LIVE AMA with Autumn Schrock + Nate Luebbe

steveagee · March 28

this might be more of an astro photography question, but how do you get your stars (or moon/sun) so sharp? Once we're dealing with infinity as a focal length I have a lot of focus issues.

autpops · March 28

this might be more of an astro photography question, but how do you get your stars (or moon/sun) so sharp? Once we're dealing with infinity as a focal length I have a lot of focus issues.

Focusing on the stars is the hardest part of astrophotography I think. Infinity as a focal length for astro has definitely changed over the years. You may notice that when you put your lens's focus at infinity, it gets sharp before you actually reach infinity, and then it gets blurry again at...

autpops · March 28

this might be more of an astro photography question, but how do you get your stars (or moon/sun) so sharp? Once we're dealing with infinity as a focal length I have a lot of focus issues.

... actual infinity. What helps me is using manual focus assist and focus peaking to really be able to see when the stars become the smallest, aka the sharpest, while you're focusing. We can chat more about it next week on our workshop though for sure! It can be tough to describe without actually...

autpops · March 28

this might be more of an astro photography question, but how do you get your stars (or moon/sun) so sharp? Once we're dealing with infinity as a focal length I have a lot of focus issues.

... seeing it in person.