Appreciation post: my $400 star tracker was a game changer after years of blurry shots.

I used to get so frustrated trying to take long exposures with just a tripod, but finally grabbing that little motorized mount let me capture the Orion Nebula with actual detail for the first time, so what's the one piece of gear that seriously leveled up your astro photos?

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shane24429d ago

Honestly the biggest jump for me was just learning how to process the data. I had decent gear for years but my photos looked flat until I really sat down with the software. The gear just collects light, you have to know how to bring it out.

wright.jesse5d agoTop Commenter

My first DSLR was a Nikon D40, and I spent two years convinced it was broken because my pictures looked like muddy junk. Turns out I was just shooting everything in flat, ugly JPEG. Once I forced myself to learn to edit the RAW files, it was like getting a whole new camera for free. Shane244 is totally right about the gear just collecting the light, the real photo happens on the screen. I still use that old D40 sometimes just to prove the point to myself.

christopher_brown8228d ago

Gear just collects light" is a cop out for bad photos.