Trying astrophotography
Jul 3, 2020 17:46:46 #
dangriss wrote:
Use the crop sensor. An EF-S lens will just focus to a circle in the center of the full frame sensor.
The RP will automatically switch to crop mode when a Canon EFs lens is mounted. With third party, you have to go to menu and switch manually.
Jul 3, 2020 19:07:35 #
jayluber
Loc: Phoenix, AZ
Gotta find a dark sky. Difficult on the east coast - even with a 6 hour drive. Good luck. The closest dark sky to me was a 3 hour drive. Better dark sky areas are 8 - 10 hours. makes for a long day.
Jul 3, 2020 23:14:28 #
OleMe
Loc: Montgomery Co., MD
Light pollution / New Jersey: I've read that the Wallops Island, VA area has low light pollution.
Takes a look at darksitefinder.com and like sites. There's dark skies in Cherry Springs State Park, PA, ~4 hr west of Patterson.
Best in continental USA is Big Bend in TX: remote! But for milky way, choose time of year. Watch weather! I was there in their "monsoon season l but lucked out with one clear night sky.
Good luck.
/Roger
Takes a look at darksitefinder.com and like sites. There's dark skies in Cherry Springs State Park, PA, ~4 hr west of Patterson.
Best in continental USA is Big Bend in TX: remote! But for milky way, choose time of year. Watch weather! I was there in their "monsoon season l but lucked out with one clear night sky.
Good luck.
/Roger
Jul 4, 2020 13:54:32 #
jayluber
Loc: Phoenix, AZ
One final comment - be sure to select a site with an interesting foreground. A MW shot without an interesting foreground is just another MW shot. I know it increases the difficulty and planning, but the FG is so important. Adequately illuminating it is also a challenge. Check out some of the MW photos on flickr.com
Jul 6, 2020 14:47:00 #
KenY
Loc: Glenside, Pa
Hi RayF,
Your closest (somewhat) dark sky would be in the Pine Barrens in south Jersey, or, if you wouldn't mind driving about 5-6 hours, Cherry Springs State Park near Coudersport, PA, in Potter County. The sky there is Bortle 2 (very little light pollution). Most of Jersey is about Bortle 8, which will not be suitable for Millky Way pics.
Take a look at www.DarkSiteFinder.com and you will be able to find some other places within a few hours of NJ suitable for night sky photography.
Your closest (somewhat) dark sky would be in the Pine Barrens in south Jersey, or, if you wouldn't mind driving about 5-6 hours, Cherry Springs State Park near Coudersport, PA, in Potter County. The sky there is Bortle 2 (very little light pollution). Most of Jersey is about Bortle 8, which will not be suitable for Millky Way pics.
Take a look at www.DarkSiteFinder.com and you will be able to find some other places within a few hours of NJ suitable for night sky photography.
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