Trollmannx

Dedicated astro photographers usually want sharp images but those doing starscapes and Milky way landscape images often want a soft glow around the brighter stars... My take is to make a new layer ...

But then you have no idea ofhow the final result might turn out. Seeing it all then and there makes a significant difference - and yes, I know exactly what I would go for... ;-) Agree - but multi ...

Seems like the 2.8/70-200 GM + 2x converter is not quite as sharp as the 100-400 GM. But that does not make this combo useless. If sharpness only matters skip the 2x combo. If additional reach and ...

Seems like the customers lost interest long before Sony did. The apps never sold well. Would like to see a multi exposure setting in my camera. Experimenting then and there is very different from ...

Not possible. You have to use layers in the post processing software. Multi exposure would have been a welcome feature.

Also note that sensor dust becomes more visible when stopping down. Personally my highest practical aperture is f/8 and the exeption is f/11 when DOF have priority. Do always use a blower on the ...

Was in Frakfurt once, crossed one bridge twice (got lost) and then drove out of town. The weather was dull and Frankfurt looked like a dusty town better to get away from. Interesting to see images ...

This is sensor reflections. Vary slightly between lenses and at different apertures. The original A7 is the worst one and later models are better. Typical when shooting into bright light sources, ...

This is a really lovely result. Contrast and color is tastefully adjusted, and no over sharpening. Very well done! Am looking at the C8 Edge for moon and planets. Am a slow thinker but have the odd ...

A lovely time lapse movie and the five minutes were all entertaining and interesting. Very tasteful selection scenes and top notch despite one or two overdone effects (a few transitions are quite ...

The zone system is about to photographic film, about how to expose and how to develop the film based on the contrast in the original scene.

Good to see that you are as happy with your EOS R as I am with my A7III. You abandoned Sony and I abandoned Canon. The world is in equilibrium! :-D

Ah using f/5.6 and faster here. At my location using long focal lenghts would be plain stupid as turbulence is the limiting factor Even at 530mm. The OP mentions 500mm fl. That is a pristine sky ...

Not quite. No need for an autoguider (read on, some might need one). Am a fan of stacking short sub exposures to get pretty much the same result as fewer but longer exposures do (same limiting ...

The only difference is that one image is enlarged more than the other, the images captured by the image sensor are equal. Assume you use the same lens for full frame and for cropping. The image ...

Some serious gear here but well mastered by the captain. A really fine image. Guess you have the telescope set up in the garden or somewhere close to the residence. Usually accessibility is more ...

This is a common problem. Dedicated astro photographers use electrical focusers to nail focus. If focus is not spot on no image will be sharp. Focusing a 1250mm focal lenght telescope like the one ...

And anyway you would get emty magnification if that was possible. Masters usually cling to the 1.4x converter and lesser masters get the 2x converter just to discover that the 1.4x converter is the ...

So what? All kinds of personalities enter fora like this one. Really love the multitude here even when having different opinions. What would this forum be without all the variety? And few seems to ...

The Sony A7RII is a FF camera and is better than any Fuji APS-C cameras image quality wise. The FF system is more expensive as the lenses must cover a larger image circle and are more expensive to ...