Which is the best camera for shooting UFO's

Wellington100 · May 16, 2017

I have an open mind on this topic, in that I have never seen a UFO but many people claim to have. It reminds me of the debates about Homeopathy. But more interesting than whether or not these things exist is which camera would give the best chance of shooting these apparently unknown lights in the sky in a way that would give the best possible results.

Here is a video that got me thinking about this strange subset of photography:

Whatever you think of the merits of the subject matter, it's still a legitimate question to ask what is the best camera for filming strange lights in the sky that you may only see once in your life, so I guess my first criteria would be that the camera has to be small enough to carry around all the time and I guess it would need to have stabilised video.

I am thinking Panasonic TZ100? Anyone have any other ideas. Would a shorter zoom with a larger aperture like on a RX100 be better for a UFO hunter?

NickZ2016 · May 16, 2017

Google spirit photography. All the info is out there. You just need to believe

JimH123 · May 16, 2017

Wellington100 said:
I have an open mind on this topic, in that I have never seen a UFO but many people claim to have. It reminds me of the debates about Homeopathy. But more interesting than whether or not these things exist is which camera would give the best chance of shooting these apparently unknown lights in the sky in a way that would give the best possible results.

Here is a video that got me thinking about this strange subset of photography:

Whatever you think of the merits of the subject matter, it's still a legitimate question to ask what is the best camera for filming strange lights in the sky that you may only see once in your life, so I guess my first criteria would be that the camera has to be small enough to carry around all the time and I guess it would need to have stabilised video.

I am thinking Panasonic TZ100? Anyone have any other ideas. Would a shorter zoom with a larger aperture like on a RX100 be better for a UFO hunter?

Janoch · May 16, 2017

I would go for something like this...

FrancoD · May 16, 2017

here is one of them ...

compare all the shadows with the one of the craft.

To the believers, that photo is real.

Bobthearch · May 16, 2017

A camcorder and tripod (I am so tired of shaky UFO videos).

And if you want to see a lot of UFOs, add a filter or two to the lens.

Dareshooter · May 16, 2017

FrancoD said:
here is one of them ...

compare all the shadows with the one of the craft.

To the believers, that photo is real.

UFO's are real.My freezer is full of them .... Unidentifiable Frozen Objects.

NickZ2016 · May 16, 2017

That's a big camera

armin304 · May 17, 2017

Wellington100 said:
I am thinking Panasonic TZ100? Anyone have any other ideas. Would a shorter zoom with a larger aperture like on a RX100 be better for a UFO hunter

Get yourself a decent bridge with a fast and long lens like the Panasonic FZ300. My P900 isn't as good in the dark, supports no 4k video and is sometimes too slow to catch the UFO. But the 2000mm equivalent of the P900 really helps to identify what was a UFO to me before. Ok, I'm after a different sort of UFO, but just check the many P900 threads that show the space station, satellites, planes, planets and moons. If you don't want to identify what you are seeing, the camera in your smartphone will be good enough.

UFO gone, P900 too slow to get ready

FrancoD · May 17, 2017

NickZ2016 said:
That's a big camera

Kelpie · May 17, 2017

You don't need the latest gear, George Stock of Passiac New Jersey had great succsess in 1952.

George Himself

His work

The most important thing is to be in the right place at the right time, it's not really the gear.

Try to avoid being abducted.

Austinian · May 17, 2017

Kelpie said:
The most important thing is to be in the right place at the right time, it's not really the gear.

Try to avoid being abducted.

And if you are abducted, hope the aliens look like this:

COYQ · May 17, 2017

I would choose a Nikon ET Gohome, a Canon Littlegreenman, or maybe the Sony Black Hole.

AwesomeIan · May 17, 2017

Consider this, the longer the lens the less likely the object remains unidentified........

fishy wishy · May 17, 2017

I don't know about about UFOs but a camera with silent shutter is very useful for scary dinosaurs like the Doyouthinkeesaurus

dincz · May 17, 2017

Don't worry too much about the camera. All the best UFO work comes from Photoshop.

David Pavlich · May 17, 2017

Actually, two; 1DxII to catch that fast moving, highly maneuverable craft and a 5DsR for the portraiture after the craft lands.

David

JuanVillarreal · May 17, 2017

It's hardly a UFO, but I was photographing a lunar eclipse with a D600 and a Tamron 150-600, and when the moon was very dim I lost the focus for failing to turn it to manual, and then just could not get it back.

Had it been a UFO, it would be halfway to Alpha Centauri while the lens was still wildly searching for focus from 3m to infinity.

Bobthearch · May 17, 2017

I did photograph a UFO once, seriously. The sighting even evoked a few comments in a local internet forum.

I got it with a D5000 and the 55-200mm zoom. Couldn't see anything until I got the camera back home and used the computer. By zooming and cropping I was able to clearly see the balloon shape of the object, a weather balloon released from the nearby airport.

A longer zoom and higher resolution would have helped immensely.

fishy wishy · May 17, 2017

David Pavlich said:
Actually, two; 1DxII to catch that fast moving, highly maneuverable craft and a 5DsR for the portraiture after the craft lands.

Actually a high-class camera is a terrible break from tradition for UFO shots. They're supposed to be deliberately ambiguous aren't they? If they really did unequivocally show aliens at work, panic would break out. The CIA would have to suppress it!

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