Have you ever wondered how they catch still photos of extremely fast meteorites falling down from the sky or how they make wonderful night sky time-lapse and star trails? Well, I have. I always thought about the cameras they used, the lenses, they must have been of sophistication and would definitely be expensive to capture quality meteor and star photos, but that I got wrong. I’ve seen decent astrophotographs taken with bridge cameras and some were even made by a low range SLR, so I was inspired to try it out and see if my GE X500 could do the same thing.
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Signing UpStep 1: Understanding Night Photography
Attempting to capture meteor I assume you already have the basic knowledge of night photography but just to give you an overview, you need to work on perfectly mixing aperture, ISO, and shutter speed.
Wider aperture would make a brighter background, narrow aperture a dimmer background for night photography at least. ISO would mean sensitivity to light. The higher the ISO, the more sensitive it gets to absorbing light. Shutter speed on the other hand would mean the exposure time. How long the shutter would stay open to capture the image.
However, astrophotography is totally different. You need to experiment on some set-up until you reach the desired result.
Wider aperture would make a brighter background, narrow aperture a dimmer background for night photography at least. ISO would mean sensitivity to light. The higher the ISO, the more sensitive it gets to absorbing light. Shutter speed on the other hand would mean the exposure time. How long the shutter would stay open to capture the image.
However, astrophotography is totally different. You need to experiment on some set-up until you reach the desired result.
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Two (friendly) suggestions to improve this instructable:
1. Change the introductory photo. It is beautiful but it shows black as a thumbnail.
2. Comment on the camera and the lens you are using.