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Lonely Speck
Добавлен 21 янв 2007
Lonely Speck is the collected photography adventures of Ian Norman and Diana Southern Norman.
Sigma 15mm f/1.4 DG DN Fisheye | Art Lens Astrophotography Review
The Lonely Speck review of the world's fastest fisheye lens.
Gear Links (These are affiliate links that help support our channel):
Sigma 15mm f/1.4 DG DN Fisheye | Art Lens: bhpho.to/49IdAiU
Sister Lens: Sigma 14mm f/1.4 DG DN Art Lens: bhpho.to/3qzWHpi
Vlog/Astro Camera: bhpho.to/3ubMbkc
Main Astro Camera: bhpho.to/3ugfqSZ
Vlog/Wide Angle Astro Lens: bhpho.to/3oWfjfq
Fast Wide Angle Astro Lens: bhpho.to/3s1GDL9
Fast Standard Astro Lens: bhpho.to/3s1STve
Super Telephoto Lens: bhpho.to/3uiM7z8
Shotgun Mic: bhpho.to/3q1DPuw
Travel Tripod with Leveling Base: bhpho.to/37TL67T
Waterproof Carbon Fiber Tripod: bhpho.to/3LNDaYE
Software:
Star trails processed in StarStaX: markus-enzweiler.de/software/starstax...
Gear Links (These are affiliate links that help support our channel):
Sigma 15mm f/1.4 DG DN Fisheye | Art Lens: bhpho.to/49IdAiU
Sister Lens: Sigma 14mm f/1.4 DG DN Art Lens: bhpho.to/3qzWHpi
Vlog/Astro Camera: bhpho.to/3ubMbkc
Main Astro Camera: bhpho.to/3ugfqSZ
Vlog/Wide Angle Astro Lens: bhpho.to/3oWfjfq
Fast Wide Angle Astro Lens: bhpho.to/3s1GDL9
Fast Standard Astro Lens: bhpho.to/3s1STve
Super Telephoto Lens: bhpho.to/3uiM7z8
Shotgun Mic: bhpho.to/3q1DPuw
Travel Tripod with Leveling Base: bhpho.to/37TL67T
Waterproof Carbon Fiber Tripod: bhpho.to/3LNDaYE
Software:
Star trails processed in StarStaX: markus-enzweiler.de/software/starstax...
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Moon Shot: Building an Affordable Lunar Photography Camera Rig
Просмотров 9 тыс.Год назад
In this video, Ian Norman talks about building an affordable lunar photography rig and why a small sensor cameras can be 10 times better than a full-frame camera. Gear Links (as an affiliate of Amazon, eBay and B&H, these are affiliate links that allow us to earn fees from qualified purchases): Pentax Q, Q10, Q7, Q-S1 Cameras: ebay.us/eSgIib SVBONY SV503 70ED (420mm f/6): amzn.to/3NCIRdx T-Moun...
Sigma 14mm f/1.4 DG DN | Art - Astrophotography Review
Просмотров 64 тыс.Год назад
The Lonely Speck review of the fastest 14mm lens ever made! Gear Links (These are affiliate links that help support our channel): Sigma 14mm f/1.4 DG DN Art Lens: bhpho.to/3qzWHpi Vlog/Astro Camera: bhpho.to/3ubMbkc Main Astro Camera: bhpho.to/3ugfqSZ Vlog/Wide Angle Astro Lens: bhpho.to/3oWfjfq Fast Wide Angle Astro Lens: bhpho.to/3s1GDL9 Fast Standard Astro Lens: bhpho.to/3s1STve Super Teleph...
Tracked Astrophotography with the Sigma fp L and Move Shoot Move Star Tracker
Просмотров 9 тыс.Год назад
In this on-location vlog, Ian Norman brings us along on a full night of shooting with the Sigma fp and fpL cameras and he tries his hand at some tracked astrophotography using the Move Shoot Move Star Tracker. Gear Links (These are affiliate links that help support our channel): Sigma fp Camera: bhpho.to/3AyDkim Sigma fp L Camera: bhpho.to/3URXwUM Move Shoot Move Star Tracker: www.moveshootmove...
