Often, the best camera is the one you use the most...like the one in your pocket.
Author - Cory Schmitz
Co-founder of PhotographingSpace.com, co-owner of several telescopes and mounts, too many cameras, and not enough hard drives, Cory is an American expat living in South Africa with his wife, Tanja Schmitz.
An avid astrophotographer for timelapse, deep-space imaging, lunar, planetary, and star trail imagery, he is an all-around jack-of-most-trades for night-sky photography.
He is also an internationally published and commissioned astrophotographer, where his photos have been used in multiple online and print publications.
Is a 100-megapixel camera necessary for astrophotography? Nope. But it’s fun. Let’s first state the above again: you do NOT need a 100...
Start to finish: The EXACT camera settings and imaging setup I used during the 2018 total lunar eclipse. Everybody's always asking "what camera...
I’ve never astrophotographed before, am looking for a camera, i.e. DSLR, mirrorless, Specialty CCD, CMOS, the choices are daunting.
If you’re shooting long exposures for deep-sky images, then yes, you should still shoot flats.
I found that there is not a single spot on the surface of the sun that can be used to focus my digiscope. The only part with “contrast” is the limb...
R asked: I mostly do landscape and flower photography. I have recently been to Acadia National park for night/milky way photography and caught the...
E asked: Way back in the days of the Virtual Star Party, you were taking Astrophotographs with a DSLR and a Dob on an EQ platform. Question, did you...
L asked: I cannot make a good moon shot, every picture comes with no detail. I have a Nikon D7100 with a Sigma 18-250mm, using a tripod. For example...
J asked: Hi Cory, I too am a newbie when it comes to astrophotography but when I found your blog I immediately signed up (and even sent you enough...