How to photograph… Stars part 2: Star Trails

In part 1 I covered how to photograph stars, where I showed you how to create beautiful star pictures with 30 second exposures, ISO 3200 or 1600, and max aperture. I said that in that case star trail were undesirable, but in this article I am going to show you how to...

How A DSLR Works: The scientific inner workings

Most  owners know how to use it, and what it does, but they generally do not know how a Digital Single Lens Reflex camera works. In this article I will explore how a DSLR really works. Light enters the lens elements, then travels through the aperture. It hits a mirror...

Sony Unveils the new Entry Level SLT – A37

The Sony SLT- A37 is a new, recently announced entry level digital single lens translucent (DSLT) camera with a 16.1 mega-pixel 23.5 x 15.6mm Exmor APS-C HD CMOS sensor. It is the successor to the SLR – A35,  It will be available around the end of May 2012 and...

Canon reveals the Canon 60Da for Astrophotography

Canon has unveiled the new 60Da, an APS-C CMOS 18MP camera. It is a varient of the 69D, only it has been modified for astrophotography, and thanks to a modified low pass filter it can capture nebulae in amazing details. Most cameras have IR filters which limit red...