Astrophotography with the Sigma 20mm and 24mm f/1.4 DG DN Art Lenses -Kissimmee Prairie Preserve, FL
Просмотров 23 тыс.2 года назад
Follow me to Kissimmee Prairie Preserve State Park in Florida to shoot astrophotography with the new Sigma 20mm and 24mm f/1.4 DG DN Art Lenses. Gear Links (These are affiliate links that help support our channel): Sigma 20mm f/1.4 DG DN Art Lens: bhpho.to/3JH6Y8B Sigma 24mm f/1.4 DG DN Art Lens: bhpho.to/3CbDzlp Vlog/Astro Camera: bhpho.to/3ubMbkc Main Astro Camera: bhpho.to/3ugfqSZ Vlog/Wide ...
Chicago Star Trails: Night Photography with the Viltrox AF 24mm f/1.8 Lens
Просмотров 5 тыс.2 года назад
In this short vlog, Ian Norman takes us along on a night of shooting star trails and nightcapes from the light polluted city of Chicago with the new Viltrox AF 24mm f/1.8 Lens. Gear Links (These are affiliate links that help support our channel): Viltrox AF 24mm f/1.8 Amazon: amzn.to/3JFyths Viltrox AF 24mm f/1.8 B&H: bhpho.to/3s1GDL9 Vlog/Astro Camera: bhpho.to/3ubMbkc Main Astro Camera: bhpho...
LRGB Deep Sky Astrophotography Processing Tutorial: Siril and Photoshop with Telescope Live Data
Просмотров 22 тыс.2 года назад
NO TELESCOPE REQUIRED! In this 50-minute tutorial I walk through a complete astrophotography processing of Rho Ophiuchi data from Telescope Live's One-Click Observations (telescope.live). I talk about the basics of using Telescope Live to schedule basic remote telescope observations with their robotic telescopes and then I jump into processing the raw FITS files from Telescope Live in the free ...
Astrophotography Stream #1: Large Format Panoramas at Trona Pinnacles, California
Просмотров 3,9 тыс.3 года назад
In this recording of my first ever live stream editing session from November 4, 2019, I walk through some edits of two large format panoramas shot at Trona Pinnacles, California. My apologies for not uploading this earlier. I left on a trip shortly after and when I returned, 2020 happened and well yeah. Catch more live streams in the future at twitch.tv/lonelyspeckblog 00:00 Introduction 2:20 C...
Shooting the Annular Solar Eclipse | Chicago | June 10, 2021
Просмотров 12 тыс.3 года назад
Join us on our solar eclipse shooting adventure on the lakefront at sunrise in downtown Chicago. WATCH THE PLANNING VIDEO: ruclips.net/video/lGO98dGh2kI/видео.html Gear Links (These are affiliate links that help support our channel): Main Stills Camera: bhpho.to/3ugfqSZ Super Telephoto Lens: bhpho.to/3uiM7z8 Carbon Fiber Tripod: bhpho.to/3n8ynE2 Wireless Shutter Remote: amzn.to/3wuS9yJ Vlog Cam...
PhotoPills Planning the (Partial) Annular Eclipse in Chicago - June 10, 2021
Просмотров 3,2 тыс.3 года назад
This is my plan for attempting to shoot the June 10, 2021 partial solar eclipse from Chicago. WATCH THE ECLIPSE SHOOTING VIDEO HERE: ruclips.net/video/IJyNlrRfcRE/видео.html In this planning video, I go over my eclipse shooting plan in PhotoPills and talk a little about equipment selection and how that affects field of view and subject size. Wish me luck! Planning App: www.photopills.com/ Gear ...
Exploring Hydrogen Alpha: Canon EOS Ra Astrophotography Review
Просмотров 11 тыс.3 года назад
Happy Thanksgiving. Join Ian Norman and Diana Southern on a wintery astrophotography trip to Green River Wildlife Area in rural Illinois. For this trip, Ian tries out the Canon EOS Ra, a special version of the EOS R with Hydrogen alpha light sensitivity for astrophotography. GEAR LINKS: Canon EOS Ra: bhpho.to/35bqtU5 Canon RF 50mm f/1.2L: bhpho.to/32tKraY Leofoto LS-285C Tripod: bhpho.to/2HC95i...
