Astrophotography for Beginners - Gear, Settings, & Tips!

This first red flag was you saying that you’ll need a tripod because you’ll be opening up the aperture for as long as possible. 😳
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With a 20+ second exposure does the earth move enough to blur the image ?

Sorry if I missed it but would you recommend a prime lens for astral?

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What an awesome mesmerizing eyes and facial expressions you have... And the way you explained is just waooooooooo ❤❤❤❤... New subscriber of your 🎉🎉..

Mallory great video. I would like take the plunge to the milkyway astro landscape photography. I have a fujinon 8 mm / f3.5 and my camara a fuji xt5 thats own a 40 mp sensor. So i am windering if you have experience with this lenor what do you think of this len. Thanks in advance.

Awwww why you are so cute 🥰

will 25sec have star trails?

The tripod is more for the shutter speed than aperture. Aperture does not effect motion blur, esp. at infinity focus.

Nice explanation, thank you. Greetings going out towards Texas.

To eliminate camera shutter shake entirely, I have used the bulb setting. Hold a matt black shield/hat or similar over the lens (without touching it of course) then open the shutter. Wait as long as you like until all vibrations have ceased, then remove the shield for the requisite time. I usually count the seconds. Once the required time has elapsed, cover the lens again and then close the shutter.

I realize this video is older, but I stumbled on it because I've been really interested in astrophotography and other landscape photography. I'm super new and don't even have a camera but buying one has been on my radar for a few years. I don't have a super huge budget... but am willing to invest in a decent camera and lens for a beginner. Would you have any recs on brands or cameras to look into for starting out? Especially if interested in this type of photography? Anyway, I also noticed the artwork on your wall... GO DAWGS! lol and this video has been super helpful and informative. Will definitely check out some others. Thank you for sharing.

Thanks for the great info!

Good video.👍🏻

nice and short, thanks.

With such low f.stop you'll get very poor depth of field. Better to start at f8 or f11.

Love the fact you're wearing an Omega Speedmaster! Love mine!

35 1.4 or 28 2.8?!!!

I didn't know about the bright monitoring! I found it on my a6700! Thanks!!! I have a 11mm f 1.8... Should be OK right? 11mm is around equivalent 16.5mm. Super useful this video!

Will be a lot of hot pixels when use 20 sec and high ISO? Is hot pixel always expected in astrophotography?

Well put together videos!

Thank you very much for making this video, and the way you are talking does not make me feel like I am stupid.

Trying to learn using existing equipment. I have a Canon Rebel T6 with a stock EFS 18-55mm lens and a fairly cheap tripod. Is it possible to get some shots with this before spending a lot of money on better equipment? Good video. And Go Dawgs! Although I went to Georgia Southern University, I was a Dawg fan long before then!

Lots of great information Mallory! Thank you very much. Looking forward to more of your videos. :)

Im a complete beginner. Which one is better for astrophotography, Nikon Z5, or Sony A7c ii? Thank you.

Great information.................could you give some thoughts on best software for editing astro images?

This is the best video I have seen! Thank you so much! Clear directions and straight to the point

Great video, straight to the point! Heading to Utah next week, so hopefully I can get some good shots! These tops will surely help.

Hi there, nicely done video. But on one thing I don't agree: Shutter speed! No matter how wide your lens and how low your f-stop is, at 25 seconds you will ALWAYS have trailing stars. I use the npf-calculator (available online) as a start, but even my mighty 50 at f/1.8 will starts showing star trails at 4 seconds! Just saying ...

If this is a video to help people set up , it failed. I have been watching these videos all day and most are about talk talk talk and none have shown how to set up manually on a entry level dlsr. There are a couple good videos but about canon and I have nikon and the settings are different and I can not replicate. Thanks a lot , for nothingue lady.

I always suggest the app called clearoutside for the weather.

I have a canon 4000D not sure what lense to but any recommendations please

Hi Mallory, do you use filters for your Astro Photography? I was looking at the NISI Star Soft Filter. Any thoughts on the benefits or drawbacks?

Great video! Direct, the point, and well presented. Thank you! 🙏

Hi Mallory
My Canon EOS R100 refuses to click when the original lens is removed and T ring is attached. How do I make it click? Any ideas? I keep the camera in fully Manual mode and manual focus. Still it is not clicking.

Thank you for the video. I’m just starting, I have a Nikon d5600, can you please recommend me a good lens for astrophotography, thank you

Absolute newbie and subscribing after 40 sec simply because of the Speedy Pro on the wrist 🙂

Thank you for explaining how to actually focus on the stars, this is the point most people actually fail to show and it was my biggest doubt, nice video !

Thanks for the video! It’s really helpful and straight to the point

Should I get a camera or telescope?

I don’t have a remote shutter. I just set self timer for 2 secs. But I will get one.

Thanks!

So in your photograph of a mountain and the milky way above it, how did you get the mountain show up in your picture....you could see the mountain like it was daylight seeing details then with the dark sky above with the milky way....

This was so helpful and to the point, thank you!!

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Thanks and Go Dawgs!

I got my p60 recently. I had no idea how hard phography is. Great vid really helped me

If you don't have a remote laying around and don't want to touch the camera (so it obviously is more still). You can maybe just use the timer on your camera if you have one?(Just tought of this when watching i had a camera for 1 day so i have no idea if lot of cameras have this.) Great video btw

I see you are using the Sony RIV. Have you use a lower megapixel camera, like A7III or the A7S3? My real question is, you capture more details at night with the RIV than with a lower megapixel camera?