I am in the US where it's summer, and most of the restrictions are lifted. Luckily the outdoors are especially low risk for covid spread so the mountains are the best place to be. With most photography I'd say gear is less of a factor than a good eye and knowing how to read a light meter. Unfortunately astrophotography requires some fast lenses and high ISO capabilities, so that advice would only go so far... Best of luck, stay safe out (or in) there!
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gear is less of a factor than a good eye So very true!
I've always said I'd rather work with someone who can maximise the product from a crappy old camera with gaff tape all over it, than someone who freaks out when the slightest thing goes wrong on a new camera and they cannot cope...😱 because it's all in the eye and the ingenuity of the operator- and trust me, some of the shoots that I've been on, both in studio and on location, ingenuity has been the key to success...
astrophotography requires some fast lenses and high ISO capabilities yep. And lots of $$$$.
I became totally obsessed with both Astrophotogrpahy and light painting for about a 3month period over xmas time (I got stuck on the wrong side of the border in a snap lockdown and lucky I was in my home town out in the country) so spent hours researching every aspect of them aswell as watching hundreds of tutorials too and can't wait to get out of lockdown, get back to work to earn the money to buy those bare essentials so I can go out and have a go myself.
And took myself and the instapro 360 down the back paddock for a few test runs - will have to find that footage...
Here are a couple of the peeps that I was watching..https://www.photographers.com.au/NightscapeImages
https://www.youtube.com/user/LightPaintingPhoto
Awesome stuff! I'm thinking of selling a few splinterlands assets for a canon 5D mk iv now that they're so cheap (compared to the original price). 5 years old and still a total powerhouse. Unfortunately my favorite lens only works on aps-c sensors so I'd have get a fast & wide full-frame lens too. Maybe a star tracker someday too. Aaaaand it snowballs xD
Yeah noice. Wish I could afford one of those but we're still paying $35.-$4k- body only...and then yeah, that never ending pit of photography that you're basically throwing your money into. I did that with video cameras.
I have a
Sony z7
Sony Nx5
Sony A1p
3 gopros
then there's the sennehiser and sony lapel mics, the lighting kits...tripods/monopods/light stands and the list goes on...minidv tapes SD and HDV) now memory cards...🙄 and on and on and I haven't used any of them in a couple of years...life- lockdowns...🙄
And now who needs big video cameras like that when they only shoot in 1080p and my iphone shoots in 4k....
And now I've had 'Wilson' my mates instapro 360 and although had a bit of a test play over xmas, have been unable to do anything with him since...
Bloody virus! Bloody winter!
sweet! I'm deeper in the canon EF lenses so hoping to stick with that ecosystem. In the US you can get a new 5D for 2.5k and I've seen used ones for around 1k. I have a blackmagic Ursa Mini which uses those lenses, thinking of getting more of their video cameras too. do you ever play splinterlands? it's a game build on the hive blockchain and they're good at rewarding players. it's the only reason I might be able to buy more cameras 😂
Yeah nice. lucky you!
They're $9k over here...
Yeah that's it. Once you get one brand, you're married to it forever, like me n apple....
NOT happy with the iphones that they put out lately- so many vids saying how to overcome these problems but really, we the people, the consumers should not ahve be trying to overcome their own internal manufacturing faults...
I really ant the Samsung Ultra with that awesome camera..but alas..