2016 Lonely Speck Astrophotography Post-Processing Workshop
Просмотров 38 тыс.4 года назад
This is the full screen capture recording of our old 2016 Lonely Speck Post-Processing Workshop including the Q&A section. This was once a private video that we've now decided to make public! Thanks so much to our supporters for making the meetup at Trona Pinnacles possible and thanks for attending the workshop. This video will remain here for all of you to refer back to and share with your fri...
Google Pixel 4: Astrophotography Mode Review
Просмотров 151 тыс.4 года назад
Ian talks about his experience shooting astrophotos with the Google Pixel 4 XL in the dark skies of the California deserts. Ian also makes some comparisons between the results from the Pixel Astrophotography mode, and his full-sized camera, the Sony a7S. Gear Links: Google Pixel 4 and 4 XL - bhpho.to/3aVGMW1 Ulanzi ST-03 Smartphone Tripod Clamp - amzn.to/38SdntR Rokinon Samyang AF 18mm f/2.8 - ...
Rokinon Samyang AF 18mm f/2.8 FE vs. Zeiss Batis 18mm f/2.8 Astrophotography Lens Review
Просмотров 73 тыс.4 года назад
A quick comparison of astrophotography with the Rokinon Samyang AF 18mm f/2.8 FE Lens and the Zeiss Batis 18mm f/2.8 for Sony E mount. Shot at Kelso Dunes in Mojave National Preserve, California. Gear Links: Rokinon Samyang AF 18mm f/2.8 - bhpho.to/2MP5H3b Zeiss Batis 18mm f/2.8 - bhpho.to/2B0us44 Sony a7S - bhpho.to/2gV32Ys Sony a7III - bhpho.to/2tj16zo (these affiliate links allow Lonely Spec...
How to Photograph the Milky Way in Under 5 Minutes
Просмотров 322 тыс.4 года назад
Learn how to photograph the Milky Way in this quick overview of gear, planning, camera settings, and focusing for night sky photography. Recommended Resources for Beginners: Milky Way Exposure Calculator - www.lonelyspeck.com/calculator/ How to Find the Milky Way - www.lonelyspeck.com/how-to-find-the-milky-way/ Focusing at Night - www.lonelyspeck.com/focusing-at-night/ How to Photograph the Mil...
Tutorial: Stacked Astrophotography Panoramas
Просмотров 104 тыс.6 лет назад
Tutorial: Stacked Astrophotography Panoramas
Astrophotography On Location: 2017 Total Solar Eclipse - Mackay, Idaho
Просмотров 8 тыс.6 лет назад
Astrophotography On Location: 2017 Total Solar Eclipse - Mackay, Idaho
Noise-Free Astrophotography with Starry Landscape Stacker (macOS)
Просмотров 134 тыс.7 лет назад
Noise-Free Astrophotography with Starry Landscape Stacker (macOS)
Traveling Photographer: One Bag Ultralight Minimalist Packing List
Просмотров 30 тыс.7 лет назад
Traveling Photographer: One Bag Ultralight Minimalist Packing List
Rokinon 20mm f/1.8 Astrophotography Review - Joshua Tree National Park
Просмотров 75 тыс.7 лет назад
Rokinon 20mm f/1.8 Astrophotography Review - Joshua Tree National Park
Critical Focus at Night with the SharpStar2
Просмотров 39 тыс.7 лет назад
Critical Focus at Night with the SharpStar2
Astrophotography on Location: New Zealand
Просмотров 46 тыс.7 лет назад
Astrophotography on Location: New Zealand
Using the Film Speck Pro Lightroom Preset Pack for Astrophotography
Просмотров 14 тыс.7 лет назад
Using the Film Speck Pro Lightroom Preset Pack for Astrophotography
July 27th, 2016 Fireball "Meteor" Space Junk CZ-7 Re-entry Over California (Warning: Profanity)
Просмотров 360 тыс.8 лет назад
July 27th, 2016 Fireball "Meteor" Space Junk CZ-7 Re-entry Over California (Warning: Profanity)
Photographing the Milky Way from an Airplane
Просмотров 54 тыс.8 лет назад
Photographing the Milky Way from an Airplane
What's In My Camera Bag - Trona Pinnacles
Просмотров 33 тыс.8 лет назад
What's In My Camera Bag - Trona Pinnacles
How to Use the SharpStar Focusing Tool: Tutorial by Lonely Speck
Просмотров 49 тыс.8 лет назад
How to Use the SharpStar Focusing Tool: Tutorial by Lonely Speck
Removing Coma Aberration in Photoshop: Astrophotography Tutorial
Просмотров 32 тыс.8 лет назад
Removing Coma Aberration in Photoshop: Astrophotography Tutorial
I remember watching your videos a few years ago. The one where you edited the Orion Molecular Cloud is still the one I get back to. I believe I also learned about "ETTR" from you. All the best :)
Thank you 🙏
Beautiful.
