How to master Astrophotography with the Canon EOS Ra

We've been excited to share this one with you for a while! Join astrophotographer Fergus Kennedy in the high mountains of Almeria, Spain and the Calar Alto Observatory, as he shares how to use the new Canon EOS Ra to capture stunning images from the Milky Way and the tricks of the astrophotography trade.
Far from light pollution, this is the largest astronomical complex in continental Europe - and the perfect viewpoint to capture the majesty of the night sky. A specialised version of the Canon EOS R, the Canon EOS Ra is a full-frame mirrorless camera for photographers eager to capture high-quality images of everything from distant galaxies to dazzling star trails.
"I've done wide-angle astrophotography - landscape shots of the Milky Way - for a number of years," says Fergus. "Canon EOS Ra brings it to the next level."
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[@harry_hough]

This is great! I have always wanted to try astrophotography but have been worried that you need a lot of equipment to be able to take a good shot. Watching this video has opened my eyes as to what is possible with minimal gear and what you need if you are going to take pictures of deep sky objects. Learning not just about the EOS Ra but also how to capture the night sky generally is what makes this video truly amazing. Love the visuals and I am definitely going to take a trip to Calar Alto soon!

[@jeroexx]

Buddy you can do literally everything that he said in this video with a standard dslr or slr. heck you can even photograph the milkyway with your phone. the quality is of course not as great. all I can say is, you dont nead the eosra for doing astrophotgraphy. I started out with my ten year old Nikon D3100 with it's kit lens and was able to shoot the milkyway galaxy. what the eosra does better than your standard dslrs are, that it doesn't have the infrared filter (which you can by the way remove from any camera) that lets you see fainter obejcts that are in only visible in the infrared specturm. what I wanna say is, dont buy the eosra if you want to do astrophotography, start out with the camera and lens you have,

[@creeper360bill]

The EOS Ra is a fucking scam. In this video they were idiotic enough to showcase a broadband target (Andromeda) which doesn't require a camera sensitive to hydrogen-alpha light - which is the whole point of EOS Ra. For the price of this stupid camera you could almost buy an entire astrophotography setup with a proper GoTo equatorial mount and telescope. The camera lens used in this video is also TWELVE THOUSAND fucking dollars. You can buy a comparable telescope that will give better image quality for $800 USD (AT80EDT) and it has a longer focal length. This entire video is so incredibly stupid, $2500 camera + $12000 camera lens???

[@Zi7ar21]

There’s dedicated astrophotography cameras that perform way better and are way better for way less money... I please hope you didn’t purchase this...

[@JorshBrushTV]

Any camera can be modded to do astrophotography. Only remove infrared filter with some care and knowledge.

[@christopher-peterkelevedji2734]

@@creeper360bill pls calm down

[@theferdinandangeles]

this video is so fascinating it's almost therapeutic

[@yuhanna_kapali]

I can't believe i just watch full 30 min ad and some how feel inspired ! Would love see more ad like this one

[@trceb]

This is honestly one of the most helpful videos on Milhy way shots I have seen. thank you. ill be trying this soon with my Eos R

[@AstroFarsography]

Canon is used mostly by us astrophotographers. I use a modified 600D myself. When the Ra was announced there was a few people in the community scratching their heads by this product. Though the more I think about it, the more I kind of get excited by it and want to try it myself one day.

[@asdfsadfsdaf]

Or you could buy a used D5300 for 200€, modify it yourself and have better images than you could ever dream about with a 600D ^^

[@shopafelic]

And all this time I've only been shooting the milky way. So much to explore out there, but lots of expensive glass and other equipment too.

[@marlynnxoxoo1858]

QQ0ww AzA

[@Zalooofu]

absolutely loved this!!!

[@FALCONEYEMEDIA]

I do something small astro photography with my powershot camera . Now I got an idea how professionally people are getting into this field with these gears. Loved it

[@shawnewaltonify]

check out astrobackyard channel

[@xe1zlgg]

The great advantage is on H alpha for the EOS Ra... H alpha wavelength is before the infrared light and is the strongest emission in emission nebula.... indeed infrared ligth is not well allowed because in many optical systems infrared light is not well focused as visible wavelengths causing bloated stars. Nice video.

[@kurtozan251]

Good combo of camera ad and instructional entertaining video! Loved it.

[@billvinson7859]

I will be ordering my EOS Ra next week. I have the EOS 60Da but this new camera is full frame. I can’t wait.

[@telemaq76]

An old 6d modified will be far better and far cheaper

[@ErenYeager-iw2yz]

Lucky you

[@grahamhgraham]

Great video Fergus. You've made me consider getting the Ra as soon as Xmas is out the way.

[@leonrw5873]

@Christiaan Baron Dude, can you shut up? There's a way of removing satellites from pictures, stop destroying the inspiration of people with overexaggerated statements.

