Astrophotography 101: How to take single pictures of the night sky? TUTORIAL - 4K

In this tutorial brought to you by AMP&F, I am covering the very basics of astrophotography to help you shoot the night sky in a single shot. Everyone owning a DSLR or mirrorless camera has the ability to go out and start shooting the night sky to gain experience, and it’s a very satisfying or even addictive adventure that begins. You will never look at the sky in the same way.
You will need a DSLR or mirrorless camera (compact cameras generally won’t do 2:45 ), a steady tripod 11:16, a shutter release (intervalometer 12:35), a good lens with a low minimum f-stop (13:01) , and some patience. Practice makes perfect: watch a little outside demo in the field (15:20). Astrophotography is hard because of the amount of time you spend to perfect your pictures, but it is fun and worth it.

In order to get decent pictures, you will need to set up you camera on MANUAL mode (2:09) , where you will be adjusting three main components:
-The ISO (sensor’s sensitivity to light) adjusted from the menu or quick menu. Increasing the ISO will result in brighter images but noise levels will increase quickly, turning your images grainy. A safe range is between 1600-6400 ISO for most cameras, depending on your other settings (4:04)

-The shutter speed (how much time your camera lets the light in): the longer you expose, the brighter the images. For astrophotos, you will need long shutter speeds, ranging from 1s to 30/40 seconds depending on your other settings and the focal length of your camera. To avoid star trail, you should open at a maximum of 500/focal length (notice: know if your camera is full frame or crop sensor). In order to get clean shots, use a tripod and shutter remote to avoid vibrations. (5:36)

-The aperture is a metallic blade ring that controls the amount of light coming in. The wider the aperture, the more light comes in. However a wide aperture will also make it hard for you to focus and get super sharp stars, along with getting some distortions. I therefore recommend trying to shoot at least one f-stop higher than the minimum native f-stop of the lens. (8:25)

For higher quality pictures, switch the quality from JPEG to RAW and turn off the automatic noise reduction of your camera. You will also need to choose a cloudless night, and get away from compromising street lights (find a really dark place: find on the map: http://darksitefinder.com/maps/world....)

Try different settings and see which ones you like the most, and keep those in mind for future astrophotos.
Thank you for watching. I hope these basics were useful and will enable more and more people to get out at night and shoot what the starry skies have to offer. Don’t hesitate to like, comment, share and of course subscribe to my channel for more videos and tutorials coming soon!

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