Great tutorial even 5.5 years later! Quick question - do you do a little basic processing to each image before exporting and stacking? It looks like you may do since no vignetting and the wb looks pretty neutral already - but just wanted to check! Thanks!
Congratulations 🏆 on a magnificent job done. You are always first in the astro photography field. thanks as always for making us share your tips, tricks and share your experiences in this field. Greetings from Luca (Switzerland)👍
I first found this video a few years ago. You guys have done an amazing job in putting together everything from your experience. I am just wondering if you have an updated version of this by any chance? Over the last 9 years, a lot have changed from the gear specs to the Lightroom post processing capabilities. Please do consider making a new one or update if you don't have already.
Great video. I did not know about Siril software. I understand that Siril uses non-linear alignment of frames. I just bought my first mono camera with filters. I used so far only Photoshop for processing of my mono images. When I do Auto Align of Layers, stars from frames with different filters never align well in corners. I guess that this is because Photoshop is using only linear alignment algorithm.
Just the video I was searching for. Thanks!
Great information 👍🏻
Very helpful. Thank you.
Thank you so much for this!!!
Love it! Especially since I'm from here
Don't buy a fisheye if you want to ruin it anyway 🤦♂️
Man that's a killer sun star
I don’t think my old telescope is that nice & I didn’t have any adapters. What is a good SLR lens equivalent to use on a Nikon DX crop D300s. I have a 75-300 on a 2x converter for now
Excellent Video and straight to the point. The best video I have found on shooting the Milky Way
Still looking forward to the video showing how you plan, shoot and process your photos!
Is he alive?
Now photograph the milky way at daytime ;) (would that even be possible?)
O wait solar eclipses
You could photograph the Sun and the Earth. Maybe Venus, Saturn and Jupiter. All are part of the Milky Way and all can be seen during the day, depending on the conditions.
have you considered switching to R series camera from sony
Do you mean like an RX100 or RX10? Neither have the ability to remove the lens so that makes it less optimal for hooking to a telescope. Great cameras though!
Fantastic information. Something I found with Luna photography is, the earth seems static and the sky rotates over head. Yes, I know that challenges the heliocentric model but....? Also there is displacement occurring....something like water? What do you see?
yes, the sky appear to rotate because the Earth rotates. You're standing on the rotating Earth so from your reference point, everything else appears to spin.
I got star tracker it’s so nice
Woah cool!
the right side of the car and correct side of the road
Going to try. I need to travel to a remote area.
rent a telescope? why not just download pictures from nasa? cheaper, easier, better, faster, stronger, cooler.
Fascinating about the Pentax! I had no idea this series exists. Agree - much more compact setup than a dedicated astro camera and computer.
Mindblowing !!!! 2:21 in the camera starts to move, like in hyperlapse. Did you use a motorized slider or how did you pull that off ? Thanks again for this !
Yes, that particular shot was with a motorized slider.
Great video thanks.👍 very helpful.👍
Liked and subscribed. This may be the best video on technical settings I’ve seen yet.
A full frame will give more information taking into account the quality of modern lenses and converters, plus, most importantly, you will get color thanks to raw video, and not a trivial gray Moon. The camera with a 61 MP sensor is familiar to you. The video itself is interesting and quite reasonable for a budget hobby. Thank you!
Try a telephoto lens with these cameras and the Moon will reveal the color of its surface to you thanks to cdng 12 bit... I recommend!
I wonder how this compares with the f/1.8 GM lens. I'm interested because I have a Nikon 105 mm f/1.4, which I chose over the Sigma equivalent mainly based on the Nikon version having greater transmission at f/1.4 (or any other aperture for that matter) - amounting to about two-thirds of a stop. So, the Sigma let through similar amount of light to a hypothetical f/1.8 Nikon. If the GM transmits two-thirds of a stop more light than the Sigma, both should have similar exposure despite the aperture difference. But I want one of the two.
