Hi, just recently purchased a T6i and astrophotography and cinematic scenes are going to be primarily what I use it for. I’m using the standard 18-55mm that comes with it and I don’t plan on upgrading that for the time being. Can anyone with experience in either of these help me get started? Tips, settings, examples of photos/videos, or anything else would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
I have only a limited amount of experience in astrophotography but a lot more in videoing and would suggest that you lookup what you need to know on Youtube as I find this is one of the better sources of information,
Some basic tips would be to shoot the sky with a wide aperture, in you lens case 3.5. I would shoot in manual mode set a longer shutter speed something around 30 seconds, and try to keep your ISO as lower to reduce digital noise. If you really get into shooting astrophotography I would suggest a ultra wide fast lens, few extra MM will make a big difference. The Rokinon 14mm i have is 2.8 so nice and wide, and quite ideal for this. Its manual focus which I honestly prefer as you will want to fine tune, so I would shut off auto focus anyway so the shutter button doesn't change the focus. I got the one with the chip so I can get focus confirmation when I want it. Oh and get a remote so you can trigger the shutter that way. You do not want to introduce shake to the image by pressing the shutter.
