Astrophotography with cheap equipment.
I remember when I was 20 years old and bought my first DSLR, it was Canon 600D that I still use it. At that time when I bought it, it was already old camera with old sensor. But, that didn't bothered me too much I'm still happy to have it. Especially for doing some astro photography. I'm really happy to have this camera and I think if I buy some better camera with better low light capability I would't be much happier. I love to put some extra work to get this kind of results, that keeps me going on.
Let me show you some results that I got from yesterdays photo shooting.
For this first photo it took me about 1 hour to make it like this. First I took 6 photos of same image because I used big ISO for this camera, and it had a lot of noise. By making 6 identical photos I made one that have less noise but same details. I made this with Photoshop using image stacking function. There is pretty good tutorial on how to do this that was made by LonelySpeck. link to LonelySpeck tutorial Photo is not bad at all, even tho I used old camera. :)
| Camera | Lens | Shutter speed | F-stop | ISO |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canon 600D | Sigma 17-50mm | 20 sec. | f/2.8 | 3200 |
I live in village where light pollution is not that high so I can take some pretty good photos in my backyard. This photo was made from 6 photos and it was made as panorama in Lightroom. Foreground was lighted by flashlight from my phone. I used flashlight for only 2 seconds and then turned off. If I let it light for 20 seconds, my foreground would be overexposed.
When you want to take photo of Milky Way you need to be oriented and positioned good. There is software called Stellarium (Link to Stellarium where you can download it) and see in which time and place will be Milky Way. I sometimes orient by looking at Mars. Mars is bigger than stars and more reddish, so when you see it, you can take photo in that direction, or go little to the right and you will see the Milky Way. You can see on this photo, on the left side of photo, Mars.
| Camera | Lens | Shutter speed | F-stop | ISO |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canon 600D | Sigma 17-50mm | 20 sec. | f/2.8 | 3200 |
One thing you should know is how to set up your exposure. Best way to start is to set your ISO to 3200, shutterspeed at 20 seconds and lowest f stop of your lens. You also need to know about what focal length lens do you have. It is best to use "Rule of 500" so you can avoid star trails. This is what you need to do, "500 divide by the focal Length of your lens is equal to the longest exposure before stars start to trail." You can also use calculator made by LonelySpeck here
| Camera | Lens | Shutter speed | F-stop | ISO |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canon 600D | Sigma 17-50mm | 20 sec. | f/2.8 | 3200 |
I hope these photos was pleasing for your eyes and that I helped you in doing photography of stars. Have a nice day! :)
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@miroslavrc, ovo je fenomenalno! I hvala puno za predlog za upotrebu stelarijum aplikacije, nisam znala da postoji, deluje superzabavno! :)
Hvala, drago mi je da ti se dopada. Odličan je program i što je najvažnije, besplatan je za Windows, jedino što nije za Android i IOS besplatan. :)
Oh these are beautiful! I love to hear the details on how they were done as well, super interesting using the image stacking. I never realized that is how some of these shots are achieved. Thanks for sharing this!
Thank you very much! By doing image stacking you will have a lot of choices, like making high noise image less noiser and making long exposure by making few identical photos of river for example and make it really smooth! :)
Изванредно, @miroslavrc, надам се да ћеш ускоро доћи у посед боље опреме захваљујући Стимиту. Препоручујем неки од изврсних Фуџи модела треће генерације са Х-тран сензором и суперфеноменални Фуџинон ХФ 16мм ф1,4 коме се и сам надам једног дана :)
Hvala na lepim rečima, nadam se i ja da ćeš uskoro kupiti Fujinon 16mm. :) Uf, to zvuči kao savršena kombinacija za astro fotografiju, razmisliću. :)
Нашао сам тест баш за астрофотографију, @miroslavrc.
http://scopeviews.co.uk/FujiXF16Lens.htm
Кома је нажалост изражена на ф1.4, а прихватљиви резултати долазе тек на ф2.0 — што значи да је за сврхе астрофотографије боље изабрати много јефтинији мануелни Самјанг 12мм ф2.0
Али опет, ако снимаш и друге ствари, Фуџинон има све шта треба:
http://www.fujifilm.com/products/digital_cameras/x/fujinon_lens_xf16mmf14_r_wr/sample_images/
:)
f2 je isto odličan otvor blende za astrofotografiju. Mada, ako se ne fotografiše za stock fotografiju onda može i na f1.4 bez ikakvog problema. Samjang je stvarno dobar objektiv i veoma dobar odnos cene i kvaliteta.
Ево га још један идеалац за астрофотографију, @miroslavrc:
https://steemit.com/parley-photography/@lighteye/20180729t101441308z
Znam za ovaj objektiv, Laowa pravi neverovatno dobre objektive. Meni se dopada Laowa 15mm Macro. :)
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