What's the best book,

[VIGER]

Me again with my questions! ;)

What is '' the book '' on DSLR astrophotography? and what's the worst you have red?

Looking for the top 5.

Thanks

Michel

[jmx]

I've glanced at a couple books, and they were all pretty outdated. All you need is the internet, no books necessary. If you simply must buy something to read, Jerry Lodriguss has written the de facto standard intro to DSLR astrophotography resource out there. I've not seen it myself, but others seem to have nothing but good things to say about it.

[Celestron]

Me again with my questions! ;)

What is '' the book '' on DSLR astrophotography? and what's the worst you have red?

Looking for the top 5.

Thanks

Michel

Jerry Lodriguss Astrophotography Techniques (http://www.astropix.com/HTML/I_ASTROP/TOC_AP.HTM)

Michael Covingtons Digital SLR Astrophotography (http://www.covingtoninnovations.com/dslr/index.html)

[MintMark]

I've got two books.

Michael Covington's Digital SLR Astrophotography goes into good detail for the areas that he covers and you feel like he knows what he's talking about. So you get general information about telescopes and cameras and how to connect them, how lenses work and what can be wrong with them etc. Lots of references back to "the film days" and how digital makes things easier. I was frustrated that some things I was trying just weren't covered. There's nothing about what can be achieved with a fixed tripod. Anything where software is involved will be different if you're using different software, and that seems to sum up the book for me. If you're doing what he's doing then there's lots of detail, but otherwise you're on your own a bit.

The other book is Stefan Seip's Digital Astrophotography. This is a good book if you want the pros and cons of compact camera vs DSLR vs CCD. Beautiful colour pictures illustrate the strengths and weaknesses of each approach. There are even cost comparisons. It covers a lot more ground but in less detail. Still a good book though because it makes you aware of other options.

Both books could be brought up to date... no mention of tracking camera mounts like astrotrac or sky memo.