I haven’t had much success photographing the milky way because of light pollution. I have photographed the moon, but not to my liking. Unfortunately, it was a full moon, which shows little detail. It is wisest to shoot the moon at say a quarter or half, and you can get some pretty amazing detail along the crescent shadow.
I know they sell light pollution filters, but I haven’t bought one yet. I have a Nikon D7100 which is a dx camera(has an app-c sensor). DX cameras capture a lot of noise at high ISO s, which you need to use ( high iso) so that the exposure time is reasonably short. Too long an exposure time and star dots start to look like star dashes as they slowly move in the sky. I’m not sure if you understand what noise is, but it can show up in a night sky shot as little white dots. Not desirable especially when photographing stars. I recently ordered a full frame camera which should do better at higher iso s. But unfortunately it is expensive and is on backorder.
If I were you, try to get your hands on any old digital camera and experiment with it. Try shooting the moon first then try some long exposures for the stars. Save your money until you are sure what you want and what you need. Luckily with digital you can take a thousand pictures and it costs nothing to review and learn from them.
If only I followed this advice I would have saved a lot of money while pursuing this hobby.
Are we talking thru a telescope? Are we just tripoding camera and Lens and taking a long exposure of the sky? Is there a lot of light pollution where you will be doing this?
I believe I read an in-depth discussion of this previously on uhh. Have you done a search of the site for info?
I made the mistake of ordering a couple of Samsung cards off of eBay. Turned out they were counterfeit. I didn’t use them for some time so I was stuck with them. I found out by googling counterfeit Samsung cards and they gave a description which they fit. They had continuous write errors and format problems. Only buy cards from B&H now. The biggest tip off was they were made in China. Samsung cards are only made in Korea. Oh well!
Gene
Really beautiful shots.
Domtom999 wrote:
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As I got older I too had memory issues, but I’m happy to say I was able to overcome them! I don’t remember how though?
I use the wr-r10 with the wr-1 on a D7100. Works great. The advantage of using wr-1 over wr-t10 is you can change settings on the 7100 remotely using the wr-1. This only works with the D7100. The wr-1 is configurable as either a transmitter or receiver. The only bad thing is it is expensive.
I. Have the WiFi adapter and the lightning dongle card reader but the easiest way is to email the photos to the email on the iPad. Then the user just opens the email and chooses save to iPad to keep a permanent copy. If there is only a couple dozen pics this goes very quickly and is cheap, as it costs nothing.
If you will be doing this on a regular basis buy the lightning to photo adapter or the WiFi adapter.
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jeep_daddy wrote:
I would take it to Canon and have them fix it. It couldn't cost that much.
I hate to give up but I think taking it to Canon and letting them fix it may be the wisest move. Jeep-daddy is right!
olemikey wrote:
The glass (glass/acrylic, or other) top cover on some LCDs (the one on the top of the camera) can often be pulled/pried up and lifted off, and a replacement can be fitted without much fuss. If the LCD isn't actually damaged then it is usually a cover, if the LCD is damaged, then things get a bit tougher. This case sounds like the glass is cracked, but the LCD is ok ? If LCD is OK, the glass or acrylic should not be to hard to replace.
I think you may be right. Maybe this would work.
https://www.ebay.com/i/162455249100
I think the OP said he. Broke the glass on the top lcd screen. A little different from the repair you suggest!