A Beginner's Guide to DSLR Astrophotography

This book on CD-ROM explains how you can get started taking beautiful astrophotos with your DSLR camera. By using simple and easy techniques that anyone can learn, the author shows you how easy it is to take great pictures with modest equipment, even if you don't know anything about astronomy or astrophotography. Demonstrations will show you how to get the best out of the equipment that you may already have. The book explains concepts and techniques in short, easy-to-understand sections that are each devoted to just one aspect of the subject. Check out the detailed table of contents to see what is covered. With this book you will discover how easy it is to: * Take beautiful astrophotos with just a simple camera on tripod. * Shoot the Sun, Moon, stars, nebulas, and galaxies. * Learn how to take time exposures on a simple, homemade, barn-door tracker. * Use your DSLR camera to shoot through your telescope. * Determine the correct exposure to use. * Focus your camera for razor-sharp images. * Crop and rotate your images. * Resize and resample. * Perform brightness, contrast and color correction. * Diagnose and correct problems and mistakes. You will learn how to use your camera in manual mode and all of the correct settings to use for astrophotography, as well as easy ways to focus and how to determine the correct exposure to get great pictures. After you have mastered the basics, you'll find out how easy it is to get started with more advanced techniques such as stacking and dark-frame subtraction.