Astrophotography for Beginners - Gear, Settings, & Tips!

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?

My boss was wanting me to schedule my vacation one year and I told him that I needed to check the moon phases. I pulled out my phone and opened Photo Pills as he's looking at me strangely. He said "you're serious aren't you ?".... I said "yep, gotta plan around a new moon"

Another trick you can add to your "bag" when focusing on stars is to use the digital zoom on the camera's monitor. Zoom it in a much as possible and then focus. The change in size when moving the focus ring will be more evident and you'll get an even more precise focus.

This is a method that can be used on any subject, day or night, and with any lens, wide or zoom.

Really nice and comprehensive video, thank you, I’m really new to all of this, very confused by the number of cameras out there and don’t have one either, I have been using my iPhone for it so far but want a good beginner camera for taking shots of the stars, andromeda and Milky Way, what would you recommend as a good beginner camera and lens setup, thank you,😊

I have a Sony a6400 with two lenses:
Sigma 30mm f1.4 and Sigma 18-50mm f2.8
Which one should I use?

You make it look so easy, I’m having a hard time. I have a Nikon D 7000 I’ve been looking at videos and sit my camera but it still comes out black, I had it astro modified I think it’s info red I have photos pill I’ll go out tonight to take some photos of milky Way.
Michael G.

Photopills iphone alternatives?

Greetings, friend, how are you, I'm from Panama, blessings

Great well Explained video

Tip: Dim your Live View display. I've taken many Milky Way shots that looked great on the camera display only to find them too dark on the computer screen. It will also help your night vision.

Omg love your videos !!!!!❤

Thanks! Will be trying this on my upcoming vacay here in Pueblo, CO. Good solid tips!

Your intro music is too loud compared to your narration.

you explained it perfectly but i still dont get it😢😅

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 !

Hi Mallory, I just clicked on the link for that camera and it is way outside of my budget. Would you happen to know if something I could buy for under 500? I basically want to take pictures of the universe to put on T-shirts and I have a Canon rebel EOS T 100 and I followed the directions. I heard from people as far as aperture in the iOS and no matter what I did all I got was pictures of noise. Any recommendations would be amazing. Thank you.

Thank you that was very helpful information 🦹🏽‍♂️😬

Nice video! I turn vibration reduction off when using tripod. V

Just a reminder, Astrophotography is a much larger genre than just the Milky Way and nightscapes.

Just a little addition to your gear listing. The headlamp MUST have a red light option or it is useless for astro due to the fact that without it you will destroy your night vision by turning it on and your work will be twice as hard to be successful at

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Thank you very much. I learned a lot from your video in such a short amount of time. That's the way i like it

Thanks for this video! What focus length do you recommend for beginners? Are primes better than zooms?

Thanks for sharing!

really that was helpful.
others are just forcing to buy dslr expensive cameras but you just broke the stone.

Not to be rude but this is not astrophotography it's nightscape or landscape and the key is not stable and still but on a tracker so you can do long exposure. Astrophotography does not have land in the image and usually involves an expensive telescope and a tracking goto mount it also involves hours of exposure time, stacking and editing. We don't like it when someone takes a 10 second exposure and calls it Astrophotography. Your video is great example of milkyway photography / landscape photography but not classified as an astrophotography photo.

Always good go to the basics, thanks for sharing! Going to Pantanal in Brazil's country side. Bortle 1 :)

Thanks for the tips!