[@leonrw5873]

@Christiaan Baron what?

[@JorshBrushTV]

0:10 Celestron AVX for sure, my little beast to tracking stars :)

[@nadirteymurov1]

When it comes to nebula like Great Orion Nebula that you imaged, it's not about "4 times more infrared light" like you mentioned, but rather more H-Alpha (hydrogen, 656nm) line that is not blocked by IR-block filter of stock normal Canon.

[@Matt_10203]

Yep. More infrared wouldnt be better since infrared is normally cut out due to it coming through the scope or lens unfocused.

[@edwinm9649]

That picture of Andromeda Galaxy was just stunning..!!!

[@chrispewkreme]

I’ve gotten amazing images shooting with a EOS M50 on a 32mm f1.4. But this RA is definitely a beast for Astro. Thanks for the sweet video! It’s filled with nothing but the basics and is quick and easy to follow.

[@henrypalmer9358]

Please re-release a new version of this camera! i want one!!

[@gregstirling7588]

Absolutely terrific video. So well produced and narrated. Thank you very much.

[@rsridhar63]

Awesome video. Crystal clear explanation. Enjoyed watching every bit. You have got a new fan of yours. Keep it going. 😊

[@clanelliott0305]

stunning set of photos

[@donaldmartin6816]

Looks like I found my favorite, excellent.

[@dileepnagaraj104]

A Dream which I always dreamed of ( astrophotography) ... Wish i could get my own Dslr some day 🙂

[@julese7790]

I got the Ra, excellent camera indeed. Found out the timelapse mode with this video >< now I'm going to try it ASAP

[@CanonEurope]

Tag us if you post any of your pictures online!

[@billgeoghegan6112]

Great video on every level. I'm going to use this info to go out and shoot tonight. Thanks!

[@egarcia0033]

This is so cool! Thank you for taking the time to explain and share. :)

[@CoyotePark]

Great video and those Andromeda and Nebulae shots were awesome :)

[@markymarek]

Love it Great video

[@mvp_kryptonite]

I love the part where we travel to Spain, hook up the equatorial mount, $14k lens and capture wonderful shots. Joking aside, these astro version bodies should just be available to buy, I’d like to buy one for this photography

[@TheRealHarrypm]

EOS R with a different filter stack from the looks of it but if you remove the filter stack of any modern full-frame you get 20-35 percentile more light and simply use whatever filter you need for application and or spectrum that you wish to capture.

[@davekelly8168]

Absolutely cracking video. One of Canons best in my opinion..

[@veloztr]

hey there, awesome video and amazing photography! well done! Can you let us know which app you used to check the milky way? Thank you!

[@CanonEurope]

Fergus used Star Walk 2

[@veloztr]

@@CanonEurope Thank you!

[@Twobarpsi]

So jealous of your Andromeda picture!!

[@belaldarder7380]

This is very inspiring, thank you for sharing this.

[@RLRPhotography]

Another point is knowing the wildlife. Like sounds they make and behavior. Fear not knowing what’s out there can cut short a night session if you start hearing noises you don’t know what they come from.

[@eriksmith33]

Such a wonderful and informative video! Thank you for sharing

[@lawrenceharris1819]

I can't find info in the manual to tell the camera to take a series of exposures by itself. Where have I missed this info? Ideally a few minutes sub-frames.

[@edilsonbaloi5544]

I am now inspired to get into astrophotography

[@asdfsadfsdaf]

@Christiaan Baron that's what kappa sigma is for :)

[@leonrw5873]

@@asdfsadfsdaf ikr

[@Dvid9331]

That 15-35mm lens is amazing. It's sad that I'll never have enough money to be able to afford it 😞😢

[@michael_swardh]

Amazing pictures!

[@nin4uonly]

Beautiful.. stunning photos :)

[@PuntokUno1014]

I have a 14yr old nikon d40 and still can get awesome milkyway shots.

[@astrophotonics9470]

Not surprised at this new model since Canon is the preferred DSLR of most Astrphotographers, myself included.

[@bluename4]

how do you search without a "finder telescope" for the objects to be observed?

[@removewaterfromyourphone]

Can you do this with an EOS R?

[@Starlifter-Flight-engineer]

Love it Can you share how you mounted you canon gear to your Mount Please? I have a Canon EOS R3 with lenses from 15mm to500MM and a Sky Watcher EQM-35 Equatorial Mount and having issues mounting my camera to it. Thank you

[@CanonEurope]

Hi Bruce - we would suggest going to the @SkyWatcherTelescope team for help, but if you let us know what kind of problems you're facing we'll see if we can offer any useful suggestions based on our experience 👍

[@philipsmith276]

How is this camera in video mode to record live stars and ISS moving across the sky?

