Fisheye and astro
May 14, 2019 08:54:34 #
nikonnate
Loc: Woodbury MN
I'm going back and forth on what I want in an astrophoto lens. I really like the idea of ultra-ultra wide - even wider than the handful of 14 to 20mm lenses I am looking at - but going much shorter than that gets me in to fisheye territory, and fast. Does anyone have examples of fisheye astro they can share to give me some guidance?
May 14, 2019 09:08:44 #
You might try posting your question in the UHH section geared to ‘astro’ photography:
https://www.uglyhedgehog.com/s-109-1.html
https://www.uglyhedgehog.com/s-109-1.html
May 14, 2019 09:20:02 #
nikonnate
Loc: Woodbury MN
Wow, I did not know we had that. Thanks. Now if only I could delete my thread.
May 14, 2019 14:03:14 #
nikonnate wrote:
Wow, I did not know we had that. Thanks. Now if only I could delete my thread.
If you click on the "All Sections" link at the bottom of the page you will be taken to a listing of all sections available on UHH.
May 15, 2019 07:32:56 #
nikonnate wrote:
I'm going back and forth on what I want in an astrophoto lens. I really like the idea of ultra-ultra wide - even wider than the handful of 14 to 20mm lenses I am looking at - but going much shorter than that gets me in to fisheye territory, and fast. Does anyone have examples of fisheye astro they can share to give me some guidance?
Night sky photography -
https://www.wikihow.com/Photograph-the-Night-Sky
https://www.lightstalking.com/bite-size-tips-build-workflow-post-production/
http://makezine.com/projects/how-to-capture-breathtaking-time-lapses-of-the-night-sky/
http://www.popphoto.com/how-to/2013/06/how-to-shoot-epic-landscape-photos-night-sky
http://photography.nationalgeographic.com/photography/photo-tips/night-sky/?sf4138099=1
http://iso.500px.com/a-day-in-the-life-of-astrophotographer-aaron-groen/?utm_campaign=nov132014digest&utm_content=CTAbutton_aaronjgroen_500pxProfilepage&utm_medium=email&utm_source=500px
http://www.picturecorrect.com/tips/tips-for-post-processing-your-constellation-photos/
http://petapixel.com/2014/01/29/picking-great-lens-milky-way-photography/
http://www.borrowlenses.com/blog/2013/05/the-best-lenses-for-night-photography-a-case-for-rokinon-primes/
http://www.picturecorrect.com/tips/star-trail-photography-tips/
http://photography.tutsplus.com/tutorials/how-to-set-up-your-digital-slr-for-night-photography--cms-24099
May 16, 2019 04:03:10 #
wdross
Loc: Castle Rock, Colorado
nikonnate wrote:
I'm going back and forth on what I want in an astrophoto lens. I really like the idea of ultra-ultra wide - even wider than the handful of 14 to 20mm lenses I am looking at - but going much shorter than that gets me in to fisheye territory, and fast. Does anyone have examples of fisheye astro they can share to give me some guidance?
Believe it or not the fisheye lense was actually developed for astro observation, specifically meteor paths. By setting up two known locations with fisheye lenses, the path of a meteor could be determined from the two image paths of the meteor. Then researchers would go out to the possible location to see if they could find remains of the meteor. They also used it for other events like northern lights, comets, etc. The fisheye lens is easier and relatively cheaper to design today with the computers, but the highly curved images still make it somewhat a "niche" lens as far as use.
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