Astrophotography 101 - Lens Guide and Recommendation
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I forgot youtube discontinued the use of annotations and end screen elements together so I added a card at 0:25. This is my third episode of Astrophotography 101. I have a couple more videos in the works for this series. I plan to cover ISO invariance and milky way panoramas. Videos covering the subjects of astro-timelapses, DSO imaging, and post-processing are up and coming as well. A "tips and tricks" video for landscape photography will be my next video on this channel.
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Feel free to leave suggestions in the comments as to what subjects you want me to cover next, and give your feedback on this short video I produced.
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Credits:
Animation, Vector Design: Vincent Ledvina
Voiceover: contracted from "RCVoice"
Music: Cesc Vilàr - Everdream
Sound Effects: Created by myself and sourced online
Images: sourced from pixabay and various artists, including lonelyspeck.com (check them out for more astrophotography tutorials)
Timelapse: Sourced from the European Space Observatory
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Thank you very much for this praise. I agree I do prefer videos that get straight to the point with no extra information or babble about affiliate codes, sponsors, or other useless information. My goal is always to deliver information clearly and concisely, and I am glad you appreciate that. Sorry for taking so long to respond to your comment, I am just now getting back into CZcams and making videos again.
This is an excellent video. It covers a lot of Lens theory in a simple and concise yet understandable manner.
To the point.
I have spend hours to find wide angle lens for astrophotoshoot until I came to your video which give all require details in few minutes and that too precisely.
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I am loving these videos, since the beggining, but these about astrophotography comes really handy since I am starting now developing a taste for it :D many thanks
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Woo Hoo! I am just dipping my toes into astrophotography, and already own the Tamron 15-30 lens as a landscape photographer. I was wondering if I would be better off buying another lens, but think this will work for me, and it gives me the money I might have spent on more glass, getting a filter holder and filters for this lens.
Fantastic videos... seen a few already, and have some adjustments to do next time I go taking pictures at night!!! I have the Tokina 11-16mm lens and I'm really happy with it. Very good for its price point. Now I have to stop the trailing stars in my pictures... saw the video and now I know I can't let it for more than 20s (using a Canon 80D). Thank you so much!!!
I am thinking about getting this lens for my 70D. How do you like the image quality? Also, how accurate is the autofocus, especially indoors and/or evening outdoors? Thanks.
Thanks for this video. I'm thinking about getting an equatorial mount tracker to get longer exposures, but one thing excites me even more than stacking several dozen one minute exposures, and that is Lucky Imaging. Could you please do a video on this? You don't even need a tracker for lucky imaging.
I've actually never heard of lucky imaging, but I will certainly check it out and maybe make a dedicated video for it!
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Very well explained indeed.
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Bought a zeiss 35/2.8 a few days ago for my a7riii. Ainly for ASTRO photos. Very pleased with it.
I bet the new sigma 35 1.2 has to be amazing for it. How do you find the 2.8 when i came to gather light and also have you try wider angle lenaes les than 35 what do you think?
35mm f1.2 will gather so much more light than the f2.8, but f2.8 is stll enough to do some seriously good astro work.
Is the footage (for example the timelapse) you used in the video from you or a shutterstock type side? :)
It's from ESO
What a friendly video, thanks! (I did nearly abort when I heard the generic VO...)
Thank you for a very informative video
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I own a 70D crop sensor, would i gain a lot quality if upgrade to 6D?
I also own the Rokinon 14mm
70d+14mm =20min exposure
6D+14mm= 30 min exposure
I bought the Rokinon 14mm f2.8 specifically to try my hand at Milky Way photography! Wow, what a great lens for the money! And the lack of AF isn't an issue since in all likelyhood you need to manually focus the stars anyway. Another piece of kit I bought that is fantastik for MW shots is the iOptron StarGuider Pro. This is easy to use and allows you to track the stars, thus allowing longer exposure times.
Wow, both products sound like they're working great for you, that's nice to hear! The Rokinon 14mm f2.8 is one of the best value astrophotography lenses currently available. I have not experimented much with star trackers, only a couple of times with a rental, but they dramatically impvoe image quality. Thanks for commenting and sharing your experiences. Clear skies!
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I’m in love with my Tamron 15-30 I got it canon mount because it was on sale and use it on my Sony but didn’t realize when buying the mc-11 mount that it always hunts for focus and never really finds it . I’ve heard the metabones adapters are ok with them but the adapters are so expensive!
The MC-11 works well with some lenses. I never noticed any AF issues with my adapted Tamron when using Single Point, but I never tested it extensively. Effectively adapting non-Sony lenses is very expensive indeed! I am in the process of getting native wide angles.
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Thanks for your informative video.
I appreciate your opinion re the new Yongnuo YN 14mm F2.8 please.
Thanks in advanced.
Awesome video man 👍🏾 which of the sigma lenses would you recommend the best for a Fuji camera?
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Well explained
Thanks!
