KTAR News by KEN COLBURN 10/23/2021
While serious astrophotography requires a pile of expensive DSLR camera equipment, you can actually get decent images from your smartphone with a little work.
A couple of keys to capturing the night sky are focus and keeping the phone still as the shutter will need to be open for an extended period of time.
Get to know your camera settings
The only way to approach this type of photography is to learn how to use the manual settings on your smartphone’s camera app.
You’ll want to learn how to set the focus to infinity, increase the sensitivity to light (ISO), extend the exposure time and set a delay timer to take the shot.
If there’s a RAW option, you’ll want to turn it on so you have more to work with after you take the shot.
In some cases, such as newer Google Pixel smartphones, there may actually be an astrophotography setting already built into the camera app, usually in the low lighting or night sight mode.
More:
https://ktar.com/story/4735375/yes-you-can-take-presentable-astronomy-photos-on-phone-camera/
