This is very encouraging! I'm just getting into astrophotography and haven't even gathered all the equipment and have never even used a dslr! I'm learning everything I can and can't wait to start!
I am waiting for the sky to get dark so I have time for some answers 😉 ... I started about three years ago and still love it - if the clouds allow it. Last year was terrible, this year is great here in Switzerland. I would give you two advices: Get to learn all the camera features: How to manually set up shutter speed, ISO, aperture (usually at the lowest f-number), find live-view, delayed shutter and manual focusing, just to name the most important. Second: Go out at night and try, but don't forget to enjoy the night! Trying to take good pictures with all the technical issues is fun, but don't forget so sometimes sit back, maybe take some binoculars and just watch 🤩. It's quieting, it's humbling and in my eyes it's just beautiful!
Great video, really interesting, i recently bought a DSLR a i didn't know this would posible with that results, good video, good job, i know it takes time to edit it :D
Just subscribed to your channel - You both got me inspired with your videos... I partially disabled with back issues and am retired... I built reflector telescopes over 30 years ago and am returning to this hobby and am scouring all the channels and literature to learn everything all over again and the new technology as well. Have my first dedicated imaging scope on the way and picked up a couple of ZWO cameras to start my journey. I loved seeing your first astrophotos and it's good to see people who are proud of their first imperfect images because you see how far you've come and also the fact you had the courage to dive into a hobby most people don't get into... Keep the videos coming! I will be watching. -- Jon
Afterburner John, we are similar. I’m partial disability because of 3 back operations and 1 failed neck surgery, both with plates & screws. 4 levels in back & 2 in neck. In the 70’s at age 13 I built a 6” reflector and did Astrophotography with film and an SLR. Almost a year ago I got the telescope of my teenage dreams a Celestron C8,70’s Vintage for $125. I use my Nikon D7000, my iPhone 8+, and a modified webcam for planetary video. I just was blessed to find an excellent used iOptron SkyTracker Pro for just $150. Haven’t used it yet, been a week of clouds. I have been a subscriber to Galaxy Hunter for about a year. I love their enthusiasm and great use of affordable gear. I’m glad to see their channel doing well, they deserve it.
Gave a like just for cutting to the chase and showing us the REALISTIC results we may get. Far too many people drag their videos out with misleading information/clickbait only for me to realise at the end the results I would get are nothing like they are suggesting. You two seem great together, have good content and you are honest.
I’m a premie newbie and this totally blew my mind. And when I say premie that may be even giving myself too much credit, as it took me all day just to figure out how to stick the sd card in my new (used) p900. I’m going to check out your channel now for more inspirational videos. Thanks guys 💕
Very inspirational video. That 50mm shot of M31 looked very impressive - nice and crisp. I'm using this same approach myself in the southern hemisphere - with a Panasonic mirrorless camera. I have a collection of old manual focus film lenses that have quite large apertures (that I use with an adapter.) I would like to get some pleasing images of the magellanic clouds and other astro targets around here. I have not tried Deep Sky Stacker. I did watch a tutorial and it's crazy how much post processing is involved after the stacking.
Hi. I was trying to get some good shots of M42 yesterday via a 200mm lens on a full frame body. But What I got was the M42 occupying a tiny portion of the photo frame. My question is how tight did you guys cropped in to your shots with the 300mm lens? How many pixels resolution on your final picture?
I subscribed because you guys share the same passion, share the camera together and respect each other with even the look on your both eyes. thats amazing and cute and I hope youll do this forever. keep it up!
Whatever you do, invest in some good glass. The camera body is less important than you might think. Some types of vintage glass are excellent and won’t cost you an arm and a leg. And if you use a Sony DSLM, you can get adapters for pretty much every lens out there. And those adapters also wont usually break the bank.
What can u suggest for under 500$ . DSLR with kit lens(which one )or cheaper DSLR with other lens(again 500$) for nightscapes astrophotography deepsky photography?
We started with a used Canon t3i from Ebay, which was about $200-400 depending on how many accessories come with it. As for the lens, we would definitely recommend the 24mm pancake lens, we talk about it more in our "best lenses for the milky way" video :)
Hey Guys! I am a beginner and I am going to buy Redcat 51 with EQM35 and I already have a Nikon D5300….my question is that do I need a Guide scope and a guide camera for deep sky astrophotography???
