The Nikon D600 is very good for astrophotography. For the price it delivers a very sensitive full frame sensor and of course a nice camera for daytime photography as well. I’ve been using the Nikon D600 for astrophotography and I must say I am impressed. When taking more scenic pictures or photographing the aurora and/or timelapses I can easily use it at ISO3200 and still get good results. Normally I would use the Nikon D600 at ISO 800 however and it has significantly less noise than the D7000 that I was used to.
You can view my results with the Nikon D600 and read more about the camera for astrophotography in the articles below..
Last weekend I was on an astrotrip to a nice spot in Germany with nice dark skies. The main goal of the weekend was to test all my new equipment and to see if imaging with the duo setup would work properly with the Lacerta MGEN controlling two camera’s. As a subject I chose the beautiful Leo Triplet, which is one of my favourite galaxy ‘groups. The three galaxies all show much detail and are…
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Yesterday we actually got the chance to witness the aurora from my ‘regular dark spot’ near my hometown, which is located at 52 degrees north. Pretty rare to be able to see and capture the northern lights from this location! The light pollution from the towns and cities did make it harder to witness the aurora, but I think it actually made a pretty colourful picture with the bright orange glow š It was also…
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