ASTROPHOTOGRAPHY 101: How to choose the best lenses for astrophotography? TUTORIAL - 4K

Welcome to this new tutorial!
Do you want to get started with astrophotography but do not know about lenses and hardware? Then this tutorial is made for you. The lens plays a primordial role in getting gorgeous astrophotos, because it it writes the recipe for sharpness, light and distortion, along with having a huge impact on how you will use your camera in a certain situation. Let’s say that a lens can count as much as 50% in the quality of the frame when it is shot! One more good reason not to neglect your lenses, and to get to know them better!In this video, I wanted to share my own (rather subjective and short-lived) experience about astrophoto lenses, so that beginners and more advanced photographers can benefit from it, and maybe not fall into the same traps. Indeed, while learning, you will want to buy certain items that you think are good for the time being, but thanks to this video, you might want to think twice! As astrophotography is becoming bigger but is still a rather small market for big companies, no real efforts had been made by famous manufacturers to produce affordable quality lenses for astrophotography. Canon, Nikon, Sony and more can justify the steep price of a lens because of its build quality and its sharpness, and a lot of them are good for astrophotography, but why spend thousands when you can get the same results, even better, for a couple hundred bucks?

The first part of the video is dedicated to explaining how a lens contributes in a clear (aperture 3:37), sharp (Sharpness 5:37) and undistorted (coma, abberation, fall-off 5:00) astrophoto. In a second part 6:46 , I cover a ranking of the best lenses for astrophotography by focal length, according to my own hands-on experience and knowledge. The ranking is off course biased and not comprehensive (remark: it covers only lenses for Canon and Sony cameras, which I own), and it may not be the same as your own experience. However having worked on astro timelapse and single shot astro-photography, I am starting to get the hang of what’s good and what works less. You can find lenses at:
Super wide angle 6:53
Wide angle 9:36
Medium format 12:20
Large format 14:05
In the conclusion 15:49, I unveil the overall winner of them all, the holy grail of the astrophotolenses: The Samyang/Rokinon 24mm f/1.4, as it the best quality glas with excellent corner-to-corner sharpness, virtually no coma (sorry about the pronunciation of the word in the video, I’m French :=) ), or vignette, and costs half the price of usual Canon or Sony lenses. I recommend this lens to anyone as their go-to lens for astrophotography! Thank you for watching.

I hope these basics about lenses were useful and will enable more and more people to get out at night and shoot with their brand new toys. Don’t hesitate to like, comment, share and of course subscribe to my channel for more videos and tutorials coming soon!

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ERRATUM: The Sigma 14mm f/1.8 has NOT been reviewed by Lonelyspeck, but is available at http://www.sigma-global.com/en/lenses/cas/product/art/a_14_18/testshot/index.html. Sorry about this misunderstanding!

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