I have a canon r6 also 135mm L 2.0 but also a meade etx90 with autostar.. what is the best investment to start astrophotography? Buy a astro webcam for the telescope or a star tracker for my canon r6? Hope to hear from you.
If I got f1.2 and f1.4 EF L primes would it help? Guess just have to try, whenever it stops raining here in Bergen. I'll be getting mechanical tracker later on.
I think it depends on how good the lenses are at 1.2 or 1.4. The wider the lenses are, the longer you can expose before getting star trails. With a diagonal fisheye it was around 20s while 2s already too long with 500mm, especially if you zoom into the image.
The gear you use doesn't matter too much. If you know how to use it right you can take some amazing photos with not that fancy stuff. Better gear definitely helps but it's not 100% necessary
@@sandeshhegde2847 At 300mm, I could see the nebula with 1 sec shutter speed. 3 sec worked too, but there was a little star trailing. ISO setting depends on how dark the skies are where you are.
Awesome as always this video helped me a lot cuzz I'm about to buy Canon 90d and 75-300mm lens. I was just wondering ehat camera were you using in this video ? Thanks a lot 😁🌌🌌
May I ad: The t3i is probably what that camera is called in the US, Canon sells them under different names. I own a 90d too, got it the minute it came out and still love it! With the lens at 300 you have to be really careful with shutter speed though, even 2 seconds could be a problem depending on the position of the target. I also use it with my 6''-SC-telescope and I am extremely happy with it! I am getting more and more confident with really high ISO's, a lot of the noise disappears after stacking and processing. I never thought an amateur like myself could get these results!
Parabéns pelo vídeo, eu tenho essa lente 75 - 300mm, e jaz fiz muitas astrofotos com a 50mm 1.8 e a lente 18mm - 5omm do kit, tenho uma Canon T5, as fotos que fiz com essas lentes ficaram muito boas, porem com a 75 - 300mm fracassei as imagens ficaram escuras, vendo o resultado de vocês no vídeo me animou a levar essa lente novamente para uma nova tentativa, obrigado.
@@michelcarvalho2165 Pelo preço não tenho tantas expectativas, eu sei dos limites dessa lente, só fiquei surpreso com o resultado obtido no vídeo, meu comentário anterior deixa claro isso, tranquilo eu sei que a lente é ruim, já que eu tenho vou tentar.
Thanks for the video. I'm currently starting out with a similar gear (Fuji X APS-C system and older manual lenses between 200mm and 500mm). I also added a Star Tracker just to make things easier. At 08:24 you mention the horsehead nebula, but in your picture there is only the flame nebula next to Alnitak (left outer belt star of Orion). The horsehead would be next to the flame nebula, but it is not bright enough in your picture. A short part showing how to stack pictures afterwards would have been nice. Just to point people in the right direction. Nonetheless thanks for this video and showing that you don't need expensive gear to start. Clear Skies!
It's just underneath the third bright blue star of the belt. You cannot really see the horse head, but if you know where to look you can see a dark patch of it obscuring the red nebulosity behind it. But I had to stop the video and zoom in too 😉 ...
I think this is the best way to start astrophotography because you start by getting a result that you understand. You see the problems (for example trailing) and work through the options for correcting that problem. Then you take a slightly better image, learn more, and take a slightly better image and so on, each time correcting something that makes sense to you. Much better than buying complicated and expensive gear based on someone else's recommendations and trying to get it to work when you have no clue what's going on.
Hey Galactic Hunter... I have a small question if I'm allowed... I own a Canon t3i for over three years now, sadly, i had to change to Nikon D7100 for a job I quit in a few months... my question is... why do so many night sky photography channels recommend the t3i? when the t4i , t5i or even the t6i are pretty budgets oriented as well? I find it weird.. + with Magic Lantern, you have an intervalometer inside the camera :)
Hey John David, we started out with the t3i, which we loved, but if we had to start the hobby today, we would definitely get a t6i (or t7i) over a t3i since the t6i is very affordable today!
You can use your DSLR camera on a tripod like we did in this video. For shooting through binoculars, it's actually much easier to use a small camera like a point and shoot or even a cellphone. You probably won't be able to do any long exposure shots though so you are restricted to bright stars, the moon, maybe planets and the Pleiades.
