Don't buy a fisheye if you want to ruin it anyway 🤦♂️
@jakewerth961413 күн бұрын
Man that's a killer sun star
@khanscombe61913 күн бұрын
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
@MichelleEagan13 күн бұрын
Excellent Video and straight to the point. The best video I have found on shooting the Milky Way
@ryanschultz663318 күн бұрын
Still looking forward to the video showing how you plan, shoot and process your photos!
@science8719 күн бұрын
Is he alive?
@izuix562928 күн бұрын
Now photograph the milky way at daytime ;) (would that even be possible?)
@izuix562928 күн бұрын
O wait solar eclipses
@LonelySpeck26 күн бұрын
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.
@cyvidal10Ай бұрын
have you considered switching to R series camera from sony
@LonelySpeckАй бұрын
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!
@steveoz8776Ай бұрын
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?
@LonelySpeckАй бұрын
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.
@icyxxxxxАй бұрын
I got star tracker it’s so nice
@icyxxxxxАй бұрын
Woah cool!
@AstroBoundАй бұрын
the right side of the car and correct side of the road
@girisinnathurayАй бұрын
Going to try. I need to travel to a remote area.
@Chiclets1Ай бұрын
rent a telescope? why not just download pictures from nasa? cheaper, easier, better, faster, stronger, cooler.
@Daniel_BorisovАй бұрын
Fascinating about the Pentax! I had no idea this series exists. Agree - much more compact setup than a dedicated astro camera and computer.
@ClaesFeldtАй бұрын
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 !
@LonelySpeckАй бұрын
Yes, that particular shot was with a motorized slider.
@ArcMediaFilmsАй бұрын
Great video thanks.👍 very helpful.👍
@paulengle5784Ай бұрын
Liked and subscribed. This may be the best video on technical settings I’ve seen yet.
@UriRaАй бұрын
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!
@UriRaАй бұрын
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!
@johndennis52332 ай бұрын
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.
@johnsmith-qc8ud2 ай бұрын
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.
@BLarsenPhoto2 ай бұрын
Any idea how the quality of this lens compares to the samyang / rokinon 14mm?
@costafilh02 ай бұрын
How would I know? You didn't compare it side by side to the GM 14mm 1.8.
@dannyli94242 ай бұрын
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.
@LonelySpeck2 ай бұрын
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.
@dannyli94242 ай бұрын
@@LonelySpeck thanks for the feedback, do you need to De- fisheye" your image ? Thanks,
@LonelySpeck2 ай бұрын
@@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
@dannyli94242 ай бұрын
@@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".
@LonelySpeck2 ай бұрын
@@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.
@Tetra842 ай бұрын
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?
@LonelySpeck2 ай бұрын
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.
@Tetra842 ай бұрын
@@LonelySpeckcool, TY.
@Tetra842 ай бұрын
wish there was an RF version of this lens..
@SPAZIOASTRO2 ай бұрын
bro can u recommend a camera for around $650 that is good for astrography as a beginner
@yeyo1508243 ай бұрын
What app it’s this one call??
@TheMattia27c3 ай бұрын
The "Pentax Q" has pixel density of 49 mp/cm2
@LrQPhoto3 ай бұрын
Hi! Can you send a couple of photos in raw format taken with a sigma 20mm f1.4?))
@azhoussem58893 ай бұрын
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
@LonelySpeck3 ай бұрын
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.
@azhoussem58893 ай бұрын
@@LonelySpeck make a lot of sense, thank you man.
@pawel-sz3 ай бұрын
OMG, your photos are so amazing!
@yav3493 ай бұрын
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.
@LonelySpeck3 ай бұрын
100% Aliens.
@akkarparkiamopas34013 ай бұрын
Were you using Sony a7s astro modified on this trip?
@LonelySpeck3 ай бұрын
No, just stock.
@hunteractual40304 ай бұрын
Wonderful video and beautiful shots. Eagerly anticipating your video on lunar photography processing!
@Acomyztly4 ай бұрын
Excellent video, saludos from Mexico.
@LonelySpeck4 ай бұрын
¡Gracias! ¡Salud!
@akkarparkiamopas34014 ай бұрын
How did you overcome the short battery life of a7S while doing long exposure?
@LonelySpeck4 ай бұрын
It's not that bad. I carried extras. With this type of shooting (time lapse), one battery can last for over a thousand shots
@sterlingmotionpictures4 ай бұрын
How can i get my hands on this plugin (safely)? The link you provided to Image Trends is no longer working. Are they outta business? I really would like this plugin to help make real estate photography much simpler. This seemingly would work better than DxO ViewPoint 4!
@timelapsebylkunl724 ай бұрын
Great review. I really like timelapse.
