A Manual of Advanced Celestial Photography
A Manual of Advanced Celestial Photography by
Brad Wallis and Robert Provin is the most comprehensive book on astrophotography
ever
published. Topics and techniques are covered that go far beyond the scope
of any other publication in this area.
Some of the areas discussed include:
Chapter 1: A BRIEF HISTORY OF ASTRONOMICAL PHOTOGRAPHY
Chapter 2: INSTRUMENTATION ( Optical Systems, Mountings,
Drives)
Chapter 3: TECHNIQUES AT THE TELESCOPE ( Polar Alignment,
Guiding Focusing)
Chapter 4: THEORETICAL POINTS OF INTEREST ( Photographic
Resolutions, Raytrace Reality )
Chapter 5: SENSITOMETRY ( How to Measure Film Speeds,
What is a D LOG E Curve? & much more)
Chapter 6: BLACK AND WHITE PHOTOGRAPHY ( Characteristics
of films and developers, picking the best for your work )
Chapter 7: COLOR PHOTOGRAPHY (How they Work, Color Basics,
Color Reciprocity Failure, Tri-Color )
Chapter 8: INTRODUCTORY DARKROOM TECHNIQUES (Equipment,
Processing, Printing & more )
Chapter 9: ADVANCED DARKROOM TECHNIQUES ( Mosaics, Masking,
Integration Printing & more )
Chapter 10: HYPERSENSITIZING TECHNIQUES ( The works !)
Chapter 11: DEEP-SKY ASTROPHOTOGRAPHY ( Wide and Narrow
field work, FILTERS)
Chapter 12: HIGH RESOLUTION PHOTOGRAPHY (SEEING
, Planetary, Lunar & Solar Eclipses
388 pages including Appendices and a spectacular Bibliography
A Manual of Advanced Celestial Photography is
now
but used copies can quite probably be
can be ordered from AMAZON and from
BARNES
& NOBLE .
Be sure and watch for From Silver to Silicon
the latest work by Wallis and Provin, to be published by Willmann-Bell.
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