Tanja and I are going to try to use a smartphone for astrophotography. Here we go.
We’ve been challenged by Huawei to use their new Mate 8 smartphone to create some epic astrophotography.
Seriously…we’re as doubtful as you, but we’ve accepted the challenge.
Now, we’ve all got humble beginnings. I know the first (technically…) astrophoto I’ve ever taken was me holding my smartphone camera up to the eyepiece my telescope to take a quick (and pretty horrible) snap of the moon at close range.
But, Huawei thinks we can do more with the Mate 8
Supposedly, their new Mate 8 phone has an amazing camera with excellent low light capability. I’ve heard that before…will it match up? And, more importantly, what kind of actual software wrangling will it take for Tanja and I to get the Mate 8 to actually create a passable astrophotography image with its mobile phone camera?
We can shoot the Milky Way, they said.
We can shoot star trails, they said. (seriously?!)
We can create light painting images, they said.
So we’re going to try.
In 2016, we’ve started something we call #EveryNewMoon
#EveryNewMoon is an idea we had after a miserable year of weather in 2015 for astrophotography. For 2016, we pledge to make full use of every new moon in 2016 to take astrophotos, no matter what, even if we have to travel — and we have some epic plans.
We’re going to take the Huawei Mate 8 on our next #EveryNewMoon adventures and see what it can do!
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