Equipment

The camera I used until December of ‘23 is a Canon T8i. This camera has been a great beginner DSLR. This camera has produced professional quality on a budget.

I now use the Canon r8 for all photography after December ‘23.

Lenses

• RF 24-50mm f/4.5-6.3 IS STM

• EFS 18-55mm f/4-5.6 IS STM (sold)

• EF 75-300mm f/4-5.6 III (sold)

• EF 85mm f/1.8 USM

• EF 50mm f/1.8 STM

• Tamron 28-75mm f/2.8 Macro (sold)

• Rokinon 14mm f/2.8 (sold)

Lens Filters/Adapters

• URTH circular polarizer

• URTH UV Filter

• K&F Variable ND filter ND8-ND2000

• Farpoint Astro Bahtinov mask

• Canon EF to RF adapter

• JJC Intervalometer

• Vivitar portable LED light panel

• Godox AD200 pro

• Godox X Proii c Controller

Misc.

Astro Gear

The real start to photography for me started in December 2021 when I started researching telescopes after seeing news about the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). I had been following along with its launch date and mission and decided I wanted to give astrophotography a go as well. I started off with simple pictures through the telescope with my iPhone and.. well.. you’ll see how far it has come along since then.

• Celestron StarSense Explorer dx 130az

Newtonian reflector Aperture 130mm. Focal Length 650mm Focal Ratio f/5          

• Sky-Watcher Star Adventurer 2i Pro Pack

• Lens warmer

• Celestron 14 piece plossl eyepiece set

• DSLR to Telescope T-adapter kit

Processing Software

• Photoshop

• Lightroom, Classic, and Mobile

• GIMP (Gnu Image Manipulation Program)

• Topaz Labs Photo AI, DeNoise AI, Gigapixel AI, Sharpen AI

• HeliconFocus

• SiriL

• Starnet++

• Linkeos

• DeepSkyStacker

• PiPP (Planetary Image Pre Processor)