Astrophotography with a 75-300mm Lens: BEST Beginner Lens?

In this video I would like to introduce you to the 75-300mm lens and show you what you can achieve with this lens in astrophotography
#astrophotography #nightskyphotography #canonlens

[@FelixsAstrophotography]

If you have any questions about this lens, please write a comment. I'm happy to help😊🔭

[@qwertymonsta]

I used this lens, and my copy was awful at 300 but kinda usable at 250. There was a lot of chromatic aberration and the stars were wonky when pushing to 300 even when stopped down to like f7. Definitely noobs can get some decent pics, but better lenses and/or a scope would give way better results (but obviously more money).

[@FelixsAstrophotography]

you are of course right. That is why I recommended using the lens at a focal length of 75-135. Your comment will definitely help some beginners. Thank you. I usually use a large telescope anyway

[@FelixsAstrophotography]

what did you photograph with the lens?

[@qwertymonsta]

@@FelixsAstrophotography I did Orion and Andromeda. When trying to process Andromeda (after getting a star tracker), I decided I wanted something better since the stars were awful.

[@qwertymonsta]

@@FelixsAstrophotography I got a Astrotech 72edii and it's been great so far. I have been photographing some galaxies (M51,M101,M104, and Leo's Triplet so far). The focal length is a bit low, but I can crop in and get decent details.

[@FelixsAstrophotography]

Fantastic.Thank you so much for your answer😊🙏

[@Max_Hertlein]

👍

[@FelixsAstrophotography]

😊🙏

[@Max_Hertlein]

Well done

[@FelixsAstrophotography]

Thanks a lot🙏

[@nothughmahn]

That's nice, but I would suggest the 55-250mm since it, on average, performs better and has IS, which can help outside of astrophotography too.

[@FelixsAstrophotography]

Thanks a lot for your helpful comment 😊🙏

[@sandrahertlein2719]

Hey Felix Thanks for the Information. Please make more videos on your equipment. Very interesting

[@FelixsAstrophotography]

Vielen Dank😊🙏

[@SupraStututututu]

Nice!

[@FelixsAstrophotography]

Thank you so so much 😊

[@utube321piotr]

Great video. Please be more specific about the lens since Canon made several versions of 73-300.

[@FelixsAstrophotography]

I can check again. It should be version 3😊

[@FelixsAstrophotography]

Thank you for your nice comment. Do you also own this lens?

[@utube321piotr]

@@FelixsAstrophotography I do own the very first generation of Canon EF 75-300 for full frame, but the lens doesn't AF anymore and I haven used it is a while. Plant to fix it. I tried however my both Nikkors 300mm, one with f4 the other f4.5. Both seem to work ok for moon shooting. I understand that coma is a major blemish with lenses and very few of them are free of that. That is the reason I asked specifically for model.

[@tonykeltsflorida]

I live in a very light polluted area and lots of trees. However, I do have some moon pictures with the 75-300 lens. I got a 2x teleconverter to shoot the moon at 600mm.

[@FelixsAstrophotography]

very nice.That's a good idea.Thank you for your comment.What camera do you use?

[@tonykeltsflorida]

@@FelixsAstrophotography Canon M6 mark II. I use a Viltrox adapter EF to EF-M.

[@FelixsAstrophotography]

@tonykeltsflorida Thank you for your answer. 😊Have you ever tried photographing deep sky objects?

[@tonykeltsflorida]

@@FelixsAstrophotography No. This area is not good for it. It has been years since I saw 🪐 Saturn in a telescope out by the Missouri River in Montana.

[@kayaanvlogsandgaming7031]

Hey Felix, Great Work! Please make more videos about the Canon EOS 2000d DSLR..I'm planning to buy it..

[@FelixsAstrophotography]

Thank you so so much.For Sure I am going to make more videos about the Canon EOS 2000D in the future. I used this camera for all my images so far. What exactly or which video about this camera would you be interested in?

[@kayaanvlogsandgaming7031]

@@FelixsAstrophotography I would like to use it for Astrophotography and Safari/Wildlife Photography. I'm already subscribed since 2023

[@FelixsAstrophotography]

Great.Thanks a lot.😊🙏

[@FelixsAstrophotography]

Would you also like to buy a star tracker?

[@kayaanvlogsandgaming7031]

@@FelixsAstrophotography No I will be doing it on a simple tripod

[@victorcarvalho9708]

Hey Felix, nice work, I have a canon T7+ (I think it is the same as your 2000D but they call it T7+ on south america) do you have any tips for someone (like me) that is starting now on the hobby? I literally don't know much about, sometimes I go camping and on the last two camping I pointed my camera to the sky but my pics was something between awful and lame hahahaha How can I improve my pics? For now I only have the camera, a 75-300, just like yours, a 18-55, a 50mm and a tripod, I'm from Brazil and we don't have easy access to trackers or telescopes down here. For now I'm interested on deep space objects. What would be your first advice for someone with a setup like mine?

[@FelixsAstrophotography]

First of all, thank you very much for your nice comment.😊🙏 The most important tip I can give you is stacking. Through this process, you can combine several images and achieve a significantly longer exposure time.

[@FelixsAstrophotography]

Otherwise, a star tracker is of course a huge opportunity to improve your images even more. If you have any further questions, please feel free to ask me

[@FelixsAstrophotography]

Since I was just talking about stacking, I've already made a video about it. There I show how you can create great images without tracking. The video is called Astrophotography without tracking... Maybe that will help you. If you have any questions, just let me know

[@victorcarvalho9708]

@@FelixsAstrophotography I'll watch it, thank you very much :)

[@FelixsAstrophotography]

@@victorcarvalho9708 No problem