| Amateurs today can produce images that only 20 years ago a large professional observatory would have been proud of; and this book shows you how. Learn how to:- Set up your camera for optimum results;
- Focus your camera for razor-sharp images;
- Take beautiful night shots with a simple compact digital camera, a tripod, and a telescope;
- Use a DSLR camera to shoot the Sun, Moon, stars, and more;
- Get brilliant images of planets with a webcam;
- Capture remote galaxies with a CCD camera just like a pro.
Also learn to:
- Shoot RAW format images and improve them with calibration frames;
- Take short exposures of faint deep-sky objects and combine them into a longer exposure;
- Perform brightness, contrast, and color correction;
- Make corrections for vignetting & uneven field illumination;
- Process your images for stunning results.
Equipment requirements range from a simple camera and tripod to a multi-thousand dollar computer controlled telescope equipped with a CCD auto-guider and separate guide-scope. Seip helps you sort out which cameras are best for the various celestial objects, what to look for when buying a camera, and what accessories you really need. | |