[@johngunning2123]

Seriously amazing!

[@SpaceFactsWax]

Thanks for sharing. I had the chance to see a rocket launch in 2018. Amazing experience. I shared a pretty fun video of the trip to my page.

[@clockworkorangegrove]

Excellent video. What music was used?

[@AyazAli-ee9yd]

This really wonderful i wish i could shoot with this cam some day

[@NatesEscape]

What app is that? Looks like a brilliant camera!

[@MusaonYT]

This is amazing!

[@SUMO305]

What is the adapter you use to fit the Ra onto a telescope

[@0000oooopppp]

Amazing. I didn't know it was possible to have long exposures of 120s.

[@murf411_4]

Joel G yup! There are people that can get 10 min single exposures, but they are using equatorial mounts and auto guiding.

[@kas19932]

There are cameras specially designed for astrophotograpy with exposures of 30min to hours.

[@asnlem4772]

@@kas19932 aren't hot pixels a big problem?

[@kas19932]

@@asnlem4772 no idea what kind of black magic they use. Check this. Have 33min exposure ASI6200MC Pro

[@lukuscarter3563]

Absolutely astounding!

[@mehdiibehnas4643]

Wonderful😍😍

[@manaspanda8383]

Thank you sir this is video awesome

[@gerrycalub4684]

What rail did you attach to your big lens? I've been looking for a rail to attach to my 300mm 2.8

[@Thanveer47k]

Can anyone tell me which application was he using to track the galaxy on his phone ??

[@xchanjaycejas1606]

Try the star walk app

[@kvillapando02]

Photopills. I've been using it for a year now and it's pretty awesome.

[@Thanveer47k]

Kevin Villapando its a paid app 🤦🏻‍♂️😫

[@LEXPIX]

Nice, love the night sky.;

[@yr3608]

Whats the app to see where the galaxy is going to be?

[@DS-zg3sw]

Great video, really enjoyed the delivery. But please can you explain why the Ra is so expensive when compared to the R?

[@CanonEurope]

Glad you enjoyed the video :). Very good question. The EOS Ra and the EOS R do share similar specs, however, the EOS Ra has a modified infrared sensor, so that you can bring out the reddish colour in Nebula. For astrophotography, it means the EOS Ra sensor will perform better than the EOS R.

[@Xcron]

I would love to get my hands on this camera, currently running an 80D as I learn more about photography and slowly get into the field of astrophotography. My biggest question is how this camera, for such a large investment, handles regular photography scenarios with the heightened Ha sensitivity? Does it show on regular photos? Is it detrimental to non-astrophotography?

[@CanonEurope]

Hi @Xcron, the Canon EOS Ra can be used like an ordinary camera. However, as a consequence of its higher sensitivity to some infrared frequencies, some colours will look strange as it will capture colours in flowers and some man-made fibres, for example, that the unaided eye doesn't detect. Learn more about the EOS Ra's advanced features with our Canon astro photography expert Matteo La Torre: www.canon-europe.com/pro/stories/how-eos-ra-supercharges-astrophotography/

[@Xcron]

@@CanonEurope Okay, so it's not entirely recommended, as the extra income of red can throw off the natural colour balance a bit. Thank you very much. I'll do some more digging, I'd really like to see how much of a difference it makes in regular photography.

[@ntt2k]

@@CanonEurope Can this extra spectrum of light be removed in post-processing? Or even an in-camera option for this?

[@douglasfurlong1]

I like the 10 second timer comment, and then you were like 4oo meters away lmao...So when you take these nice photos are they all 10 seconds or are you stacking multiple photo shots? Do you still use the Canon Ra? or is there a newer model? Keep up the grate work?

[@gwenlyn10]

Awesome video! May I ask what the name of the music tracks on the video is?

[@gwenlyn10]

Especially the track after 2:40

[@VikhyathrajShettyK]

Any insights into which equitorial tracking mount is used in this video? I'm very much interested in pairing that up with my Canon 6D Mii

[@gwlantz32]

Looks like a Celestron AVX

[@briandonnelly3052]

Is the EOS Ra exclusively an astrophotography camera?

[@quite1enough]

I really hope for implementation of star tracking with ibis in new r5 and r6

[@andredo4880]

Why is it unavailable to buy?

[@assoumione1335]

I can make like this for canon 90D I want like photos by camera canon 90D

[@pushpakgujar7595]

which app did you used to find milky way on your phone??

[@CanonEurope]

Fergus used Star Walk 2

[@yuskemo]

i always wanted to capture the milkway or the stars but my 1200d and its default 18-55 lens are not able do that :/

[@martinlukac3313]

Dude just try it and dont cry that you have "bad" equipment

[@keith2599]

I was thinking of doing astro photography, To keep quality at a premium can you use a lower iso and bring the exposure up in Lightroom or to that effect...iv done this before and seemed to work ok...please let me know your thoughts...Great video and really enjoyed this....

