So i went outside this evening to try photographing the moon. When i set up my shot, the moon nearly filled the view, then the camera automatically refocused and this is what I got. HELP???
Nikon D3200 VR 18-55mm F/3.5-5.6G Focal length 55mm Focus mode AF-A AF Area mode Single VR On
Aperture F/5.6 Shutter Speed 1/5s (I was stabilized on a fence) Exposure comp 0EV ISO 800
Thanks in advance.
If the moon nearly filled your viewfinder at 55mm when you first looked through it, it was most likely because it was way out of focus.
55mm is no way a long enough reach to get to the moon. 400mm would be better suited f/11,iso 100, 1/6ss, -2ev, tripod, mirror lockup, manual focus. !39,000 + miles away.
So i went outside this evening to try photographing the moon. When i set up my shot, the moon nearly filled the view, then the camera automatically refocused and this is what I got. HELP???
Nikon D3200 VR 18-55mm F/3.5-5.6G Focal length 55mm Focus mode AF-A AF Area mode Single VR On
Aperture F/5.6 Shutter Speed 1/5s (I was stabilized on a fence) Exposure comp 0EV ISO 800
So i went outside this evening to try photographing the moon. When i set up my shot, the moon nearly filled the view, then the camera automatically refocused and this is what I got. HELP???
Nikon D3200 VR 18-55mm F/3.5-5.6G Focal length 55mm Focus mode AF-A AF Area mode Single VR On
Aperture F/5.6 Shutter Speed 1/5s (I was stabilized on a fence) Exposure comp 0EV ISO 800
So i went outside this evening to try photographing the moon. When i set up my shot, the moon nearly filled the view, then the camera automatically refocused and this is what I got. HELP???
Nikon D3200 VR 18-55mm F/3.5-5.6G Focal length 55mm Focus mode AF-A AF Area mode Single VR On
Aperture F/5.6 Shutter Speed 1/5s (I was stabilized on a fence) Exposure comp 0EV ISO 800
Thanks in advance.
Yep, that is the moon and that what it's looks like when shot at 55mm. Why shoot the moon with such a focal length? That's almost an wide angle lens? !! You also mentioned that the camera automatically refocused, I guess you magnified, using Live View for focusing? That is just a focusing aid, it does not zoom, you're still shooting/focusing a 55mm lens.
So i went outside this evening to try photographing the moon. When i set up my shot, the moon nearly filled the view, then the camera automatically refocused and this is what I got. HELP???
Nikon D3200 VR 18-55mm F/3.5-5.6G Focal length 55mm Focus mode AF-A AF Area mode Single VR On
Aperture F/5.6 Shutter Speed 1/5s (I was stabilized on a fence) Exposure comp 0EV ISO 800
Thanks in advance.
Unless you managed to get within a few feet of the moon that is what you will get with a 55mm lens. You need at least 400mm to get any detail at all on the moon.
Apart from use a longer lens and a tripod, the obvious fact (which isn't obvious because we are in the dark) is that it is sunny on the moon! big aperture, long exposure is going to give a white spot. Thanks to this thread I learned.
Currently there is Comet Ison speeding towards the sun and in theory visible to the naked eye in the east about an hour before dawn.
Any suggestions for capturing the comet?
There were enthusiastic predictions of it being brighter than the moon in magnitude but I think it will be less. It's fairly small in size a bit less than a mile across and may break up.
I shot this with a 300mm lens. I find that a more 'normal' lens just can't pull in the view enough. I shoot at 1\500th sec. and f/11 and ISO100. The moon is like a beach in the day time. All that black space throws the in camera meter off. Editing is also as important to crop and make final adjustments. Don't give up easy. Look at some of the Youtube clips and see how others have been doing it. You'll get there. :)
This was my attempt it's cropped down. iso 100 f5.6 1/125th sec used a 300mm manual sigma with a 2x teleconverter and it was still about a stop under. I think the teleconverter makes the f-stop effectively f11. It was just after midnight on a tripod and the moon was very high in the sky.
To use a teleconverter, or crop in the computer...which renders the best final result? I would think the computer crop better, but have not tried both to compare with the same equipment on the same shot. That is one I must do next, and I'm sure you will want to know too. I will share a shot of Jupiter that I shot at the same time as the moon shot you see above. That involved major cropping but used the 300mm lens only. A real surprise. I pushed the exposure, and contrast in Photoshop. It looked like only one pixel of white when viewed at first. A very small area around the dot on my screen produced this after the exposure and contrast were maxed up greatly.