing with photography is that you never stop learning, I've been taking photos (mostly action and wildlife) for the best part of 30 years but virtually never tried turning my camera to the heavens after dark. Just recently though after watching many hours worth of your videos and trying some basic shots with comet Neowise and the Milky Way, I thought it was time to take my first steps into astro photography and more specifically wide field deep sky. At least that's the aim! I've just bought an iOptron Skyguider Pro which I'm looking forward to trying out when the skies clear. Being in the UK though that may be some time...! Thanks for all the great videos, they have helped me a lot and will continue to do so well into the future....
Great video. Very interesting to watch. Always wanted to give astrophotography an attempt. Tried it last night for the first time and was pleasantly surprised with the results. Excited to try it again after watching this video.
Wow. What a great video. I’m already a professional cameraman and wanted to try astrophotography while on vacation. I received a Star Adventurer Pro for Christmas and can’t wait to get out to the cabin to put it all together.
Great vid as always Trevor! Wish i could actually get out there are shoot but South Carolina suddenly turned into a rainforest apparently, been storming or overcast every night for like a month straight.
Tonight is my second ever imaging night. Last night I tried to image, but I forgot to set my focus and the stacked data was blurry noise even thought you could see some stars in it. This video really helped me, going out in about an hour in bortle 4 skies to start planning and framing my shot. Hoping to get my first image tonight! Thanks Trevor!
I’ll add: the timer is important but what also important is a delay exposure timer on DLSR. You have the mirror come up and if the shutter immediately opens that induces some vibration. If you can have the mirror open and shortly after the shutter opens it helps too.
Great video Trevor, and thank you for featuring my shot! 😀 For stacking in landscape Astrophotography I would recommend the free Sequator software! 😀😎
I hope so. I'm a new subscriber.
Hi, i can buy a camera for $25,- second hand....
MEDION LIFE X44088
Camera modus: 4680 x 3500 pixels
Diafragma: F3,1 ~ F5,8
Brandpuntafstand: f=4.5 - 94.5 mm
Sluitertijd: 1/2000 ~ 15 sec
Is this good enough to begin with ? Just to see something... or do i need to buy a expensive one.
Thanx in advance !
Yes
@@RogerKeulen Sorry but that kind of cameras isn’t good for Astrophotography. You will be disappointed from the images you will be getting from that camera. I recommend you to save your money and get a DSLR with a 18-55 mm lens (and you can get better lenses from over time. And with the 18-55 lens you can get Orion Nebula or Andromeda and all that kind of beautiful objects over sky.). That will help you a lot I believe. With the MEDION camera you will have a lot of Chromatic Abberation that lowers the quality of the image. And it’s a Cheap Camera. You can’t really expect good results with it. I hope you didn’t got that camera since it’s been 2 months since your comment. I hope my reply helped you a little bit and I wish you luck and tons of clear skies with your journey.
Hi what tripod setup are you using?
Astrophotography Starter Pack = DSLR + Tripod + AstroBackyard
😀
+telephoto lens 👍🏼
The last one hard to reach
Does mirrorless cameras work?
Pixel 4/5 and nothing
I am in the process of starting to "build" an astrophotography rig. I was bitten by the astronomy bug with all of the hype of the Jupiter and Saturn conjunction this winter. Now, I just can't seem to get enough star gazing. My small telescope enabled my fiancee and kids to see the moons of Jupiter and just barely make out the rings of Saturn. I have watched a bunch of your videos and have become inspired to see more of the night sky. I am pricing out a DSLR camera...it's an expensive investment and I just want to make sure that I am getting the "best" camera....the "right" one for me. As an aspiring beginner, since I have not started yet, I am very happy that you have so much content posted. I will be sure to let you know when I finally start.
Thanks for your advice and years of knowledge. I just purchased my first Canon DSLR. I am fortunate where I live in Australia to drive about 30 minutes to get dark skies. The patience required in this hobby will do me good.
Nice video Trevor! Love that you featured your fans images - neat idea! Clear skies, Nico
It would be cool to see a single shot compared to a stacked shot. Thanks for all the information!