Another way of extending your focal length while keeping the size under control is a catadioptric telescope. For a budget of near $300 you can have a 1300 mm focal length Maksutov-Cassegrain which is probably even more compact than the refractor used by the author. Catadioptrics are usually quite dim, but they still excel at such bright targets like planets.
Any idea how the quality of this lens compares to the samyang / rokinon 14mm?
How would I know? You didn't compare it side by side to the GM 14mm 1.8.
Great video. I am also seriously considering this new lens, but I already have the Sigma 14 F1.4 DG DN and Sony 14GM, so still debating, what's your opinion regarding the image quality between this and the 14 F1.4 DG DN besides the Fisheye vs Rectilinear.
Because of the lack of rectilinear distortion, the fisheye has a sharper image overall. It doesn't stretch the extreme corners like a "normal" rectilinear lens does.
@@LonelySpeck thanks for the feedback, do you need to De- fisheye" your image ? Thanks,
@@dannyli9424 I did not de-fish anything in this video review but I do utilize de-fishing as a tool for certain shots. I'm not a huge fan curved horizons in most cases. I do not usually do a full de-fish and only focus straightening horizons
@@LonelySpeck Thanks again for you feedback Ian, very helpful, please keep on doing this kind of real life review, that makes your channel stand out of other " reviewer" who mostly just do test charts. Got another question not related to this lens if you don't mind, I am shooting with a pair of Astro Modified Sony, and wondering how you handle the White balance in the field, do you prefer to set a fixed number ( in Kelvin) or you leave it in auto, I normally set it at 3000 Kelvin this way all my shots are consistent, but then I still have to do quite a bit of work in post, just wondering if you have any suggestion or any video specifically on " How to set you WB when shooting Milky Way with Astro modified camera".
@@dannyli9424 on my astro modified body I set a custom WB with a grey card in daylight. Raws usually look quite orange out of camera. Really, any non-auto setting for WB is fine as long as you're shooting raw.
Great shots Ian! Is the fpL worth the extra cost, or can you get decent astro photos with just the fp? Any technical advantages of the fp over the fpL?
The biggest advantage of course is the resolution. 60MP of the fpL made a huge difference over the 24MP of the fp when it came to shooting Andromeda. If you were to use one for cinematography or rely on AF for your work outside of astro, the fpL also has better phase detection autofocus. The extra resolution also makes it possible to use the crop function to dramatically zoom digitally while keeping 4k resolution output.
@@LonelySpeckcool, TY.
wish there was an RF version of this lens..
bro can u recommend a camera for around $650 that is good for astrography as a beginner
What app it’s this one call??
The "Pentax Q" has pixel density of 49 mp/cm2
Hi! Can you send a couple of photos in raw format taken with a sigma 20mm f1.4?))
11:27 why the lower part is sharp but the part on top seems like its out of focus.. because the details in the craters are less.. im struggling to get it all sharp
The angle of the sun is less steep at the top of that photo. Essentially, "top" of the moon in that pic is at high noon of the lunar day so everything is evenly illuminated which makes everything appear much lower contrast and thus lower in detail. The best contrast is always at the transition between the illuminated part and the shadowed part of the moon (the terminator line, or twilight zone) so that's where you always see the most detail in moon shots.
@@LonelySpeck make a lot of sense, thank you man.
OMG, your photos are so amazing!
Very good video, thank you. (read more please) On the other hand, since the 80's with my brother on summer nights (Santiago, Chile) we would lie down looking at the sky and constantly see "stars" that were disguised and camouflaged in front of real stars with the same brightness and color. Very similar to what is seen in this video at approximately 2:30 to 2:33, in the first third vertical to the center, they move short distances. The most striking thing is that more than once we manage to see 3 or 5 "stars" that "run" synchronously. Over the years of researching, I realized that they are not meteorites, they are not satellites and I have never read anyone who discusses that topic. Very mysterious.
100% Aliens.
Were you using Sony a7s astro modified on this trip?
No, just stock.
Wonderful video and beautiful shots. Eagerly anticipating your video on lunar photography processing!