Hi great video. Any comments on the sigma 16 1.4 , I just got it. Thanks again.
Rubén espinoza planning to get this lense too, how does it work out?
Fantastic production and presentation! The only thing that would have made it better is if you had talked about the limitations of crop sensors and how using a speed booster can really help level the playing field with full frame equipment.
Excellent point, Scott. I am sorry I have taken so long to respond to this, I am just getting back into CZcams and looking at my comments now. Speedboosters are a fantastic way of getting more light onto an APS-C sized sensor and I hope to make a dedicated video about this soon. I personally have not had experience with them yet as all my bodies are full frame but have seen amazing examples on CZcams and other sites. Thanks for watching and for the great feedback.
liked your vid with the basic reviews and tips for this kind of photography.... I am doubting between the tamron 15-30 and the new sigma 14-24 ....maybe you can give me some things to think about....
Hi there, thanks a lot for your helpfull videos. I would like to purchase a Samyang 2,8. Manual focus and a manual control over the apterure are even good for me as I am doing a lot of timelapse photography and during the day you don't get flickering with manual aperture control. However I wonder how much vignetting the lens has shooting the stars on a full frame camera. For astrophotography I think it's quiet important and you don't talk abaout it in the video. Thanks again.
Vignetting is definitely important for timelapses, because the image out of the camera is the final image. For normal astrophotography, if your lens has heavy vignetting, you can create mosaics and stitch them together using software, or shoot flat frames and calibrate the images later. The reason I didn't include it in my videos however, is that some photographers actually like some vignetting, as long as it's not distracting. Having some light falloff directs the viewer's eye towards the center of the image.
thanks for tehe tips
Thanks very much
Of course! Thanks for watching!
Hello and thanks for this video! It's been two years since you made this video and I'm wondering if you've used the Batis 18mm f/2.8 and if so your thoughts for it for Astrophotography.
I have personally not used this lens although it is quite amazing from what I have heard. I would recommend it.
Very useful. thanks
Thank you!
hi ! i have a rokinon 12mm F2 wich is good too but i never tryed 2.8 i will try on it if its better ! thanks for the advice and vidéo
Very good explanation! I bought the Rokinon 12mm f/2.0 for my Sony a6000 and.. Could you advice me which is the better aperture for the astro photography for this lens? Thanks in advance
Thanks for such a detailed review. I'm looking to do some Milky way photography with a Nikon D7500 but am confused whether to buy a Tokina 11-16 f2.8 or a Tokina 11-20 f2.8. I've read some pretty good reviews about the 11-16 but also that it gives a hard time to focus at infinity, which I believe is essential to photograph the milky way. Kindly advise which lens should I go with?
Amazing.! One question, please. Can I get Milky way with Nikon D90 + Nikon 35mm f2d?
Very good video.
Thanks!
Hi, great vid. What do you think about sigma 17-50 2.8 hsm lens. I just bought one for travel, portrait and stars photography. Was it a good idea? I'm also have a canon 10-18 stm lens, which is nice wide but I guess too slow for the stars.
Hi, this is a good instructional video to learn. In relation to the subject of astrophotography, of all the mentioned lenses which would be the most suitable to use it in my camera canon 77D with APS-C sensor? Any help to choose between so many lenses will be of great help.
Great video for sure. I have a Nikon D610 full frame with a Tokina 11-16mm f 2.8 and a Rokinon 10mm Ultra-Wide for a crop sensor camera. Can I combine those with a full frame?
Canon 35/1.4 II L is great, also Sigma 20/1.4. For single shot, you need to use 1.8- 2.2 aperture, because with 2.8, you will have to use iso 6400 or even more.
The Canon 35 mm f1.4L ii is amazing, and I covered it in my most recently astrophotography lens roundup. The Sigma 20mm f1.4 I found to have too much coma, though, and that one definitely needs to be stopped down to f2.2 or f2.8 to get good-quality shots with round stars in the corners.
Great video but need help finding a lens for my Sony a6400 mirrorless to shoot the milky way in Prescott Az. Thanks Robert.
Thanks for an excellent content…this video covers basic understanding about astrophotography.Could you please help me a good canon camera for astrophotography?
Hello,
Thanks a lot for this well explained video.
Question: Can I use a Rokinon 14mm f/2.8 on Canon 1100d (APS-C (22.2 x 14.8 mm)not full frame )? can I use it on a sony camera if I upgrade in future ?
This video is really good in 10 seconds i understand which lens i should buy👍🙂
I'm making an updated video soon.
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Good information
Looks like a great series!
I've been working on learning astrophotography, but I only get to a dark sky area occasionally - and then it's clouded up about half the time.
Are you planning to get to trackers or stacking software?
Thankyou so mutch
Thnak so much for your videos. I have a Tamron 24-70mm F 2.8 lens. Do you think it might be of use to capture the Perseid shower tonight? Thanks again for your content. It's giving me a crash course on an area of photography I know nothing about:)
Yes, definitely! Just use it at 24mm and f/2.8!