Can someone tell me the BEST astrophotography lens that can mount a Canon like Canon T8i or Canon 90D? I heard of IRIX 15mm f/2.4 as well as Rokinon? Any suggestion of the BEST lens that is amazing in all aspects that can take nice shots of the Milky Way as well as Orion Nebula?
bad idea probably cause f8 is too slow and 500m on nikon apcs is like 750mm so you cannot get a long enough exposure by rule of 500 you can only get around half of second of exposure
@@CheshireTomcat68 check out used old lenses some could work well for astrophotography I managed to photograph andromeda with old helios 44 lens and tripod only xD facebook.com/tmikic202/photos/a.1187292078082781/1450135735131746/?type=3&theater www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=m570.l1313&_nkw=helios+58&_sacat=3323&LH_TitleDesc=0&_osacat=3323&Term=helios%252044%25202%252058mm and lens is around 40$ :P here is result with my tamron 70-300mm SP facebook.com/tmikic202/photos/a.1187292078082781/1491595320985787/?type=3&theater this lens was around 300$ iirc
With out a tracker you need to stack a ton of images. If it is all you have, I would shoot some anyway. The whole process takes practice to get good, it doesn't hurt to practice with what you have on hand. I started with a 300mm f4 and limited to 3 sec exposures with out tacking. I still got practice locating object and also controlling my camera with my tablet. I recently bought a star adventurer tracker for $500.00 and look forward to really getting some great images.
Hey guys nice video, great vibes !!! I got one question you said you take 80pics or an exposure for a hour, did you had to adjust the tripod to compensate the target movement, and if you did what is your advise to do it ?
How did you zoom times 10? Is that something specific to your camera? I have a D3400 I bought last fall and I'm trying to learn. I don't recall seeing a setting like that on my camera or my 70-300mm lens. Also do you turn off image stabilization? I want to take pictures of the next full moon in a few days. My Super Moon pics didn't turn out so good because I used auto settings. P.S. What did you do to your hair my long haired brutha? You mentioned it now I'm curious. My wife and I are new to this and we dig your channel. :)
Hey! The D3400 should be able to zoom like ours (in Liveview, press the little magnifying glass button on the camera and it should do a digital zoom, no matter which lens you used.And yes we turn off image stabilization, since we always use a tripod anyway! About my hair, haha, we made the video a while ago and our intro file kind of got lost so we had to redo the intro, I had already cut my hair so I told Dalia "Let's crack a funny joke" and say we'll wait for my hair to grow a bit and then head out.
@@GalacticHunter Cool deal! I found the 10x feature. Thanks a bunch. I dont see a VR button on my lens though. There is an AF/MF and Normal/Macro switches. Is it possible I dont have that feature? I dont recall seeing it on my cameras menu screens either. PS dont worry about the hair, it will grow back. I actually miss having mine short like that. Life was much simpler. lol.
I think I've figured out that I dont have VR on my 70-300 lens but I do on my 18-75 lens but it stays on all the time. If I want that I have to upgrade my lenses I guess. We will see how I do with the next full moon Monday.
Well kind of yeah The lens focal length will be equivalent to a 600mm lens on fullframe and the depth of field will be about that of f8 But in terms of light let into the lens it will still be and f4 lens and that won't change Hope I helped a bit :)
Learn to locate it (based on The Big Dipper), and then take A LOT of short exposures of it. These all need to be stacked (Sequator, DeepSkyStacker, ...) to get a better result. I was able to capture it as well (with a tracker), but with longer exposures. I'll have to try again now that I can take Lights Frames, Dark Frames and Flat frames. These give so much better results :)
Me gusta ver sus videos y buenos tips que nos dan, sólo una cositas, pudieran poner los subtitulos también en español?! Se los agradecería mucho. Sigan adelante.
@@victorhugomedeiros1016 It's a bit more accurate to do 500 divided by (focal length times crop factor). But in the end, it's just a guide. Luckily, it's easy to test the shutter speed.
Love this Episode thank you!! I did the same thing this week and Caught Taurus, Mars and The Pleiades in the frame. Did the Same With Orion also. Nice! Makes me want to Photograph all the available constellations this way. I took Several Of each along with Darks and Bias Frames. Going to put them into DSS to process. I used a 24-35 mm Lens With 15-20 Sec exp at ISO 400.
Great job! We've been wanting to photograph constellations but haven't really started yet, maybe once we're done with the Messier catalog, we can target the constellations haha.
