gymschwinn Loc: Greenwood Village, CO.

Here's tonight's best of the worst. Still can NOT get a crisp, sharp photo. Is it me? My eyesight? My lens? The camera? I am at a lose for what else to do. All help greatly appreciated.

Camerahand Loc: Huntsville, Tennessee

Hello, gymschwinn! This is what I do to get fairly crisp moon images.

I SHOULD use a tripod but I usually get lazy and don't. I use a Canon T3i and a Canon 75-300mm lens zoomed out to 300mm (backed off just a hair to the "3" on the 300mm mark). I set the ISO to either 800 or 1600 and I set the camera on SHUTTER PRIORITY for 1/500 sec. (minimum). I use SPOT METERING and I use AUTO FOCUS. Even though I don't use a tripod I DO try to use a good firm rest (truck cab or hood, etc.). For exposure, I shoot the first shot as the camera calls it, then I usually shoot three more, INCREASING the exposure by 1/3 stop each time. I hope I'm getting all my numbers right.

I have used ISO 3200 and really can't tell much difference.

A funny thing about my lens; I get decent results (sharpness) on the moon shots, but I can't get sharp images at 30 feet.

I hope this helps. I'm sure there will be others on here that will offer better advice than I can.

I don't want to hijack this thread, but I will post my latest moon image that I shot a couple of nights ago. This was posted in another topic earlier tonight.

Regards,

Burton

gymschwinn Loc: Greenwood Village, CO.

Damn! Now THAT'S what I'm talkin' about. When I post a moon shot like yours, I'll be done with shooting the moon. I'l try your method tonight. Hell...nothing to lose. It's not like I'm wasting film.

gymschwinn Loc: Greenwood Village, CO.

Tonight's effort. A more dramatic photo, but I had to do an overlay to get it. Still, I think I'm headin' in the right direction. They say practice makes perfect....I doubt that, but I'm still gonna keep trying. At least till I get it the way I want it.

R'laine Loc: Bay of Plenty, New Zealand.

My attempt a few weeks ago, after getting nothing but big white blobs, I found helpful info on another message board.
I used a tripod, remote shutter release, ISO100, f/11, 1/160th sec exposure, 270mm focal length and got this. I am looking forward to our super moon this weekend, the forecast is for clear skies, hope it stays that way.

R'laine Loc: Bay of Plenty, New Zealand.

I'm going to try those settings this weekend, see if I can get better detail than my previous ones (which I was quite pleased with until I saw yours, LOL.)