Digital SLR Astrophotograhy book

[themaninthesuitcase]

Having finished making every photon count, which I really enjoyed, I had a look for other books on the subject. I've found Digital SLR Astrophotograhy by Michael A Covington and have read the kindle sample which we well written.

My only concern is that it was published in 2007 and I worry that a lot has changed in those 6 years. Is this book still relevant and worth the £18.68?

[lensman57]

Having finished making every photon count, which I really enjoyed, I had a look for other books on the subject. I've found Digital SLR Astrophotograhy by Michael A Covington and have read the kindle sample which we well written.

My only concern is that it was published in 2007 and I worry that a lot has changed in those 6 years. Is this book still relevant and worth the £18.68?

There is abook called "Lessons from the Masters" currently about £37.00 from amazon, it is supposed to be up to date .

A.G

[jambouk]

The Covington one is good, an interesting read where you can skip bits you might know, and read (and re-read) other bits; it depends on how much you already know. You could ask your local library to get you it on a special loan from another library if you wanted to look at it first, else do you have any astronomy friends who could lend you a copy?

It would be in SGL members interest to have a lending service, where they post copies of their books to other users for them to have a look at / read, then the user sends it back and the borrower pays for postage on both journeys. It might not be in the authors / publishers best interests though.

James

[themaninthesuitcase]

I have downloaded the Kindle sample of Lessons from the masters, but it will have to be rather good as £38 is rather spendy for a book!

The lending idea would be good but I suspect the market isn't huge for these books and such a library would hurt the market.  Also a lot of these books seem to be ones you will want to refer back to in future rather than just read through the once.

[jambouk]

The lending idea could be both to read once, and also give you an idea if it's a book you want to buy and own yourself. It depends if you want to spend £4 to borrow a copy.

I love books, so have a low threshold for finding a cheaper second hand copy of any book i like the look of.

James

[themaninthesuitcase]

I am not a huge reader, though have been trying to change this recently. A book has to really take me to buy it and it takes me a while to read them so loaning a book isn't a great option.

[glowingturnip]

+1 for the Covington, I'm still using mine as a reference, plenty of current and relevant stuff in it

[glowingturnip]

also I sent him (Covington) a query once, and got a prompt and helpful reply - I always respect that in an author.  Not sure he'd want me to be promoting his advisory services though !

[ianaiken]

+1 for Lessons from the Masters.  It was on sale yesterday when I got the Kindle version.  Sorry for dragging up an old thread! :-)

[rob0971]

I got "Getting started: Long exposure astrophotography" by Allan Hall for Xmas. Its a great book for both DSLR & CCD users & is bang up to date. It is also under a tenner..…..bargain!

[Pete Presland]

There is abook called "Lessons from the Masters" currently about £37.00 from amazon, it is supposed to be up to date .

A.G

i have been bought this book for christmas. i have not read much of it, so i can not say too much about it. but a quick skim through and what i have read so far, it seems a good source of info. it has lots of well respected contributors and covers a lot of types of astrophotography, from widefield, planetary, dso's and solar. 

judging on the first few chapters, i will probably have to read it a few times to understand some the subjects that are discussed.