8 Astrophotography DSLR Settings You Need To Know

I cover 8 Astrophotography DSLR Settings any beginner astrophotographer needs to practice and keep handy when starting out.

Mastering your DSLR Camera is astrophotography basics 101. Not only is composing the framing of your DSO target important, but knowing all the different settings necessary to properly expose it will make a difference.

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[I_Spaced_Out]

Question of the day: What kind of astrophotography are you
currently interested in or are you trying to get into right now?

[veronicaestepp]

I can’t decide if I want a telescope or a camera for Christmas. I’ve been watching you on TikTok & YouTube trying to decide. Love your work ❤️

[PeterClarke]

Thank you Allen for remembering that not all astrophotographers use cooled ccd or cmos cameras, beautiful as they are...

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POV: You’ve been backed into a corner by an astrophotography nerd 😉

[Kdwolf]

Dude you are amazing, I have been looking for a video like this for months. This is the ONLY video I've found to walk through all of the basic settings for DSLR's. All the other videos dont even cover this. Thank you!!

[KLUVATL]

Thank you! I have just captured Jupiter and Saturn in conjunction on the Winter Solstice 2020! 💖

[ChucksAstrophotography]

Excellent video.  If I ever start imaging with a DSLR again, I will be coming back for these tips.

[thesussyfoodcridictofameri]

Thanks for the help I had no idea what to do and now they look great

[frankhoy]

Love the enthusiasm! Great info without making things too complicated for new photographers. /salute

[codywroobs]

Awesome video. Thanks a million for this! Ive been using a telescope and iphone for about 4 months now. And i got hooked! Just picked up my first Canon Rebel T7 today, and this helped me so, so much.

[williamphillips]

Just now getting into dslr astronomy and this helped me a lot! Thank you!

[paulzeller]

Thanks for this video. Longtime amateur astronomer here but I'm an absolute beginner at astrophotography. I bought a used Canon Rebel XSi that came with an 18-55 mm zoom lens. I'd like to start with whole night sky photos and work my way up to using this camera with my 6" f/6.5 refractor.

[danjensen]

Probably watched this video 10 times as I’m new to this hobby . I will be using two cameras a canonT6i with my telescope so I don’t have to crawl around the ground to make adjustments and a canon T6 for use with a tripod for Milky Way imaging . That will allow me to take 6 second images with my nifty fifty 50mm while the T6i does its timed imaging by itself. That’s the plane . Amazing what we can learn in the time waiting for good seeing conditions. . Thanks

[universalroads]

You are awesome man I love your video I subscribed! Keep making more videos!!

[danjensen]

Wow what am I getting into . I have a cannon t6 . Your video got me started in the write direction . At first I attached the camera to the 8”sct and after being in the dark I realized get a tripod and just shoot stars or Venus that is up now is a good start . Looking forward to more of your videos .

[clintonkay]

Thanks for the tips - I'm in Rural Australia so have really clear skies with no light pollution - I'm planning to use a Zeiss Distagon 21MM f2.8

[FlowertheSpaceAlien]

Just getting into this specialized type of photography. I'm gonna look into more of your posts before I ask you redundant pics but thanks for posting this for the masses.

[xavierpijnacker]

You are a legend! I recently bought a Canon eos 90D and Imma go try these tips out tonight!

[bear]

The easiest way to focus stars is to digitally zoom in live mode on any star and focus until the star is a pin point.
Alternatively, you could either make or buy a bahtinov mask for precise focus.


Im just getting into AP. Just got a tracker, but the weather hasnt been cooperating. Ive got some data, but it was more or less to test and learn more about the tracker as well as PixInSight software.

[TwoRandominecrafters]

This video is so helpful! I thought the lower the fstop the better. Thank you for such a great video without any bs!