@@GalacticHunter no, I just put it on and it didn't work randomly. It's also not even worth the amount it would cost to fix it so, idk what I'm gonna do
Great video. I despise these astrophotography snobs who claim that you have to spend thousands of dollars to get into astrophotography. All they do is discourage people from getting into the hobby. Keep up the good work.
anything above 300mm having f/4 aperture or wider is really nice to have. divide focal length by aperture value to get aperture diameter. therefore wider aperture for a given lens has lower f number
Actually i guess it is possible, but you cannot have stunning results without a good equipment and without post processing. with my dlsr i usually use a prime lens samyang 85 mm f1.4 and i had a super results. I have just to improve my post processing skills!
This is very encouraging! I'm just getting into astrophotography and haven't even gathered all the equipment and have never even used a dslr! I'm learning everything I can and can't wait to start!
I am waiting for the sky to get dark so I have time for some answers 😉 ... I started about three years ago and still love it - if the clouds allow it. Last year was terrible, this year is great here in Switzerland. I would give you two advices: Get to learn all the camera features: How to manually set up shutter speed, ISO, aperture (usually at the lowest f-number), find live-view, delayed shutter and manual focusing, just to name the most important. Second: Go out at night and try, but don't forget to enjoy the night! Trying to take good pictures with all the technical issues is fun, but don't forget so sometimes sit back, maybe take some binoculars and just watch 🤩. It's quieting, it's humbling and in my eyes it's just beautiful!
How's it going
Wow, i'm blown away with the results. Definitely motivates me to keep taking photo's until I can save up for a tracker!
That's exactly what we did! baby steps but learning a lot along the way :)
my 16 year old self trying to save up for a $2000 usd goto mount for a telescope
Thanks guys, awesome video as usual. I finally got a DSLR, a canon 1000 D. I can’t wait to try this!
Great video, really interesting, i recently bought a DSLR a i didn't know this would posible with that results, good video, good job, i know it takes time to edit it :D
Thanks Julian! Anyone can do it, what matters most is not the gear but the quality of the sky :)
My left ear feelsgoodman clap
Turn left at Orion 🙃😊😀
Just subscribed to your channel - You both got me inspired with your videos... I partially disabled with back issues and am retired... I built reflector telescopes over 30 years ago and am returning to this hobby and am scouring all the channels and literature to learn everything all over again and the new technology as well. Have my first dedicated imaging scope on the way and picked up a couple of ZWO cameras to start my journey. I loved seeing your first astrophotos and it's good to see people who are proud of their first imperfect images because you see how far you've come and also the fact you had the courage to dive into a hobby most people don't get into... Keep the videos coming! I will be watching. -- Jon
That's awesome Jon! We wish you the best!
Afterburner John, we are similar. I’m partial disability because of 3 back operations and 1 failed neck surgery, both with plates & screws. 4 levels in back & 2 in neck. In the 70’s at age 13 I built a 6” reflector and did Astrophotography with film and an SLR.
Almost a year ago I got the telescope of my teenage dreams a Celestron C8,70’s Vintage for $125.
I use my Nikon D7000, my iPhone 8+, and a modified webcam for planetary video.
I just was blessed to find an excellent used iOptron SkyTracker Pro for just $150. Haven’t used it yet, been a week of clouds.
I have been a subscriber to Galaxy Hunter for about a year. I love their enthusiasm and great use of affordable gear. I’m glad to see their channel doing well, they deserve it.
Great video guys. Reminds me of Forest Tanaka. It’s a wonderful encouragement for others. Bravo.
Thank you! Oh and yes Forest Tanaka was so helpful! Too bad he doesn't have more videos :(
Forrest was excellent ! Made me start !
I miss Forrest
Love seeing results with simple setups! Great video guys!
This is the route I'm going until I save for a nice astrophotography setup (read: finish grad school). Thanks for the video! Subbed
Thanks a lot!!!! I'll try shot with all my dslr lenses before buy a Mount or telescope :)
Gave a like just for cutting to the chase and showing us the REALISTIC results we may get. Far too many people drag their videos out with misleading information/clickbait only for me to realise at the end the results I would get are nothing like they are suggesting.
You two seem great together, have good content and you are honest.
Thank you so much!
you guys are awesome. Just plain details with precision on what you want to convey. Great work, just earned a subscriber from Mumbai!
Thank you!!