I'm moving my family to a farm soon and am excited to get into astrophotography! I have been watching your videos a lot lately. Thanks for all of this great info!
Man, I totally needed this video 2 years ago when I started Astrophotography. Great video, Trevor!
Holy crap your profile picture is pure fire ! 🔥
Dude, did you take that picture in your profile picture
@@switchyduckk Oh, I wish! When I set up my account a few years ago I chose this pic... well before i started astro. Rly tough target too. Maybe one day!
@@piotrjakuc6357 what galaxy is that?
Just getting into astrophotography, own a 9.25 Evolution telescope and just bought a Canon T7 as well as a Star Adventurer star tracking rig. Haven't used a real camera in 10 years and this video is just what I needed to get me started. Thanks for putting this together and dumbing it down for a novice like me.
And clear skies to you too, friend.
🙏From London 🐾🐾🌞 😷 🌈🌌🌠
I smell a beginner astrophotography series🤔🤔 I would love to see that happen!
Me too!
Yes please
Yes!Yes!Yes!
Yesssss I'd love that as well
Absolute beginner in astro: Check!
Subscribed: Check!
Like the video: Check!
Thanks for sharing those tutorials! 😊
(Suggestion for other beginner-video's if you haven't already explained it:: explaining the noise reduction feature of the camera and why it's sometimes better to turn it off. It took me till I started watching astro video's to understand why a pic of 30 sec took another 30 sec 'processing time' 😊)
I'll recommend you to my friends here in Belgium (Europe)!
Thanks Trevor, really liked this video. I appreciate the walkthrough as I have just started and frankly, I cant tell my ass from my elbow in terms of what I am doing. But the journey of discovery, how my results are changing with every new piece of knowledge I gained, be it figuring out some different setting for my camera, or how to get better output from the stacker, man, I got to say, its very addicting and gives me the drive to push further and further.
learning a lot from you, even though i don't know english perfectly, i can extract a lot of information from your video. Thanks and save from Brazil!
Having just retired from the NHS after a difficult year, I have started to act on my interest in astronomy and through the internet am discovering astrophotography. Your channel is being really helpful so thanks for your time in making these great tutorials. I will say too that I find your style very easy to watch and listen to (there were many sites that sent me to sleep before they got to any valuable points) so well done.
really nice video Trevor! always had a fascination for astrophotography, however never really had the chance to pursue it to the best of my capabilities! Thanks to this video (and some advice from fellow astrophotographers), I finally feel like I can go out and finally pursue this passion which I had stalled for so long! thanks so much!
Great video Trevor. I started following your videos about a month ago and your advise is priceless. This video is a great start for me. Keep it up.
Getting some gear together, going to try to capture that Milky Way this Summer. Thanks for helping the rest of us enjoy astrophotography. Every time I see those images it gets my undivided attention, just fixated on how amazing the night sky looks.
By far, one of the best video's I have seen for beginners like me for shooting the night sky without having to have a telescope.
You're doing important work; don't ever stop.
Dude! Thanks so much for including my photo! It means a lot, especially cause I've learned sooo much from your videos. Thanks for sharing your knowledge! 😊 👍
Hey Trevor thanks for sharing my picture I'm so happy about this! Once more such a great video, I've started my astrophoto journey along with your tutorials and learned so much, thanks for that!!
Chris, enjoyed your photo. Would love to know more about your gear and workflow In capturing that image.
@@markoechsli9059 hi Mark glad you like the image! I made it with just a DSLR (Samyang 24mm f1.4 and CanonEOS 6D) and a tripod! I made shure to level the tripod properly and then i took 17teen pictures in two rows which were all overlapping by 1/3. Then it's easy to stitch them togheter with lightroom or photoshop automatically!
I'm beginning starting new years! This has got to be the coolest hobby on earth!
A few months ago i had so many desires like owning a luxury apartment, a supercar and stuff but now there's just one thing. Having my own little observatory. 🤗
I think you found your happy place.
you should still try for all! Dont cut yourself short on your goals, push harder to gain all goals.
