WanderlustCouple
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TLDR; looking for advice for a good mirrorless camera for general photography with the first primary use being for astrography.
I’m brand new to the forum and looking for some advice. My wife and I are in the military and love traveling; we usually take a two week trip annually to a new country or two.
Thus far our cell phones have sufficed - I say that mainly because we haven’t brought a camera with us, despite my wife having an older one with some lenses.
I’m deployed right now but I go home in April and in June we are going to Chile, and for some reason I am obsessed with the idea of taking some incredible pictures of the stars when we visit the atacama desert.
My wife does have an older camera with some lenses (I’ll find out which ones), but I’m looking for advice on what camera and lens you recommend to capture that incredible picture of the stars that’s worth blowing up and framing.
We tend to travel relatively light so based on some research I believe mirrorless would be preferred, plus I like the idea of seeing what the picture will actually look like as we take it.
We are not professional stargazers so I’d want the camera to serve us well for other pictures as well - the majority of which are landscapes, castles, monuments, Great Wall of China etc etc..
I’m not worried about macro photography, nor do we usually take pictures of moving objects etc.
I’m not opposed to just getting a camera and one lens to focus on daytime pictures of the desert and the nighttime stars and then purchasing another lens next year etc.
I know this hobby gets expensive quickly, and I’m not opposed to used equipment from a reputable seller, but where should I start? What setup would you recommend?
Thank you,
~Pat
Oh, and I’ll gladly take any suggestions for posts or threads to read with tips on how to take the pictures we want.
I’m brand new to the forum and looking for some advice. My wife and I are in the military and love traveling; we usually take a two week trip annually to a new country or two.
Thus far our cell phones have sufficed - I say that mainly because we haven’t brought a camera with us, despite my wife having an older one with some lenses.
I’m deployed right now but I go home in April and in June we are going to Chile, and for some reason I am obsessed with the idea of taking some incredible pictures of the stars when we visit the atacama desert.
My wife does have an older camera with some lenses (I’ll find out which ones), but I’m looking for advice on what camera and lens you recommend to capture that incredible picture of the stars that’s worth blowing up and framing.
We tend to travel relatively light so based on some research I believe mirrorless would be preferred, plus I like the idea of seeing what the picture will actually look like as we take it.
We are not professional stargazers so I’d want the camera to serve us well for other pictures as well - the majority of which are landscapes, castles, monuments, Great Wall of China etc etc..
I’m not worried about macro photography, nor do we usually take pictures of moving objects etc.
I’m not opposed to just getting a camera and one lens to focus on daytime pictures of the desert and the nighttime stars and then purchasing another lens next year etc.
I know this hobby gets expensive quickly, and I’m not opposed to used equipment from a reputable seller, but where should I start? What setup would you recommend?
Thank you,
~Pat
Oh, and I’ll gladly take any suggestions for posts or threads to read with tips on how to take the pictures we want.