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Subject: Help Moon

FranOnTheEdge opened this issue on Sep 18, 2005 · 8 posts
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FranOnTheEdge ( ) posted Sun, 18 September 2005 at 4:09 PM · edited Mon, 02 December 2024 at 1:15 AM

Can you help me? I've been happily taking shots of everything out here in Oman, but tonight my husband went out and took some lovely shots of the moon with his Fuji finepix S7000. We think my Cannon EOS 20D might be able to take better shots (less fuzzy in close-up) if only I could figure out what settings to use. I've tried using Av with the exposure down as far as it'll go, and I've tried putting the aperture value at 8.0, 6.3 and 10. I've tried the white balance at AWB, Cloudy and even Sunny - but all I ever get is a bright white disc. I've tried Tv, and fiddled with that... M fiddled with that... nothing nada zilch. Help???

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TobinLam ( ) posted Sun, 18 September 2005 at 4:16 PM

It's a bright disc because it is overexposed. The darkness of the sky is tricking the metering mode. You should try manual mode and speed up the shutter and shrink the aperture until you get what you want.

DJB ( ) posted Sun, 18 September 2005 at 4:39 PM

file_291505.jpg

I tried a few,and came up with this..You can see my settings.

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tasquah ( ) posted Sun, 18 September 2005 at 5:10 PM

Hey great tips , Thanks for sharing . I always wondered how to get a good Moon image.

TwoPynts ( ) posted Mon, 19 September 2005 at 9:03 AM

Doug...you've just made the day (night?) of thousands of photographers who always wondered about that. :) Nice shot by the way. Makes me want to get a bigger lense. Zoon!

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Onslow ( ) posted Mon, 19 September 2005 at 9:15 AM · edited Mon, 19 September 2005 at 9:17 AM

file_291506.jpg

This is what I have used. Probably best to bracket exp though as brightness could vary quite a bit depending on angle of elevation and atmospheric conditions.

Message edited on: 09/19/2005 09:17

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Onslow ( ) posted Mon, 19 September 2005 at 9:33 AM · edited Mon, 19 September 2005 at 9:39 AM

I just checked that EXIF because usually it is 1/125th @ F8 @ ISO50 for a full moon (which ties in more with Dougs settings). I used focal length of 245mm equivalent which is the best I can muster. The EXIF is right, the moon was very low on the horizon at the time I think. Which shows how much brightness can vary.
EXIF was added by PSP script which seems to have a stutter :D

Message edited on: 09/19/2005 09:39

And every one said, 'If we only live,
We too will go to sea in a Sieve,---
To the hills of the Chankly Bore!'
Far and few, far and few, Are the lands where the Jumblies live;
Their heads are green, and their hands are blue, And they went to sea in a Sieve.

Edward Lear
http://www.nonsenselit.org/Lear/ns/jumblies.html

LostPatrol ( ) posted Mon, 19 September 2005 at 7:47 PM

Attached Link: http://home.hiwaay.net/~krcool/Astro/moon/howtophoto/

This might be of some to use. I have just had a discussion about theis on another forum. Doug is that a crop? Never got anythink like that close with a 300m on a 1.6 crop sensor. Got something like this with a 500mm mirror lens, not good quality though.

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