In the past, photographers have traditionally relied on manual focusing. Here's what Olympus says about the feature, "Starry Sky AF, which is new for the OM-D E-M1 Mark III, is a feature that will revolutionize the world of astrophotography. Somehow my manual focusing with the 12mm lens had completely missed the mark. I checked the shots before I packed things up and, with my aging eyesight, all looked good… until I uploaded them onto my computer. I focused on the stars, like I’ve done countless times before, and repeated the 4-shot pano. The results looked good on the LCD, but I wanted a slightly larger field of view so I switched to the 12mm F2.0 lens. So, I got up at 3 a.m., walked a short distance from the hotel, set up my E-M1X with the 17mm F1.2 lens and proceeded to create a 4-shot panorama. On a recent trip to Monument Valley, I wanted to photograph the ‘mittens’ under the light of a full moon. Now I try to photograph the night sky whenever an opportunity presents itself. A few short years ago, I was one of those self-doubting photographers. Today’s digital cameras and lenses are able to capture high quality night sky images like never before, and with more and more great images making their way onto social media, photographers who felt that this type of photography was beyond their skill set are now being inspired to get out and photograph in the dead of night. Every night when he turns on the television, I say, "I'm going to learn more astronomy." It's much easier to learn with the visuals and animations, at least for me, then it would be by reading a book however, I intend to get an astronomy textbook from the library when I'm done with the exercises, and use this app to learn even more.Astrophotography has become one of the fastest growing genres of photography. My husband thinks this is hilarious, because we are in our 70s. I'm getting a great deal of enjoyment out of this. The software is very thorough, so much so that I suspect there are features I'll never use. I'm repeating some of the exercises if I don't understand them completely. I'm doing one or more exercises every evening and learning a great deal. I've always wanted to know more about the night sky, and to have a better understanding of all those wonderful things up there. (Original post:) I didn't have the opportunity to study astronomy in high school or college, and I've always loved planetariums, but we rarely get the chance to go to one. Where do I sign up for the sophomore, junior and senior courses? I loved every minute. UPDATE: I finished this wonderful course. Organization, Size and Scale of the Solar System.Galileo Strengthens and the Heliocentric Model.You’ll be amazed at what you learn and what a great time you'll have with your course and this program. The Starry Night College App for the iPad is guaranteed to make it easier for astronomy students to visually grasp the concepts of astronomy. It shows you 2.6 million stars, and 31,000 deep sky objects - including the entire NGC/IC catalog and it includes nearly 18,000 asteroids, comets, and satellites with updateable orbits. A massive object database and the ability to leave Earth and fly into orbit around any Solar System object or nearby star is a most popular feature. Integrated exercises are joined to hundreds of simulations, images and interactions! The exercises are even mapped to popular astronomy textbooks. 45 lessons are built in to the application. The Starry Night College App includes thousands of astronomical images, and contains encyclopedic descriptions of the constellations, stars and planets. It lets you find objects in the sky using your iPad’s built-in compass and accelerometer. It puts thousands of stars and planets at your fingertips. It's a powerful, portable planetarium that fits in your backpack. Use it with your introductory astronomy textbook or on its own. The Starry Night College App for the iPad is the most comprehensive educational astronomy app - period.
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