I’m a premie newbie and this totally blew my mind. And when I say premie that may be even giving myself too much credit, as it took me all day just to figure out how to stick the sd card in my new (used) p900. I’m going to check out your channel now for more inspirational videos. Thanks guys 💕
Plot twist:
"Can you get any deep sky objects with just a DSLR camera and a tripod without tracking? The answer is NO."
*video ends*
That would be too easy!
Hey! look at my instagram : untrackedastropics I bet you it’s possible !!
i disagree and i can groove it.. :-0
This encourages me so much.
Great video and what I was doing three days ago. 🙂 Thank you for all your hard work making these videos and giving me inspiration.
Thank you very much and we are very happy to know that are videos are helpful to others :)
Very inspirational video. That 50mm shot of M31 looked very impressive - nice and crisp. I'm using this same approach myself in the southern hemisphere - with a Panasonic mirrorless camera. I have a collection of old manual focus film lenses that have quite large apertures (that I use with an adapter.) I would like to get some pleasing images of the magellanic clouds and other astro targets around here. I have not tried Deep Sky Stacker. I did watch a tutorial and it's crazy how much post processing is involved after the stacking.
Hello everyone! Nice video! I started the same, my first nebula was the Orion Nebula.
Hi. I was trying to get some good shots of M42 yesterday via a 200mm lens on a full frame body. But What I got was the M42 occupying a tiny portion of the photo frame. My question is how tight did you guys cropped in to your shots with the 300mm lens? How many pixels resolution on your final picture?
Been waiting for a video like this, couldn't really find one
Thanks Galactic Hunter
Great results by the way!
Thank you Ibrahim!
@@GalacticHunter :)
I subscribed because you guys share the same passion, share the camera together and respect each other with even the look on your both eyes. thats amazing and cute and I hope youll do this forever. keep it up!
Thank you so much!
Awesome! Exactly what I was looking for! THANK YOU!!!!!!
Thank you so much for this I’m just starting this hobby and it’s so exciting
Awesome I'm into it koool...😀🐶🔭📷
You are amazing ! 🌌📷
Whatever you do, invest in some good glass. The camera body is less important than you might think.
Some types of vintage glass are excellent and won’t cost you an arm and a leg. And if you use a Sony DSLM, you can get adapters for pretty much every lens out there. And those adapters also wont usually break the bank.
I really enjoy your videos. Your enthusiasm for sharing the hobby is fantastic. Thank you.
Thank you!
What was the app used for this video to look at the sky that way?
What's the app you used to track the nebula ? Great video :)
Great video!
Great video! Thank you!
What can u suggest for under 500$ . DSLR with kit lens(which one )or cheaper DSLR with other lens(again 500$) for nightscapes astrophotography deepsky photography?
We started with a used Canon t3i from Ebay, which was about $200-400 depending on how many accessories come with it. As for the lens, we would definitely recommend the 24mm pancake lens, we talk about it more in our "best lenses for the milky way" video :)
@@GalacticHunter tnx for the reply I'll check out the pancake lens.....what about the price ?
@@treefallleaves6711 $129.99 on Amazon. Really worth it in our opinion! amzn.to/2KNIR89
good job - thank you for sharing
What app are you using on your phone please? Cool video, no idea you could do this! Going to give it a try...if these damn clouds would go away LOL
You could get stellarium & or starchart or skye....i use the first two 😷
A lot can be done with simple equipment. Great video.
Thank you!
Thanks for a nice video!!
Hey Guys!
I am a beginner and I am going to buy Redcat 51 with EQM35 and I already have a Nikon D5300….my question is that do I need a Guide scope and a guide camera for deep sky astrophotography???
Great video 👍
Excellent views and awesome shots!
Thank you!
Great Video and well explained
Best regard CS
I have a canon r6 also 135mm L 2.0 but also a meade etx90 with autostar.. what is the best investment to start astrophotography? Buy a astro webcam for the telescope or a star tracker for my canon r6? Hope to hear from you.
If I got f1.2 and f1.4 EF L primes would it help? Guess just have to try, whenever it stops raining here in Bergen. I'll be getting mechanical tracker later on.
I think it depends on how good the lenses are at 1.2 or 1.4.
The wider the lenses are, the longer you can expose before getting star trails. With a diagonal fisheye it was around 20s while 2s already too long with 500mm, especially if you zoom into the image.
I know that dry lake bed.
You guys rock.