The dream of us all my friend, the dream of us all.
Start with a star chart and a decent 10*50 pair of binoculars...work your way up to a portable telescope...your universe will start to open up. Gradually.
Easy to succumb to aperture fever.
Observatory won't fall from the sky into your lap.
A hard slog, learning curve, respecting the stars which dance for you, for free, every night...it's a slow, patient, majestic process. Don't hasten.
You'll eventually be rewarded. Like many other good Earthlings.
Greetings from London 🙏 😷 🌈
Thank you so much Trevor, I did my first attempt on 28th July here in the U.K. looking for Comet Neowise without any instructions like your video to help me along. Never mind, when our skies clear again I'll have another go to shoot what is out there.
This has so much info needed to know. So a big thank you.
Just got into dipping my toes into Astro this summer, and your channel has been extremely helpful. Also living in light polluted Ontario, it was great seeing the amazing shots you get from your backyard. I haven't had many clear nights (I mean, this IS Ontario), but I got my first, half assed pic of the Milky Way and even if it's dim, it was great to see.
I used Sequator, Darktable and GIMP (all free) for editing. Been using GIMP for years, so it was my easy go to.
Love the channel!
Thank you so much for this! You’ve helped me take my first half-decent shots of the night sky. Now all I want to do is get back out there and improve!
How are you gonna make money by this
@@mustafanewriwala5796why do you need to make money from it?
Perfect timing man, in two weeks I am travelling to a portal class 4 moonless night sky, and I wanted to take my first photo ever of the milky way. thanks
Did you get a good photo?
Good luck Yassin, hope the stars align so to speak! Maybe you've already been? Just discovered this channel.
Amazing tutorial! I've been a photographer for as long as I can remember, and I've always wated to do AP, but I was put of with my clueless early efforts! Aftr watching this, I'm going to take my 20mm/f1.4 lens out for a walk one dark night, and see if I can do better ths time around, thanks to you tips!
Were you able to take some photos? How was shooting the night sky with a camera as a photographer. I am very interested in AP and I'm a beginner, so every tip I get is valuable for me. Thanks! 🙂
Love your Videos, Trevor, i feel you've overlooked what may be the most important of all tips (forgive me if this sounds like lecturing). FOCUS, how to focus at night is the thorn in the side of any beginner, my fist few images were ruined after a long night of trying because my focus was off and i didn't notice in the field. Now, i find that using autofocus during the day to focus on a very distant object, then, putting the lens in manual focus and, using a bit of electrical tape to hold the focus point, helps greatly.
Agree...still trying to get the focus right with my DSLR
Susan LeVine Try the tape trick, works for me. Focus on a very distant object in auto focus mode during the day, or a distant light at night, let go of shutter button without triggering the shot so the focus holds, then, carefully switch the lens to manual focus and apply a piece of tape on the lens barrel on the spot that turns when the lens is focusing on and out to prevent it from moving. The lens will be focused in infinity and the tape will hold the barrel from moving during transport. Just make sure not to switch to auto focus while it’s taped or it can ruin the focus motor.
Andromeda M31 Interesting, I’m definitely going to try this👍👍👍
Only issue there is thermal expansion of the lens elements can easily take you out focus from day to nighttime temperatures. I suggest a Bahtinov mask on a bright star like Vega or Rigel instead. They aren't too expensive to buy or make, and pretty intuitive to use.
Can’t you just use manual focus and just focus to infinity? I mean, the stars are like, technically and literally nearly infinite focal distance away lol
This is a great channel...just what I need for a beginner, full of useful tips and tricks and good advice about starting off small and working up, so easy these days to jump straight in and buy everything and get overwhelmed and then lose interest..lol
Keep up the great work as its very inspiring...👍
Trevor, your tutorial actually made me smile and gave me hope. Thank you! Next week im getting Canon EOS RP and ill try it with the Tokina 11-16m 2.8 to see what happens.
I think this is the best video for beginners like myself, great timing and lots of great information. We would like to see more videos like this and props on you channel and photographs, we are pleased for showing us the universe from the screen of your camera.
