What do I need to photograph the sky (Example, morning clouds)? I mean, what sor

Question: What do I need to photograph the sky (Example, morning clouds)!? I mean, what sort of camera, equipment, etc!?

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ANY camera, but the better the camera, the better your image will be!. Sorry, folks, but this is one time when equipment does make a difference!. A "lesser" camera will tend to introduce some blotchiness into the sky!. I often use the ability of a camera to give a good rendering of the sky as an indication of quality!.

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I don't know what kind of camera you have, but you will be more pleased with the results you get if you can use a polarizing filter!. Go here and you will see the difference: http://www!.flickr!.com/photos/samfeinstei!.!.!. Click on Dawg's link, also!. You want a "circular polarizer!."

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It depends on how much money you want to spend!. For better results, you want an SLR!. If you are "going digital," then you want a DSLR!. The sky will not break apart on film the way it does on a cheaper digital camera!. Here's a comparison that I just did today for an entirely different reason, but it might be useful to you!.
http://www!.flickr!.com/photos/samfeinstei!.!.!.
Look very carefully and you will see that there are some small blotches in the sky in the D50 samples!. It is VERY slight, but it is there!. Compare that to the D200 and D300 samples and you will see that the "better" cameras do a better job!. A VERY slightly better job!. A D40 would be about the same as the D50; maybe better!. Truthfully, once you get into a current DSLR, I don't think anyone could argue that there is much difference!.

Here's the sky with a point and shoot camera!. A darn GOOD point and shoot camera!. http://www!.flickr!.com/photos/samfeinstei!.!.!.

See the difference!?

Check out these shots and see what camera I used:
http://www!.flickr!.com/photos/samfeinstei!.!.!.

None of the shots in the last link used a polarizer!. I think that you will really want to use a polarizer if you get serious about sky and cloud pictures, so I would recommend an SLR!.

Here we go back in the circles of my mind!.!.!.!.!.!.

Any film SLR will do just fine and, frankly, any digital SLR (DSLR) will do pretty well, too!. They won't give you as pure a rendition of the sky as film, but they will be decent!.

Given that, go with your budget!. I am a Nikon fan, so I'd say to look at a Nikon D40, D60, D90, or D300 and buy what you can afford!. Start with the 18-55 VR kit lens on the smaller cameras or the really top-notch 17-55 f/2!.8 on the bigger cameras!. Get a circular polarizing filter and you are good to go!.

My recommendation that is most likely for someone who is just starting to get into this stuff would be the D60 with the 18-55 VR lens and you will be happy for a long time before you want a longer lens!. If you want to get nice views of moon, you will want at least 200 or 300mm capability!. The 70-300 VR Nikon lens is acceptable quality for not terribly much money!.

(Go here if you want to know what the discussion was about in the first place: http://www!.flickr!.com/photos/samfeinstei!.!.!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Depends,,,for black and white film you'll need dark filters!. For color digital camera you'll need manual exposure control, the beauty of digital is keep adjusting manual till you get pictures you want!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

i would go with a slr or dslr!. here is a link to canons cameras, i have the rebel xti and i love it!.!.
http://www!.usa!.canon!.com/consumer/contro!.!.!.
you will also need a tripod and a shutter release remote if you want to take picutes of the stars!.Www@QuestionHome@Com