Haha thanks :)
I am an indian sky watcher
Good vidieo
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The gear you use doesn't matter too much. If you know how to use it right you can take some amazing photos with not that fancy stuff. Better gear definitely helps but it's not 100% necessary
I just captured Orion's nebula with my d3500 and a tamron 100-400 lens, I was really happy
hello. Even I have a D3500. But only the Nikkor 70-300 Lens. Any suggestions?
@@sandeshhegde2847 At 300mm, I could see the nebula with 1 sec shutter speed. 3 sec worked too, but there was a little star trailing. ISO setting depends on how dark the skies are where you are.
@@ProcrastinatorsAnon Ooh I see. Thanks
Awesome as always this video helped me a lot cuzz I'm about to buy Canon 90d and 75-300mm lens. I was just wondering ehat camera were you using in this video ? Thanks a lot 😁🌌🌌
Thanks! The camera used is the Canon t3i.
May I ad: The t3i is probably what that camera is called in the US, Canon sells them under different names. I own a 90d too, got it the minute it came out and still love it! With the lens at 300 you have to be really careful with shutter speed though, even 2 seconds could be a problem depending on the position of the target. I also use it with my 6''-SC-telescope and I am extremely happy with it! I am getting more and more confident with really high ISO's, a lot of the noise disappears after stacking and processing. I never thought an amateur like myself could get these results!
Great 👍
Amazing🎉
Parabéns pelo vídeo, eu tenho essa lente 75 - 300mm, e jaz fiz muitas astrofotos com a 50mm 1.8 e a lente 18mm - 5omm do kit, tenho uma Canon T5, as fotos que fiz com essas lentes ficaram muito boas, porem com a 75 - 300mm fracassei as imagens ficaram escuras, vendo o resultado de vocês no vídeo me animou a levar essa lente novamente para uma nova tentativa, obrigado.
ESSA LENTE É HORRIVEL desculpa falar isso, mas o erro Cromatico dela é horrivel, sem dizer que é F5 em 300
@@michelcarvalho2165 Pelo preço não tenho tantas expectativas, eu sei dos limites dessa lente, só fiquei surpreso com o resultado obtido no vídeo, meu comentário anterior deixa claro isso, tranquilo eu sei que a lente é ruim, já que eu tenho vou tentar.
Would I be able to record clear videos and pictures of moving UFO'S at 500' -10,000' in the air with a setup like yours ?
If UFOs existed you would
Thanks for the video. I'm currently starting out with a similar gear (Fuji X APS-C system and older manual lenses between 200mm and 500mm). I also added a Star Tracker just to make things easier.
At 08:24 you mention the horsehead nebula, but in your picture there is only the flame nebula next to Alnitak (left outer belt star of Orion). The horsehead would be next to the flame nebula, but it is not bright enough in your picture.
A short part showing how to stack pictures afterwards would have been nice. Just to point people in the right direction.
Nonetheless thanks for this video and showing that you don't need expensive gear to start. Clear Skies!
It's just underneath the third bright blue star of the belt. You cannot really see the horse head, but if you know where to look you can see a dark patch of it obscuring the red nebulosity behind it. But I had to stop the video and zoom in too 😉 ...
how long did it take you to take andromeda how many sub exposures did ou make ? and what was the total exposure time ?
Can i use 2x teleconverter
I think this is the best way to start astrophotography because you start by getting a result that you understand. You see the problems (for example trailing) and work through the options for correcting that problem. Then you take a slightly better image, learn more, and take a slightly better image and so on, each time correcting something that makes sense to you. Much better than buying complicated and expensive gear based on someone else's recommendations and trying to get it to work when you have no clue what's going on.
Nice
Hey Galactic Hunter... I have a small question if I'm allowed... I own a Canon t3i for over three years now, sadly, i had to change to Nikon D7100 for a job I quit in a few months... my question is... why do so many night sky photography channels recommend the t3i? when the t4i , t5i or even the t6i are pretty budgets oriented as well? I find it weird.. + with Magic Lantern, you have an intervalometer inside the camera :)
Hey John David, we started out with the t3i, which we loved, but if we had to start the hobby today, we would definitely get a t6i (or t7i) over a t3i since the t6i is very affordable today!
on a first sight i was like do i see Boris Brejcha? DJ if yo u dont know him. :)
Thank you. I just subscribed .
Hi can anyone recommend a cheap tracker?
