IanRees Posted October 9, 2015 Share Posted October 9, 2015 Need some advice. I wanna get more into astrophotography and need to do some upgrades that are budget friendly. I have a older Canon Digital Rebel XT but the ISO only goes to 800 but my fiances has a Nikon D80 that has a 1600 ISO, although I prefer Canon i'll probably look to upgrade parts to hers. I need to find a wide angle lens that has a f stop of at least 2.8. Any suggestions? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
futures Posted October 9, 2015 Share Posted October 9, 2015 17-35. after that, tamron makes a nice 10-24 i believe. edit: my b, i was thinking tokina's 11-16. the tamron is a f/3.5-4.5. the tokina is manual focus, but if youre using it for astrophotography it would work well. just set it to infinity focus. henster311 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henster311 Posted October 9, 2015 Share Posted October 9, 2015 Need some advice. I wanna get more into astrophotography and need to do some upgrades that are budget friendly. I have a older Canon Digital Rebel XT but the ISO only goes to 800 but my fiances has a Nikon D80 that has a 1600 ISO, although I prefer Canon i'll probably look to upgrade parts to hers. I need to find a wide angle lens that has a f stop of at least 2.8. Any suggestions? any of the newer canon rebel bodies are pretty cheap...in camera world. but i know dropping 300-400 is a lot. tamron and tokina and sigma all make decent wide angle and cheaper lenses than say canon or nikon. and yeah, you might be able to even pick up an older model lens with out an af and just set to infinity like the wonderful futurekills said have you thought about actually hooking up and shooting through an actual telescope, i have a buddy who does it, its pretty cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
futures Posted October 9, 2015 Share Posted October 9, 2015 have you thought about actually hooking up and shooting through an actual telescope, i have a buddy who does it, its pretty cool. this is one of my dreams. when i was in space camp back in 1996, we visited this huge telescope near kennedy space center in florida. it was one of those huuuuuge telescopes with the retractable roof and all. the guy who was giving us the tour of it showed us how he attached his canon ae-1 to take amazing photos of the stars. 9 yr old me was blown away lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
birdwell Posted October 9, 2015 Share Posted October 9, 2015 this is one of my dreams. when i was in space camp back in 1996, we visited this huge telescope near kennedy space center in florida. it was one of those huuuuuge telescopes with the retractable roof and all. the guy who was giving us the tour of it showed us how he attached his canon ae-1 to take amazing photos of the stars. 9 yr old me was blown away lol. First and foremost, SpaceCamp is a fucking blast Secondly, I've been through two AE-1's I love them until they do that sticking shutter thing and basically crap out on me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
futures Posted October 9, 2015 Share Posted October 9, 2015 First and foremost, SpaceCamp is a fucking blast Secondly, I've been through two AE-1's I love them until they do that sticking shutter thing and basically crap out on me yessss it was. i got to go twice! 96 & 97. i inhereted my mom's AE-1 back when i graduated high school. she got it in 1979. whenever the shutter sticks on mine its usually bc its too cold or the battery is dead. love that camera. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanRees Posted October 9, 2015 Share Posted October 9, 2015 Thanks guys. I got approved for a $800 credit from Amazon and am thinking about picking up a used Canon 700d for $500 and a Canon EF-S 24mm f/2.8 STM lens. I also read some good stuff about the Rokinion lens', anyone have experience with them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
birdwell Posted October 9, 2015 Share Posted October 9, 2015 yessss it was. i got to go twice! 96 & 97. i inhereted my mom's AE-1 back when i graduated high school. she got it in 1979. whenever the shutter sticks on mine its usually bc its too cold or the battery is dead. love that camera. I re watched the VHS from my SpaceCamp adventure with my girlfriend (her first time seeing archival pre-pubescent footage of me) recently and I had a fucking blast reliving that shit in my head! I grew up in Huntsville and my grandfather worked on one of the Apollos missions (not the moon missions, sadly) and so me and my cousin got to go an it happened that my birthday fell in the middle of it, shit ruled, my parents and grandparents brought a shit ton of cake for our team and everything. AE-1, I got that same information from several people with both cameras that quit on me, replaced the batteries in both to no avail. Both quit on me shooting live shows....quite warm in there. I dunno. I tossed the first one, hung onto the second one (it sits on a shelf now)....might pull it down and try a new battery again. As mentioned earlier, the bulk of what I enjoy(ed) about photography was loading my own film, shooting, developing, making contact sheets, and printing my own prints.....loosing all of that part has me less than enthused to get going. Maybe I'll try and get the Brownie working or pull out of Lomography cameras for shits and giggles again. Being restricted to an iPhone 4S is SUCH a bummer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
futures Posted October 9, 2015 Share Posted October 9, 2015 Thanks guys. I got approved for a $800 credit from Amazon and am thinking about picking up a used Canon 700d for $500 and a Canon EF-S 24mm f/2.8 STM lens. I also read some good stuff about the Rokinion lens', anyone have experience with them? 700 or 70? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
futures Posted October 9, 2015 Share Posted October 9, 2015 I re watched the VHS from my SpaceCamp adventure with my girlfriend (her first time seeing archival pre-pubescent footage of me) recently and I had a fucking blast reliving that shit in my head! I grew up in Huntsville and my grandfather worked on one of the Apollos missions (not the moon missions, sadly) and so me and my cousin got to go an it happened that my birthday fell in the middle of it, shit ruled, my parents and grandparents brought a shit ton of cake for our team and everything. AE-1, I got that same information from several people with both cameras that quit on me, replaced the batteries in both to no avail. Both quit on me shooting live shows....quite warm in there. I dunno. I tossed the first one, hung onto the second one (it sits on a shelf now)....might pull it down and try a new battery again. As mentioned earlier, the bulk of what I enjoy(ed) about photography was loading my own film, shooting, developing, making contact sheets, and printing my own prints.....loosing all of that part has me less than enthused to get going. Maybe I'll try and get the Brownie working or pull out of Lomography cameras for shits and giggles again. Being restricted to an iPhone 4S is SUCH a bummer aw i never got a video of my weeks at space camp! i wish i had. that is so cool that your grandfather worked for nasa on the apollo missions. thats seriously so cool - regardless if it wasn't the moon missions. thats amazing. if you can get that camera working again thatd be awesome. i love shooting film. i'm not sure what else could be wrong aside from the shutter failing. is there maybe a camera shop near you? if nothing else, you might be able to find a used ae-1 to replace the broken one with. they are so common still. