NealB
Loc: Lowell Indiana
Does anyone have suggestions for beginner books/tutorials for shooting the night sky with a DSLR? Thank you Neal.
SonnyE
Loc: Communist California, USA
NealB wrote:
Does anyone have suggestions for beginner books/tutorials for shooting the night sky with a DSLR? Thank you Neal.
If you PM me your email address, I can send you a few PDFs I've acquired.
NealB
Loc: Lowell Indiana
Thanks Sonny. I just want to try this and decide if I like it before spending more money on equipment.
NealB wrote:
Thanks Sonny. I just want to try this and decide if I like it before spending more money on equipment.
All it takes Neal is a camera wide angle lens, preferably fast f/2.8 to f/3.3 a tripod and a little reading.
Good luck and welcome to the sport of Astrophotography. It's just like shooting a portrait of the sky.
Craig
NealB
Loc: Lowell Indiana
For reasons not worth explaining I have a Nikon 12-24mm f/2.8G, a Tamron 15-30mm f/2.8 SP, and a Nikon D810. Will either of these work? I already have a heavy duty Nest carbon fiber tripod so I also have that covered also.
NealB wrote:
For reasons not worth explaining I have a Nikon 12-24mm f/2.8G, a Tamron 15-30mm f/2.8 SP, and a Nikon D810. Will either of these work? I already have a heavy duty Nest carbon fiber tripod so I also have that covered also.
On top of the Nikon D810 either one of those Lenses will give you wonderful shots to work
with. I personally don't shoot lower that 18mm. I find I get to much Lens Distortion especially
if there are land base items in the shots. Good luck Neal and hope to see some of your work soon.
Craig
NealB
Loc: Lowell Indiana
CraigFair wrote:
On top of the Nikon D810 either one of those Lenses will give you wonderful shots to work
with. I personally don't shoot lower that 18mm. I find I get to much Lens Distortion especially
if there are land base items in the shots. Good luck Neal and hope to see some of your work soon.
Craig
From what I have read so far I plan to us the Nikon 14-24 since I am using the tripod. Hopefully weather permitting I can try Saturday night. I picked up the TPE app to help me.
Neal
NealB wrote:
From what I have read so far I plan to us the Nikon 14-24 since I am using the tripod. Hopefully weather permitting I can try Saturday night. I picked up the TPE app to help me.
Neal
Hey Neal what is the TPE app you referred to??? Is it something I should look into???
Craig
CraigFair wrote:
Hey Neal what is the TPE app you referred to??? Is it something I should look into???
Craig
I believe he is referring to The Photographer's Ephemeris App.
Europa wrote:
I believe he is referring to The Photographer's Ephemeris App.
Thanks Brian I think it might be a very good app. It will get him dialed into the Moon phases​ for his night shoots. I'm going to look at it for myself too.
Craig
NealB
Loc: Lowell Indiana
Europa wrote:
I believe he is referring to The Photographer's Ephemeris App.
That is correct, it is a very helpful app. I have it on all of devices.
NealB wrote:
That is correct, it is a very helpful app. I have it on all of devices.
I've seen it demo'ed before, it's nice to use together with google earth to play your shoot.
SonnyE
Loc: Communist California, USA
I use a Nikon 10-24mm wide angle lens on my D3300.
But I usually have it around 18mm, IIRC.
Basically, I look at what will be around the frame of my shot, and dial the zoom accordingly to include or exclude foreground.
So I don't really pay that much attention to my zoom factor.
(I often fly by the seat of my pants...
)
(Looking for Planets Aligned, I wound up with
The Space Station. In 30 second exposures.
)
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