Hey, could I use DSLR Canon EOS 6D with binocular celestron skymaster 25x70 for astrophotography? I got two tripods :D
You can use your DSLR camera on a tripod like we did in this video. For shooting through binoculars, it's actually much easier to use a small camera like a point and shoot or even a cellphone. You probably won't be able to do any long exposure shots though so you are restricted to bright stars, the moon, maybe planets and the Pleiades.
Loving your work guys. you've made a subscriber out of me :)
Can someone tell me the BEST astrophotography lens that can mount a Canon like Canon T8i or Canon 90D? I heard of IRIX 15mm f/2.4 as well as Rokinon? Any suggestion of the BEST lens that is amazing in all aspects that can take nice shots of the Milky Way as well as Orion Nebula?
Would using a 500mm mirror lens be a good or bad idea? (f8)
bad idea probably cause f8 is too slow and 500m on nikon apcs is like 750mm so you cannot get a long enough exposure by rule of 500 you can only get around half of second of exposure
@@tomislavmikic882 Right, gotcha. Time to go shopping!
@@CheshireTomcat68 check out used old lenses some could work well for astrophotography I managed to photograph andromeda with old helios 44 lens and tripod only xD facebook.com/tmikic202/photos/a.1187292078082781/1450135735131746/?type=3&theater
www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=m570.l1313&_nkw=helios+58&_sacat=3323&LH_TitleDesc=0&_osacat=3323&Term=helios%252044%25202%252058mm
and lens is around 40$ :P
here is result with my tamron 70-300mm SP
facebook.com/tmikic202/photos/a.1187292078082781/1491595320985787/?type=3&theater
this lens was around 300$ iirc
With out a tracker you need to stack a ton of images. If it is all you have, I would shoot some anyway. The whole process takes practice to get good, it doesn't hurt to practice with what you have on hand. I started with a 300mm f4 and limited to 3 sec exposures with out tacking. I still got practice locating object and also controlling my camera with my tablet.
I recently bought a star adventurer tracker for $500.00 and look forward to really getting some great images.
Hey guys nice video, great vibes !!! I got one question you said you take 80pics or an exposure for a hour, did you had to adjust the tripod to compensate the target movement, and if you did what is your advise to do it ?
Thanks! Yes you have to make sure to try to keep the object centered if you use a large lens :)
Great Video, you have a new subscriber :)
First. Good video
Thanks!
Great job !
Thank you!
No red light headlamp?
Didn't use them for the video so it wouldn't be too dark on camera
Let me give you my top 5 astrophotography target with a DSLR 1) dumbell nebula 2)Orion nebula 3)andromeda galaxy
4) North American nebula 5)the rho
How did you zoom times 10? Is that something specific to your camera? I have a D3400 I bought last fall and I'm trying to learn. I don't recall seeing a setting like that on my camera or my 70-300mm lens. Also do you turn off image stabilization? I want to take pictures of the next full moon in a few days. My Super Moon pics didn't turn out so good because I used auto settings. P.S. What did you do to your hair my long haired brutha? You mentioned it now I'm curious. My wife and I are new to this and we dig your channel. :)
Hey! The D3400 should be able to zoom like ours (in Liveview, press the little magnifying glass button on the camera and it should do a digital zoom, no matter which lens you used.And yes we turn off image stabilization, since we always use a tripod anyway! About my hair, haha, we made the video a while ago and our intro file kind of got lost so we had to redo the intro, I had already cut my hair so I told Dalia "Let's crack a funny joke" and say we'll wait for my hair to grow a bit and then head out.
@@GalacticHunter Cool deal! I found the 10x feature. Thanks a bunch. I dont see a VR button on my lens though. There is an AF/MF and Normal/Macro switches. Is it possible I dont have that feature? I dont recall seeing it on my cameras menu screens either. PS dont worry about the hair, it will grow back. I actually miss having mine short like that. Life was much simpler. lol.
I think I've figured out that I dont have VR on my 70-300 lens but I do on my 18-75 lens but it stays on all the time. If I want that I have to upgrade my lenses I guess. We will see how I do with the next full moon Monday.
I use a micro four thirds camera. Does it mean that a 300 mm f4 lens becomes 600mm and f8?
Well kind of yeah
The lens focal length will be equivalent to a 600mm lens on fullframe and the depth of field will be about that of f8
But in terms of light let into the lens it will still be and f4 lens and that won't change
Hope I helped a bit :)
@@steveklotzer5517 Thank you :)
How did you take the picture of the whirlpool galaxy?
