Astrophotography f4 vs f2.8 vs f1.4 - - With DOWNLOADABLE IMAGES

Today I am going to show you the practical difference between astrophotography photos taken with different apertures, from a kit lens aperture of f4 through to a fast prime lens aperture of f1.4. Also in the link below you have downloadable images so you can check them out for yourself.

My Equipment list:

Filming camera gear:

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[Elektronc]

Thank you so much for the well explained tutorials on astrophotography! I'm always hyped for new content.

[ro]

Writing this in 2023 when the whole world's going into a recession and not everyone can afford a $2500 RF lens....I really appreciate your budget conscious approach. It's great to see some YouTubers who are still down to earth and reasonable!

[entropytango]

Good advice, I often drop one to two stops even on fast lenses to improve image quality. I shoot both with Canon (FF) and Pentax (APS-C) with stacking and a tracker.

[alfredviale]

Excellent tutorial. It simplifies everything really masterfully. Thanks a gazillion.

[BlisterEye]

Very cool to see the rotation of the earth during 15 the second exposure. Nice photos and nice tutorial. Thank you.

[mewmewchacha]

Thank you for the clear explanations! Beautiful comparison of photos. :)

[fedupfactionproductions]

So much good content on your Channel ! Massive big up 👍👍👍 Greetz from Germany

[patrickcarrierephoto]

I have a Pentax K-1 and of course I use the amazing Astrotracer function for when shooting the stars. Last night, I went out to shoot comet Neowise and so I used my 80-200mm f/2.8 lens, fully zoomed at 200mm and manually focused with live view to have the comet tack on focus, but I then tuned my aperture to f/4 (to avoid vignetting) and dialled to ISO 400!!! thus I was able to take a 120sec exposure with Astrotracer! The result are amazingly sharp with very-very low noise and no star trails.

[sujithcheeral]

This is a very nice video with good information and in a simple way.Thank you!!

[rahulgaur]

Hey Mike. Thanks for the video. Really helpful. Cheers!

[General.Audience]

Thank you for this video I’ve been wanting the answers to this question

[andysuzierawlins]

You're very clear at communicating, thanks for the tutorial

[billkaroly]

I have a Tamron 10-24 and tried it recently along with my Sigma 18-35 1.8 Art lens. On the Tamron I set the ISO to 5000 and set the aperture to 5.6. Looks pretty good. That was the night of the 17th from Brian Head Mtn in Utah. Last night I took some pictures of Comet Neowise using a Sigma 24mm in Capital Reef National Park. I have a Canon M6 Mark II and I use EF and Pentax lenses.

[mahmoudeledrissi]

The best and the best video for explanation of astrophotography using dslr. Thank you

[onikaimu]

Another great video, Mike. When Jupiter, Saturn, Mars, and the Moon was in the sky together mid-April I tried doing some astrophotography again. I thought that light pollution would be way down. I was wrong and they were right over a major city from my house. I enjoyed it but the photos come out no where near as good as your test shots. Stay safe and sane.

[ChrisSmith-qlog]

This is one of the best tutorials I've seen so far on YouTube for explanation especially with the side by side comparisons. I've been experimenting with my phone as aperture goes as low as 0.95 and ISO upto 512000.

[poKyrill_kh]

Good explaination, thanks. Soon will try to do this, but just with my kit ))

[moosescorner]

This is pretty helpful. Gonna take a stab at some again this Friday again as I visit a location that's pretty dark at night, but i never know where in the sky is the best place to point my camera to try and capture a lot of detail.

[MSmith-Photography]

I use a Tokina 11-16mm f/2.8 lens on my Canon crop sensor camera for astrophotography and get some pretty good results, especially when stacking.

Thanks for the video!

[teemuitkonen]

I like how you spoon-feed the listener, great content!