@AlbertDrosPhotography4 ай бұрын
the review is so beautiful! :D
@LonelySpeck4 ай бұрын
Thank you Albert! It means a lot coming from you!
@IpsissimusPrime4 ай бұрын
Ian! Great to see you back! I love Sigma lenses especially the f1.4s. I got EF mounts for my trusty 6 mark 2 and have a Sony adapter for my modded Sony A7s and 7r2. No need for camera upgrades until something breaks! This fisheye looks amazing! And likely TOTALLY worth the cost given my experience. Funny how Light pollution can sometimes be our friend!
@LonelySpeck4 ай бұрын
I certainly have a love, mostly hate relationship with light pollution. I can be both beautiful and ugly. It can make or break a shot, but, ultimately, it's preventing most people from realizing where we really are. Most people don't have the perspective of being on a small rock floating through space and I think that's a shame. If everyone was able to really see the Earth in its place in the cosmos, I think we'd have a world of people that would treat each other more kindly.
@akkarparkiamopas34014 ай бұрын
Have you used "clear outside" app for weather forecast? . I found I never gone wrong with it. very accurate.
@LonelySpeck4 ай бұрын
Yes, I use a combination of cleardarksky.com, clear outside, noaa radar and satellite data. Ultimately, I think it was a result of just how rural an area I was and how low the clouds were. (they were basically fog, and I think very isolated to around the region I was.
@sigmaphoto4 ай бұрын
Loved that timelapse ❤ Great video!
@GelelaYemane4 ай бұрын
Thank you for sharing the video. I was wondering...the Canon S120 has an equivalent sensor size and the lens is interchangeable...Do you think this combination could possibly work as well as the pentax? I'm a teacher and the pentax on ebay is 2k, way way way out of my budget. Please let me know. Thank you! Also, I love your pictures!!!
@LonelySpeck4 ай бұрын
The Canon S120 does not, in fact, have an interchangeable lens and is not suitable for this type of build. The Pentax Q, Q10, Q7, or Q-S1 can be found for only $120-$300 USD on eBay, depending on the model and its condition.
@abdullahalminisuhit69003 ай бұрын
@LonelySpeck what is i use a mobile phone camera to capture, will that works?
@GelelaYemane4 ай бұрын
Hi! Thanks for sharing the video. I have a question..Could I use the Canon S120 it has an interchangeable lens and the sensor 1 1/7"
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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!
Excellent video, saludos from Mexico.
¡Gracias! ¡Salud!
How did you overcome the short battery life of a7S while doing long exposure?
It's not that bad. I carried extras. With this type of shooting (time lapse), one battery can last for over a thousand shots
How can i get my hands on this plugin (safely)? The link you provided to Image Trends is no longer working. Are they outta business? I really would like this plugin to help make real estate photography much simpler. This seemingly would work better than DxO ViewPoint 4!
Great review. I really like timelapse.
the review is so beautiful! :D
Thank you Albert! It means a lot coming from you!
Ian! Great to see you back! I love Sigma lenses especially the f1.4s. I got EF mounts for my trusty 6 mark 2 and have a Sony adapter for my modded Sony A7s and 7r2. No need for camera upgrades until something breaks! This fisheye looks amazing! And likely TOTALLY worth the cost given my experience. Funny how Light pollution can sometimes be our friend!
I certainly have a love, mostly hate relationship with light pollution. I can be both beautiful and ugly. It can make or break a shot, but, ultimately, it's preventing most people from realizing where we really are. Most people don't have the perspective of being on a small rock floating through space and I think that's a shame. If everyone was able to really see the Earth in its place in the cosmos, I think we'd have a world of people that would treat each other more kindly.
Have you used "clear outside" app for weather forecast? . I found I never gone wrong with it. very accurate.
Yes, I use a combination of cleardarksky.com, clear outside, noaa radar and satellite data. Ultimately, I think it was a result of just how rural an area I was and how low the clouds were. (they were basically fog, and I think very isolated to around the region I was.
Loved that timelapse ❤ Great video!
Thank you for sharing the video. I was wondering...the Canon S120 has an equivalent sensor size and the lens is interchangeable...Do you think this combination could possibly work as well as the pentax? I'm a teacher and the pentax on ebay is 2k, way way way out of my budget. Please let me know. Thank you! Also, I love your pictures!!!
The Canon S120 does not, in fact, have an interchangeable lens and is not suitable for this type of build. The Pentax Q, Q10, Q7, or Q-S1 can be found for only $120-$300 USD on eBay, depending on the model and its condition.
@LonelySpeck what is i use a mobile phone camera to capture, will that works?
Hi! Thanks for sharing the video. I have a question..Could I use the Canon S120 it has an interchangeable lens and the sensor 1 1/7"