Excellent walkthrough! Trevor strikes again!
I enjoyed this video clear and well presented having a DSLR I am looking forward to getting started this weekend out in the Australian Outback 👍
As always, great video Trevor.
Even though I'm not a complete "beginner" this video will help to refresh my memory since I don't get out to image often enough. Still using a DSLR and tripod. Hope to get a tracker soon.
I got started with astrophotography like 1,5 years ago. Last summer I took a picture of the milky way, just by using a tripod, a 150€ camera and a 18-55 kit lens, it looked amazing to me and really fixed me on astrophotography. So this year I did a holiday job and got myself an eos RP with a 14mm samyang, an Astronomik CLS filter and a Move Shoot Move tracker on black Friday, I'm just waiting for a clear night to try out my new setup right now.
How has the astrophotography worked out?
@@neohermitist Really good so far, but I don't really get to shoot that often due to my job and bad luck with clouds. I've already pictured the Orion Belt, the seven sisters, the California nebula and the Andromeda Galaxy. I currently use an unmodified EOS RP with an astronomik CLS Clip-In Filter, a cheap move shoot move tracker, a Samyang 135/2, a Samyang 14/2.8, a canon 50/1.8 and a Canon 85/1.4. But I recently started getting into other parts of Photography, like cars and wildlife.
Fantastic video. Thanks so much for taking the time to put it together. I'm just a beginner, videos like this keep me on track.
ive watched this video more than a few times because its so informational. thank you for everything your doing.
I've just started to take pics of the sky like a week back, using an 8 yr old mirror less camera, I have to say I didn't expect to get a single star where I live (dubai, u almost can't see any) but the journey to image stacking and editing colours in gimp has helped me soo damn much, it was actually mind blowing when I realised what I have the potential to capture 😂.
Thankyou loads dude ur vids have helped me out so muchh!!
I just started last month with a move shoot move + D750 + some of my existing lenses. Also gotta add binging this channel for hours!
This was fantastic! I literally had no idea the images we see online of beautiful night skies were stacked multiple exposures! I love astronomy and am a photographer. I think I know what path I'll be going down in the near future.
Great video and info to help beginners. I started my night photo adventures several years ago and learning you can use your current lens and camera to start out. Just make certain you own a sturdy tripod. You'll find some nights the images look awesome and other nights the sky may contain too much moisture or light; all part of the game. Enjoy your time under the night skies watching the stars and listening to the wildlife wake up and their music. I've listened to loons calling and owls responding, coyotes howling and yipping; fun times!
thank you for showing the real process of astrophotography. I've always been interested in astronomy, and might probably start astrophotography.
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If you are not wanting to forget about the beginners then acknowledge that we beginners haven't got deep pockets ie: we can't all afford photoshop, we stretch our budgets as far as possible to get a start in Astrophotography often making do with used equipment or the cheaper consumer DSLR's and lenses...you already have experienced this frustration of not having an endless budget, please consider helping us newbies along by offering us a tutorial using free alternatives to Photoshop eg: Open source Gimp with the Astrophotography Gimp plugin and other reasonably priced software, I suspect it falls short of Photoshop but I also suspect that it is a good tool until we can afford an upgrade to this awesome hobby.
I was pleasantly surprised to see that I have the same camera you used in your demonstration. I have been interested in dark sky shooting since I was in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan and saw the milky way first hand. An awesome site to behold. I will definitely try your suggestions and I will be watching more.
Thank You
jlbrody
I am a total amateur. This was very informative. Thank you.
Thank you! This really helps, I'm a newbie, learning as much as I can before a hike through a dark sky area in Wales UK in June.
Hey Trevor, Cheers from Winnipeg!
I just wanted to say how much I appreciate what you’re doing here!
Great video Trevor. I am a beginner at this, and while I've enjoyed seeing how far you can go with all of the astro technology available today, I would love to see more content aimed at beginning astrophotography. There are so many people out there that would like to try this stuff out without having to commit to a sizeable investment. Also, with Covid being an issue, it is almost impossible to find opportunities to hang out with experienced astrophotographers.
