Moon shots
Aug 29, 2018 03:09:57 #
alf85
Loc: Northumberland, UK.
bbradford wrote:
I've tried this six times with success only once. Guess what, I didn't pay attention to the settings. Shooting with d300 w/18x270mm Tamron lens. Most all, with one exception I can't see the craters in moon. I've tried everything I know. Low ISO,turned off anti-vibration,speed 125, f11,mirror lock up,tried all different metering, messed around with different focal points, different speeds,ISO and of course tripod with only one success. Anyone want to guess what I'm doing wrong? Thanks Bryan
Hi, here are the best settings i use. ISO 100, f 8, timing changes with conditions, i use a tripod with the centre locked down, and i use a remote release.
The best time to take a full moon is when it is low in the sky, you will get a lot of colour reflected from the sun. Here are a few shots taken with the Nikon P900. Regards, Alfie.
Aug 29, 2018 11:02:02 #
bbradford
Loc: Wake Forest NC
So after numerous failures I was checking the histogram this morning and discovered ISO was 3200. Apparently with nikon d300 even in manual mode the ISO stayed on auto because that's how I had it set in menus. Don't understand why it won't override it in manual but it dosnt. After I fixed that all pictures were great.
Aug 29, 2018 14:08:52 #
bbradford wrote:
I've tried this six times with success only once. Guess what, I didn't pay attention to the settings. Shooting with d300 w/18x270mm Tamron lens. Most all, with one exception I can't see the craters in moon. I've tried everything I know. Low ISO,turned off anti-vibration,speed 125, f11,mirror lock up,tried all different metering, messed around with different focal points, different speeds,ISO and of course tripod with only one success. Anyone want to guess what I'm doing wrong? Thanks Bryan
Turn OFF your auto-focus
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