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abovetheearth Posted October 9, 2015 Share Posted October 9, 2015 i have the 70D and i love it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanRees Posted October 9, 2015 Share Posted October 9, 2015 700 or 70? 700 http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00FI342OE?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=ox_sc_act_title_3&smid=A3OXGD3GUK4TTN Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hxcoliver Posted October 9, 2015 Share Posted October 9, 2015 I re watched the VHS from my SpaceCamp adventure with my girlfriend (her first time seeing archival pre-pubescent footage of me) recently and I had a fucking blast reliving that shit in my head! I grew up in Huntsville and my grandfather worked on one of the Apollos missions (not the moon missions, sadly) and so me and my cousin got to go an it happened that my birthday fell in the middle of it, shit ruled, my parents and grandparents brought a shit ton of cake for our team and everything. AE-1, I got that same information from several people with both cameras that quit on me, replaced the batteries in both to no avail. Both quit on me shooting live shows....quite warm in there. I dunno. I tossed the first one, hung onto the second one (it sits on a shelf now)....might pull it down and try a new battery again. As mentioned earlier, the bulk of what I enjoy(ed) about photography was loading my own film, shooting, developing, making contact sheets, and printing my own prints.....loosing all of that part has me less than enthused to get going. Maybe I'll try and get the Brownie working or pull out of Lomography cameras for shits and giggles again. Being restricted to an iPhone 4S is SUCH a bummer why not still continue to shoot on film? i know the BW is the super fun part, and getting everything developed yourself. but i still shoot film all the time. in color. sure i don't do my own developing and printing anymore, but i do still like getting all the prints and film back from costco. or even better, Instant photography is so much fun!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
futures Posted October 9, 2015 Share Posted October 9, 2015 700 http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00FI342OE?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=ox_sc_act_title_3&smid=A3OXGD3GUK4TTN that's a Canon EU model, which is the equivalent to the Canon USA Rebel T5i. Canon USA will not service Canon EU models. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
birdwell Posted October 9, 2015 Share Posted October 9, 2015 why not still continue to shoot on film? i know the BW is the super fun part, and getting everything developed yourself. but i still shoot film all the time. in color. sure i don't do my own developing and printing anymore, but i do still like getting all the prints and film back from costco. or even better, Instant photography is so much fun!! Not a huge fan of color the few times I shot it....biggest drawback right now is money, honestly, I don't have a working slr and I don't have money for film/developing/printing. My holga still works, I'm sure my lomo toys work, but that's it. Maybe soon I'll come into enough money to play around again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
futures Posted October 9, 2015 Share Posted October 9, 2015 Canon BW400CN is a b&w filmstock that is processed C-41! It's pretty good considering its not "true" black and white. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanRees Posted October 9, 2015 Share Posted October 9, 2015 that's a Canon EU model, which is the equivalent to the Canon USA Rebel T5i. Canon USA will not service Canon EU models. ah, good to know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mitch. Posted October 10, 2015 Share Posted October 10, 2015 Canon BW400CN is a b&w filmstock that is processed C-41! It's pretty good considering its not "true" black and white. Unfortunately Kodak discontinued BW400CN last year although I'm not sure when production ended. But Ilford still make XP2 which is also a C-41 film. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
futures Posted October 10, 2015 Share Posted October 10, 2015 Unfortunately Kodak discontinued BW400CN last year although I'm not sure when production ended. But Ilford still make XP2 which is also a C-41 film. Discontinued, yes, but you can still find it online to purchase tho! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuzzersonKillwell Posted October 10, 2015 Share Posted October 10, 2015 ah, good to know. Not sure if this is the case but a lot of the really good deals seem to be grey market or EU no warranty sales or something. Read the fine print from your seller. Took me a while to find an actual deal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
futures Posted October 11, 2015 Share Posted October 11, 2015 i just got an email from massdrop today... they have a deal on the canon t5i right now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanRees Posted October 11, 2015 Share Posted October 11, 2015 i just got an email from massdrop today... they have a deal on the canon t5i right now.thats a pretty sweet deal but since I got credit with Amazon I gotta go through them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
futures Posted October 11, 2015 Share Posted October 11, 2015 oh true, definitely do that then! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
birdwell Posted October 11, 2015 Share Posted October 11, 2015 wow. So after this thread back and forth the other day I got out all of my negatives and prints and bad prints and just kind of went through it all. Man, I have like 5-6 images that I still feel strongly about. The majority of what I shot was horrible. Now I really want to get back into photography just because I'm capable of composing stronger images now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henster311 Posted October 13, 2015 Share Posted October 13, 2015 wow. So after this thread back and forth the other day I got out all of my negatives and prints and bad prints and just kind of went through it all. Man, I have like 5-6 images that I still feel strongly about. The majority of what I shot was horrible. Now I really want to get back into photography just because I'm capable of composing stronger images now. do it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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