Personally, I would love to see a video that goes into getting a good polar alignment without the aid of computerized tracking systems or even a polar scope (such as the rig a have 😁). Perhaps one aimed at easy to understand drift alignment, or useful smartphone apps that can aid in achieving a good polar alignment.
Thanks for all the content you have put on here over the years covering a wide range of astrophotography interests and skill levels.
Well said
Trevor That is a truly fantastic and inspirational video for beginner. Well Done again.
This actually helps a ton, especially with images that are very bright. I had a few that I took that are far too bright for me to see any detail, so its good to know that I might be able to get some use out of those.
Thank you! This brought joy to my afternoon!
Great video as always, Trevor! As a photographer myself for 11 years, 9 of them being serious, I caught a few quick things you forgot to mention: If your camera supports RAW format, ALWAYS go with that. It takes more memory space and takes much longer to be processed by the computer than traditional JPEG (more so a standard computer than a gaming, and is greatly compounded in stacking), but you'll get the best results in the end. That's because there is no processing and compressing by the camera that would result in photo degradation. ISO noise reduction settings, exposure gain (also called exposure compensation, not to be confused with ISO), white balance, picture mode, etc. can be adjusted, ignored or changed by the processing software with better results. Also, in the Canon T6 I had, it had a WiFi adapter so I could control the camera with my phone with the Canon Camera Connect app up to 100 feet away, disregarding the need for a delay timer, and being able to squeeze in more photos in a session. If your camera has that, I'd highly recommend using it. You can even see what the results of the photo look on your phone, which may have either a better or worse screen than your camera, depending what you paid for both. And if you are far enough away, you just might be surprised to see wildlife show up. 🙂 Also, use several processing software on your computer. Each one processes differently, and you may like one end photo over the other.
Always a pleasure to watch and learn from a very motivated teacher, thanks.
Very helpful...and yes, it is all starting to come together with your help. Thank you Trevor!
Ioptron Skyguider Pro and Williams Optics Redcat51 both on their way. Can. Not. Wait.
Stepping up from a 70-300mm kit lens on a skytracker pro.
Soooo excited.
Can't even thank you enough for guiding me into this amazing hobby!
Man,how do I envy you!!!!!
Maybe after 2 years i will be waiting for my apo!presently I’m waiting for my dslr!!
@@drrach1 A dslr, a kit lens, a tripod and an intervalometer. Enough to have a LOT of fun. I'm just now making that first step up.
Enjoy!
TaCtiCaL323 yeah man lookking forward to it and orion!!
Mine just came but on recent trip to Cherry Springs I didn't pull it out of the box. Was afraid to miss the shots in front of me with what I already knew. I went home very happy and this weekend I start lesrning the red cat. I waited so long!
Thank you so much for all your videos for beginners. Very helpful.
Thank you so much for sharing your tips for Astrophotography!
I am hoping to get into this and improve along the way!
Kindest Regards,
Ray from Sydney Australia
This is where I am right now... Sony@7III sony 24mm 1.4 gmaster.. loving it ..thank you.
Thank you for this video Trevor very helpful. I'm now signing up for adobe Photoshop so I can process my pics to hopefully have my pics look great. Thank you for your videos extremely helpful.
It is a pity that your videos are not subtitled ... they are excellent and I love the way you do it ... Greetings from Argentina, keep it up and success!
Great video Trevor. This is just what I was looking for. I have been wanting to do this for ages, I thought I would need special gear, that is until I found this video and I do photograpy so its nice to know I have all the equipment at had to start Many thanks stay safe and a Happy New year to you, I hope 2021 will be a lot better than 2020. Just to let you know I am in Kent here in the UK and I am disabled with walking issues but have crutches to use so I can get about a little bit. Bye for now.
Thanks for taking the time to do these for us beginners,I'm thinking of enrolling in a photography course as I know nothing about cameras.
Just now finding your channel. Very informative! I'm heading to Utah this fall for three weeks; and want to learn and try astrophotography. Will watch more of your beginner videos! Thanks!
