I am not knowledgeable when it comes to photography but I often find myself looking up at the beautiful night sky while out at sea and away from light pollution, and would really like to capture it somehow. Video or photo, either would be swell. The little I know tells me this really isn’t going to be possible on a boat, what with all the rocking. I was just wondering if anybody has any ideas/ camera recommendations or shall I just keep it as a beautiful memory?
A camera with great high ISO capability, larger pixel size, and a super fast lens of a short focal length. Make sure to have a capable editing software (Darktable is great) and know how to use it well.
A gimbal for strong stabilization. And then a software for doing the same in post processing.
As much as I dislike iphones, the night camera capabilities on new models is insane. They stabilize the shot so well that you can take 10s exposures from a boat without issue, and the night sky shots come out great. Although for the price of a new iphone you can probably get a beat up DSLR with a fast (but also beat up) lens, and take your shots the “proper” way. Up to you, really
They have made the new iphone screens that small? 😉
Nah, they made the stabilization and image processing pipeline that good. I strongly dislike Apple products in general but have to give them credit where it’s due.