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At first glance, the challenge of astrophotography may appear daunting. But not only are spectacular results possible, they are easy to learn with the step-by-step instructions provided in Stephan Seip's Digital Astrophotography: A Guide to Capturing the Cosmos. Today, amateurs can produce images that only twenty years ago a large professional observatory would have been proud of; and this book shows you how.
Learn how to:
Also included are lessons on the processing that is done in the "studio" after your shoot, including how to:
Equipment requirements for astrophotography range from nothing but a simple camera and tripod to a multi-thousand dollar computer controlled telescope equipped with a CCD auto-guider and separate guide-scope. Researching the best equipment for your needs is a task in itself. Seip helps you to 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.
The rewards of this fascinating hobby, as the author says, "Grants you unforgettable hours under the night sky; it allows you to produce aesthetically rewarding and lasting results. Astrophotography is a love-match between physics, photography, art, and digital image processing. It is exciting!"
About the Author
Currently living in Stuttgart,Germany, Stefan Seip works as a professional fine art photographer, an IT consultant, and a science writer. His enthusiasm for the activities and objects of the cosmos dates back to his early adolescence. Driven by his innate desire to capture beauty in images, it was only natural to combine his two loves; astronomy and photography.It is only recently--decades later--that Stefan started to grasp what he had gotten himself into. Although, he still enjoys visual astronomy, astrophotography has gained the upper hand, requiring his full commitment. He said, "Had I foreseen the amount of time, perseverance, technology, know-how, and (in the end) money would be necessary in order to produce first-class images, I would have had second thoughts about it--only to pursue the same path again!"Astrophotography grants him many unforgettable hours under the night sky, while it allows him to produce aesthetically rewarding and lasting results. His love for this challenging craft is evident in his many spectacular images.To learn more about Stefan Seip, and to see his stunning astrophotos and fine art images, visit his website at http://www.photomeeting.de.
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26 of 26 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Great starting point for anyone interested in starting up with astrophotography. This book starts off (as you'd expect) with the basics - what to look for in a telescope, then moves onto sections on how to take photos with everything from a digital compact, a webcam(!), a dSLR then finally an astronomical CCD camera.
Each section is further broken down into the same subsections: what kind of photos you can take with the particular type of camera, pros and cons of using it, buying tips, how to take the photos and finally how to process them.
This book is packed with excellent reference photos, and covers the basics of astrophotography in a lot of detail, and finishes off with an extensive list of links to appropriate software, astronomy links, camera and telescope manufacturers, and books. A must-buy for anyone considering taking photos of the night sky. Be warned though, once you've read it, you'll be outside on many a cold night!
Each section is further broken down into the same subsections: what kind of photos you can take with the particular type of camera, pros and cons of using it, buying tips, how to take the photos and finally how to process them.
This book is packed with excellent reference photos, and covers the basics of astrophotography in a lot of detail, and finishes off with an extensive list of links to appropriate software, astronomy links, camera and telescope manufacturers, and books. A must-buy for anyone considering taking photos of the night sky. Be warned though, once you've read it, you'll be outside on many a cold night!
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
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This is an excellent book for someone starting out in digtial astrophotgraphy, who is undoubtedly the target for this book. The authors style is clear, simple and straight forward. They do not assume any knowledge of the subject instead set out clearly the advantages and disadvantages of the webcam,digital compact and digital single lens reflex cameras and of the CCD camera. For each category the authors describe how to use the camera to its best advantage -how to set it up, attach it to the telescope, exposures to use and very usefully how to process the images you obtain. The book has an assosciated website from which the reader can download example astrophotographs on which to practice the image processing techniques.
If you are already experienced in digital astrophotography this book will not add a lot to your store of knowledge but then you are not its target audience.
For the novice to astrophotography though this is a thoroughly recommended book and will give you an excellent start in this fascinating, not difficult and very satisfying field - you can at last share some of your wonder at the cosmos with family and friends.
If you are already experienced in digital astrophotography this book will not add a lot to your store of knowledge but then you are not its target audience.
For the novice to astrophotography though this is a thoroughly recommended book and will give you an excellent start in this fascinating, not difficult and very satisfying field - you can at last share some of your wonder at the cosmos with family and friends.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This is an excellent book and covers all the necessary things needed when starting out in this field. Notice I said when "starting out". After I read it, I doubt that I will go back to it a great deal for reference, as it is a bit thin on the ground in that department. There seems to be a lack also of examples and diagrams, compared with a book like Covington's. Having said that it's very prettily put together with a ton of beautiful astro images (in colour).
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A good introduction and a bit more
This is an excellent introduction to the whole field of amateur astrophotography. The author covers the digital compact camera used both freehand (afocal) and mounted on the... Read more
Published 18 months ago by Olle Edqvist
Very thorough...
This book is very well written and easy to understand for amateurs like myself. Written by an amateur for amateurs, the language is very down to earth. Read more
Published 18 months ago by Lars Bruhn
A good introduction
This book is a good introduction in the field of astrophotography. But that is all. If you need a deeper analysis an almost all subjects dealt in this book, you need another book. Read more
Published on 5 Mar 2010 by Ilias Vafiadis
A bit of everything
This author is very systematic and covers his subject well and gives many references including those to his and other websites. Read more
Published on 13 Mar 2009 by ChrisP
A very good book, but i wanted more.
A very interesting book, but too brief.
I expected more on advanced processing techniques, that was the reason that i got it.
I expected more on advanced processing techniques, that was the reason that i got it.
Published on 1 Mar 2009 by eliasastro
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