Great channel, just subscribed. I'm just starting out with astrophotography and your channel is a wealth of great info, thank you!
Thank you 🙏🏻 for sharing the knowledge, I have just entered the Astrophotographers rabbit hole
These types of videos help the community. Well done.
Nice job featuring Simons Milky Way/Church photo! He's a local photographer. His wildlife and astro photos are stunning.
Very helpful, learned a lot and it doesn't seem so impossible now. Also thank you for the tips on deepsky stacking software.
Very informative for the basics with a DSLR
I love your content . I just pre-ordered the Canon EOS R7 and I’m looking forward to seeing how well it does with astrophotography .
Love this video! I’m just getting into astrophotography seriously, and helps a lot! Just gotta see if I can catch a clear new moon night, since Vancouver isn’t exactly known for clear skies 😉
Oh this video was almost perfect timing. I just went back to my city from being in a small town with little to none light pollution. I could still take some great pics.
Many thanks for the feature in this vlog Trevor, keep the great content pal 👌👌
Another excellent video! Thankyou for what you do! 2 thumbs up!!
Thnx for your video. I’m following you for a while. I’m gonna start this month with basic DSLR with 75 300 lens. Canon rebel t6i. Just to get the feeling as a beginner.
Thank you Trevor! These are always so helpful :)
While I'm not a beginner anymore, it's always great to brush up on stuff. Good vid Trevor 🖒😃
You are very inspiring!
Huge thanks for posting all you experience here.
Clear skies man! This helps a lot👍🏻
Thank you. I can't wait to try these ideas.
Excellent tutorial my friend thank you.
Thanks, great info. Will be watching more of your videos. Great help as a newbie!
Awesome video bud, solid tips there
Thank you for this video and tips. I am new to Astrophotography. I see so many nice photos, which makes me want to be out there and take them myself. You have given me a lot of helpful tips :)
You explain really nice!!! love your astrophotos!!
Wonderful Video 🤩 Great presentation 🎊👏
That was a really good informative video. The great thing with photography is that you never stop learning, I've been taking photos (mostly action and wildlife) for the best part of 30 years but virtually never tried turning my camera to the heavens after dark. Just recently though after watching many hours worth of your videos and trying some basic shots with comet Neowise and the Milky Way, I thought it was time to take my first steps into astro photography and more specifically wide field deep sky. At least that's the aim! I've just bought an iOptron Skyguider Pro which I'm looking forward to trying out when the skies clear. Being in the UK though that may be some time...! Thanks for all the great videos, they have helped me a lot and will continue to do so well into the future....
Recently discovered your channel and it's already helping me understand and put the theory into practice. Really appreciate your work!
I really like that you said you don't forget about the beginners
Excellent tutorial! Great info 👏thanks!
Great video. Very interesting to watch. Always wanted to give astrophotography an attempt. Tried it last night for the first time and was pleasantly surprised with the results. Excited to try it again after watching this video.
Wow. What a great video. I’m already a professional cameraman and wanted to try astrophotography while on vacation. I received a Star Adventurer Pro for Christmas and can’t wait to get out to the cabin to put it all together.
great information for beginners!!! Thank you!
Great vid as always Trevor! Wish i could actually get out there are shoot but South Carolina suddenly turned into a rainforest apparently, been storming or overcast every night for like a month straight.
Tonight is my second ever imaging night. Last night I tried to image, but I forgot to set my focus and the stacked data was blurry noise even thought you could see some stars in it. This video really helped me, going out in about an hour in bortle 4 skies to start planning and framing my shot. Hoping to get my first image tonight! Thanks Trevor!
I’ll add: the timer is important but what also important is a delay exposure timer on DLSR. You have the mirror come up and if the shutter immediately opens that induces some vibration. If you can have the mirror open and shortly after the shutter opens it helps too.
Great video Trevor, it's because of you that I got in to astrophotography. Keep up the good work 👍🏼
Love this channel!👍👏🙌
Thank you for that wonderful introduction; I am so excited to go try it out myself!