Settings for shooting the moon: Does anyone have any suggestions for settings, bracketing and or lenses for shooting the moon tonight? Thanks in advance for any help.

idaholover Loc: Nampa ID

Does anyone have any suggestions for settings, bracketing and or lenses for shooting the moon tonight? Thanks in advance for any help.

Steve_m Loc: Southern California

idaholover wrote:

Does anyone have any suggestions for settings, bracketing and or lenses for shooting the moon tonight? Thanks in advance for any help.

Yes. Here is a very good handy - dandy guide: http://www.mreclipse.com/LEphoto/LEphoto.html

jethro779 Loc: Tucson, AZ

idaholover wrote:

Does anyone have any suggestions for settings, bracketing and or lenses for shooting the moon tonight? Thanks in advance for any help.

In the search feature up on top type in shooting the lunar eclipse. Enjoy your reading.

Photosmoke

I generally shoot @200iso around 100 ss @ f14-16 tonight they say will not be as bright as a normal moon. So I would open the lens more & up the iso a little as for the lens the larger the better, but I can get a pretty good moon shot with a 300mm lens good luck, it is very overcast here in Md. today, I am afraid I will be shooting nothing but clouds.

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This one shot with 300mm Tamron

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idaholover Loc: Nampa ID

jethro779 wrote:

In the search feature up on top type in shooting the lunar eclipse. Enjoy your reading.

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idaholover Loc: Nampa ID

Steve_m wrote:

Yes. Here is a very good handy - dandy guide: http://www.mreclipse.com/LEphoto/LEphoto.html

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GENorkus Loc: Washington Twp, Michigan

The moon is light up by the sun. The settings are "similar" to the sunny 16 rules.

*Your milage may vary. At least it's a good starting point.

bobbygee

I've shot the moon at 300mm, f/11, 800 ISO and let the shutter go from 1/100 to 1/200. It usually works for most full moon shots. Careful with the infinity focusing--some lenses don't do a hard stop so you must focus manually and depend on the camera's focusing system to tell you when you are focused.
Good luck

DaveyDitzer Loc: Western PA

A newbie here. When I use manual focus to focus on the moon, I have to use less than infinity even though the moon is 240,000 miles away. Does this mean my lens is not correctly constructed?
Thank you!

Steve_m Loc: Southern California

DaveyDitzer wrote:

A newbie here. When I use manual focus to focus on the moon, I have to use less than infinity even though the moon is 240,000 miles away. Does this mean my lens is not correctly constructed?
Thank you!

Infinity farther away that 240,000 miles :lol: Also, Infinity is a Japanese car. :-P

bobbygee

DaveyDitzer wrote:

A newbie here. When I use manual focus to focus on the moon, I have to use less than infinity even though the moon is 240,000 miles away. Does this mean my lens is not correctly constructed?
Thank you!

Your lens is fine. Older lenses made a hard stop at infinity--you could twist the focusing ring until it stopped and you knew you were at the longest focus point. Newer lenses (G type for Nikon especially) do a hard stop past infinity on the distance scale; therefore you must focus manually to get a moon shot. Maybe someone here can explain the technicalities of this but know that your lens is operating the way it should.

DaveyDitzer Loc: Western PA

bobbygee wrote:

Your lens is fine. Older lenses made a hard stop at infinity--you could twist the focusing ring until it stopped and you knew you were at the longest focus point. Newer lenses (G type for Nikon especially) do a hard stop past infinity on the distance scale; therefore you must focus manually to get a moon shot. Maybe someone here can explain the technicalities of this but know that your lens is operating the way it should.

THANK YOU. I'm relieved.