Nice Video!
Thank you, Dennis!
Just saw this video. Great info. Do you have any experience yet with this new line of wide angle lenses from Irix ? They make an 11mm f/2.8 and 15mm f/2.4 I believe.
I don't have any personal experience with those lenses, but I have heard great things about them in the astrophotography community. Just from specifications, the Irix 15mm f2.4 would be great due to its wide focal length, fast aperture, and low distortion and aberration properties. I also believe it can accept normal filters, a quality not shared by other lenses in that focal range.
Thanks
How about irix series? They have a 15mm f2.4 all manual lens for $399
depends on the size of the sensor and you can crop :P
one tip, if you hate to deal with the edges and don't want to stop down aperture, get a higher megapixel camera, shoot as wide as you can and then crop in the middle.
Very insightful! Since you use a Tamron lens, what's your thoughts on their newish 10-24 f/3.5-4.5 VC HLD APS-C lens for stars? I got the lens for landscapes but am planning on doing astrophotography during my RV trip out west (good by light pollution, hello dark skys).
Frankly, I have not heard about that lens until now. Face value, the aperture is not too large (in very dark skies (i.e. Western US) you may need something f2.8 or better). I read some reviews of the lens though, and other than the small aperture, it seems like it'd be quite good for astro. If you ever have doubts about a lens, I suggest renting them. Maybe you could rent a few lenses on your trip and see which one you like the best...
Apalapse, thank you for the fast reply. I'm planning an excursion to the upper peninsula in March so I may see if the local camera store has a faster wide-angle for me to rent to compare.
Good idea! Also, there are a few photography rental sites like lensrentals.com that I have used before. They have good prices, and the process is simple. You will have to let me know how your trip goes!
Nice video!! I love it :D
May I know if Laowa 12mm F2.8 is good for landscape astrophotography too?
Thank you so much !!
Thanks! The Laowa 12mm f2.8 would be great for landscape astrophotography.
Great information here. Going to buy samyang 14mm f2.8 manual focus. Any alternate at the same price?
I have the Sigma 10-20 f3.5 lens, mounted on my Nikon D500. I love this lens for landscapes. Would it be ok for Astrophotography?
Very nice video (subscribed). I have one question, can you use full frame rokinon lenses on a APS-C camera? (Canon 80D).
Just in case I decide to upgrade to full frame camera later
Yes, of course. You just have to mind the different field of view that comes with using lenses on crop sensors.
Hey Apalapse, nice recommendations. Thank you. But I have a questions and I hope you can help me. I have the canon m50 camera and I’m thinking about to lenses that can help me to make photos with the Milky Way. The canon 22mm f2 or the 50mm f1.4. I don’t know which one is better for...
Give the links of your video in the description too, coz the links doesn't work in mobile , thanks good work👌
Thank you for this video. Really helpful video. I would like to know about the astrophotography performance of AF-S NIKKOR 18-35mm F/3.5-4.5G ED lens on a full frame camera.
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In the corners of the frame wide open the sharpness is not great, but coma is not very pronounced. Chromatic aberration is quite high, though. Read this review for more information: www.lenstip.com/391.1-Lens_review-Nikon_Nikkor_AF-S_18-35_mm_f_3.5-4.5G_ED.html. I think you can find a better lens for astro but the Nikkor you mentioned is not horrible.
So if I have a 2.8 lens, I should use it at 2.8 and not 8 or 11 which I though would be sharper image?
Hey, sorry for the late reply. If you want maximum light gathering to capture the stars you will need to use a wide aperture, like f2.8. F8 and f11 are smaller apertures meaning the amount of light actually coming into the camera from the lens will be 4 times (for f8) or 8 times (for f11) less than what you would see at f2.8. For astrophotography, you want to collect AS MUCH light as you can since the milky way and the night sky are very faint and the camera needs as much data as it can get.
Any thought on the latest samyang 24mm f2.8 and Sigma 24mm f1.4 for Sony FE cameras?
I am trying to decide between a Sony 16-35 F2.8 G Master or two prime lenses, Sigma 14 mm 1.4 Art and the Sigma 20 mm 1.4 Art. I am leaning towards the G Master. Your thoughts?
I am in the same boat right now... assuming by the date of this post you have already settled on a decision? I was between a 16-35 GM & an 18mm + 25mm Batis prime. Decided on the GM, it should arrive in a few days.
Terrific videos, what are your thoughts on the Samyang 16mm F.2 for astro on the Canon 80D?
The Samyang 16mm f2 is a great astrophotography lens. It's a relatively wide angle with a large aperture, and samyang lenses are known for their great performance in controlling coma and astigmatism.
Wazzup Apalapse . What are your views on the Sigma 19mm f2.8 . Thanks.
nikon 20mm 1.8 is freaked crazy amazing
I think so, too, although there are better lenses now. An updated astro lens guide is coming.