Learn to locate it (based on The Big Dipper), and then take A LOT of short exposures of it. These all need to be stacked (Sequator, DeepSkyStacker, ...) to get a better result.
I was able to capture it as well (with a tracker), but with longer exposures.
I'll have to try again now that I can take Lights Frames, Dark Frames and Flat frames. These give so much better results :)
o0L4nc3r0o wow ,thanks!
3:48 what app is this one?
Star Chart!
@@GalacticHunter thank you very much!!!
Awesome
Yessss
Me gusta ver sus videos y buenos tips que nos dan, sólo una cositas, pudieran poner los subtitulos también en español?! Se los agradecería mucho.
Sigan adelante.
Why do the stars in your pictures have such a blue fringe color? Is it chromatic aberration?
Yes it's because of the lens, not sure if an expensive lens would fix that.
i took a picture of the m78 galaxy with my huawei phone
on a cloudy day
how funny, i just finished shooting M42 with only tripod and 38MM lens (20 x 4 sec) ISO 800
Iso 8000 that so more noisy
@Aluxxz yes i did , oooops
Which part of France is this?🤨
It's near Las Vegas 🤣
it's me again, thanks for this video, i have 1 question, how i do the 500 ruler on superzoom camera?
i see, the sl1000 have a CMOS 1/2.3"
, giving a 5,62 crop factor :/
@@victorhugomedeiros1016 It's a bit more accurate to do 500 divided by (focal length times crop factor). But in the end, it's just a guide. Luckily, it's easy to test the shutter speed.
@@ProcrastinatorsAnon i have another problem, the fuji sl1000, havent manual focus
I'll use the super zoom for moon shots
@@victorhugomedeiros1016 I think autofocus will be fine with the moon.
Vous êtes francais ?
You guys are the best. I love your channel so much.
Answer is yes but it sucks..
Love this Episode thank you!! I did the same thing this week and Caught Taurus, Mars and The Pleiades in the frame. Did the Same With Orion also. Nice! Makes me want to Photograph all the available constellations this way. I took Several Of each along with Darks and Bias Frames. Going to put them into DSS to process. I used a 24-35 mm Lens With 15-20 Sec exp at ISO 400.
Great job! We've been wanting to photograph constellations but haven't really started yet, maybe once we're done with the Messier catalog, we can target the constellations haha.
That's really interesting. My 70-300 autofocus died the day of the blood moon as well. How strange 🤔
Did it also fall off your bike as you were trying to shoot the moon from a parking lot? haha
@@GalacticHunter no, I just put it on and it didn't work randomly. It's also not even worth the amount it would cost to fix it so, idk what I'm gonna do
You'll do better with manual focus and live view @ 10x
Hey you say focussed perfectly!
I bought 800$ APSC camera without knowing a thing 😭😭😭😭
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5810 sub!
+10¹¹¹¹¹¹¹! ;)
Well done
Gracias, Thanks . . . I following you guys, keep it up, feed the monster in my zoo with your sky images!
Снимать без трекера на таком большом фокусе бесполезно.
A very motivational intro to night sky photography. I am sorry your telephoto died.
Thank you!
Good music choice and video, but one thing: we do not take astro photos at full moon :) You know, light pollution
Yes, we didn't really plan this video and just went out there without even checking the moon phase haha.
Great video. I despise these astrophotography snobs who claim that you have to spend thousands of dollars to get into astrophotography. All they do is discourage people from getting into the hobby. Keep up the good work.
Thank you so much Ezra! 😀
I love how y’all are honest in the video about how starting out will be, makes me want to start this up even more 🙂
My 300mm lens is f/4. Could I get a good picture of M42?
Yes definitely, better than at f/5.6 like ours!
@@GalacticHunter Thanks so much for the reply!
anything above 300mm having f/4 aperture or wider is really nice to have. divide focal length by aperture value to get aperture diameter. therefore wider aperture for a given lens has lower f number
@@GalacticHunter what about an apc-s with a 70-300mm dx lens which has an f/6.3 at 300mm
@@mikehoskin1674 f/6.3 is a bit slow, but can work. Our 300mm lens was f/5.6. A good lens for astrophotography is under f/5
Actually i guess it is possible, but you cannot have stunning results without a good equipment and without post processing.
with my dlsr i usually use a prime lens samyang 85 mm f1.4 and i had a super results. I have just to improve my post processing skills!