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Switching from smartphone to a real camera for astrophotography was night and day
I was always taking moon shots with my phone, trying to get detail but they came out blurry and washed out. Last week I borrowed my friend's old DSLR with a cheap telephoto lens and pointed it at the Orion Nebula. The difference was insane, I could actually see the gas clouds and dust lanes instead of a white blob. Has anyone else made the jump from phone to camera and felt like they were seeing the sky for the first time?
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harper9141mo ago
Wow @brianm66, now I feel bad about my moon blobs!
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brianm661mo ago
My first shot of the Andromeda Galaxy with a used DSLR literally made me say "whoa" out loud.
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My first attempt at astrophotography was a blurry mess of the moon and I figured that's all I'd ever get out of a cheap DSLR. Then I saw a shot of the Orion Nebula someone took with the same cheap camera and it totally changed my mind about what's possible without spending a ton of money.
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