[@MrIrnBro]

Depends on how your ISO-variant your camera is.. it sounds counter intuitive but it can actually give a better signal to noise ratio by pushing the ISO higher instead of shooting at lower ISO and boosting brightness later.. the higher ISO shot can give you less noise. Depends on the camera and the ISOs

[@altinceveli3605]

Amazing!

[@thelordofcubing]

Can we do normal photography with this. Because almost all dslr or mirrorless cameras have an infrared filters, this doesn't have that, good for astrophotography but what about normal photography?

[@sunsunbanpo3732]

What is the len that use in this video?

[@giraoshaw]

Can the Ra do regular photography too? The landscape photography bit threw me off guard since I thought it was strictly an astrophotography camera

[@CanonEurope]

Hi Gira, it is indeed an astrophotography camera. If you scroll down the comment section a little, we have provided a response to this question to Vasileios Tzerpos , so hopefully that will be helpful to you too :)

[@andyowen997]

which app was used to see when and when the milky way would be in site ?

[@andrefreestye3312]

Andy Owen yesss I need that app

[@andrefreestye3312]

We need the name

[@CanonEurope]

Fergus used Star Walk 2

[@nickminderman7380]

Is it possible to send my new eosR to canon and have them modify it for Astro. I'm just past my return time :(

[@Annodite]

Can you tell us which Celestron equatorial mount you're using? Thanks!

[@kas19932]

All Celestron equatorial mounts are working perfect. They different with the load they can hold. I think he was using CGX.

[@astrophotonics9470]

He was using a AVX mount.

[@leonrw5873]

@@kas19932 The CGX is wayyyyyy bigger than the AVX

[@nauxuywol]

How about shooting with a Google Pixel 4?

[@prabhakarrao4922]

I hope the sensor is better than the one in my 5D mk IV

[@glennmccreery2780]

The 5D IV can do well at astrophotography providing that you implement long exposure noise reduction. I was having a green-banding problem until I did this. Exposures do take twice as long though. .

[@billgeoghegan6112]

What's the best shutter speed for this? Generally when shooting video you keep your shutter speed at twice the frame rate. But if you're shooting only one frame every 30 seconds does that mean you can drop the shutter speed for extra light (as long as it isn't so slow to create star trails)?

[@MrIrnBro]

Look up the NPF rule for ideal shutter speeds for astrophotography.. it varies depending on sensor, lens and target

[@nickminderman7380]

I have the regular R and I have always wondered can I shoot my normal photography with the ra like portraits? What would be the negatives

[@CanonEurope]

If you scroll down the comment section a little, we provided a detailed answer on this question to Vasileios Tzerpos , so hopefully that will be helpful to you too :)

[@yaredbaun]

Could you she does this with entry level camera + kit lens??

[@rel7604]

She?

[@aldiiswadi8101]

@@rel7604 i think english not his second language

[@DemonKitty666_]

What app did he use to find the milky-way? I'm interested in using it to find planets. I know someone who's photographed the moon and saturn

[@Dave-fk5bu]

Photopills

[@LaQuient]

Is there a difference between the Ra and the R when it comes to to street or portrait photography? Or would photographers use the Ra only for the Night sky?

[@MrIrnBro]

You can put a filter onto a Ra to block out the extra wavelengths it can see and in effect make it like a stock R

[@AmieW]

5:20 lol there's no raw capture when shooting without intervalometer?

[@cristianialongo6670]

Meraviglioso bravissimo

[@corentinreix7585]

What is the app to see Space in ar?

[@KalyaniPhaltankar]

looks amazing

[@sonishmagar]

which application is that???

[@matiaz285]

The name of the app?? Plsssss 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@wesleyanismlucas8816]

You can search for photopills

[@matiaz285]

@@wesleyanismlucas8816 thanks

[@len.whistler]

0:14 Shouldn't the stars and camera be in sync?

[@user-qw6yn9ol4z]

LenWhistler well it did until it reached the zenith because i think you have to do whats called a meridian flip correct me if im wrong

[@telemaq76]

They are sync

[@voldyriddle3337]

Anyone knows the app he was using to locate the stars ?

[@CanonEurope]

Fergus used Star Walk 2.

[@ferdiatmaca2596]

what is name of tripod

[@adamosaurusrex66]

It would be cool if this camera could be undiscontinued.

[@davidealboresilenzi9234]

Damn.. So beautiful... But, when a new astro camera??? 😅

[@njrivetelite]

Which app is that?

[@nguyenkien5837]

What app U are using ??

[@CanonEurope]

Hi! There are a few available but the one the team used here is @photopills