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Dec 4, 2017 14:14:48 #
Did you use live view? If your live view changes with your settings you can use iso-100 and increase your shutter speed (make it faster) until the shadows and contrasting features on the moon look the best. You don't have to worry about depth of field.
Dec 4, 2017 14:44:16 #
Dec 4, 2017 18:15:39 #
mavrick8019 wrote:
I have a canon 6Ti and was using 55-250 lens to take a picture of the big moon last night and could not get a clear picture. When I reviewed the picture it looked like a bright spot and not anything like the moon. Any ideas what I was doing wrong.
I'm guessing that you were using averaging metering, which evaluates the light for the whole frame view, and will over-expose the moon because it averages in the dark sky.
Try spot metering on the moon, or go to manual and experiment with speed and f-stop, starting maybe at 1/250 and f/8 depending on your ISO setting. The moon is lit by daylight, so it is bright, and you need to use settings commensurate with the lighting.
Dec 4, 2017 20:31:08 #
mavrick8019 wrote:
What would be the best exposure setting and ISO speed to get the picture I want. I am pretty new to this.
Try these settings to start.
1/160 f/8 600mm ISO250
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1/160 f/6.3 600mm ISO100
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1/200 f/8 600mm ISO250
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Dec 5, 2017 04:20:30 #
mavrick8019 wrote:
I have a canon 6Ti and was using 55-250 lens to take a picture of the big moon last night and could not get a clear picture. When I reviewed the picture it looked like a bright spot and not anything like the moon. Any ideas what I was doing wrong.
Try ISO 200, f/8 and 1/400 shutter speed. Something like this should do the trick. And use a tripod.
Dec 5, 2017 05:45:38 #
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mavrick8019 wrote:
I have a canon 6Ti and was using 55-250 lens to take a picture of the big moon last night and could not get a clear picture. When I reviewed the picture it looked like a bright spot and not anything like the moon. Any ideas what I was doing wrong.
I am sure everyone on this site has already stated this, but. The moon is a sun lite surface, just like on earth around noon. So, if your base exposure on earth around noon is 1/iso at f16, then your exposure for the sun lite moon is the same. So, if your iso is 400, your BASE exposure should be 1/400 sec. at f16. That, as I said, is a base, and you can play with that a couple of stops both ways until you get exactly what you want. MANUAL exposure is the best for the moon.
Dec 5, 2017 05:55:42 #
mavrick8019 wrote:
Thanks chaman for your intuitive comments. Another example why I am hesitant to ask questions on here. As one of my school teachers always told me there's never a dumb question just a bigger dummy make fun of you for asking the question.
Thank you rwilson 1942 and CHG Cannon for helping me out.
Thank you rwilson 1942 and CHG Cannon for helping me out.
Dec 5, 2017 06:01:03 #
mavrick8019 wrote:
I have a canon 6Ti and was using 55-250 lens to take a picture of the big moon last night and could not get a clear picture. When I reviewed the picture it looked like a bright spot and not anything like the moon. Any ideas what I was doing wrong.
1/200, F8, ISO 100, 600mm on a Nikon D800, hand-held. I would start at those settings and adjust accordingly.
Dec 5, 2017 06:25:01 #
mavrick8019 wrote:
I have a canon 6Ti and was using 55-250 lens to take a picture of the big moon last night and could not get a clear picture. When I reviewed the picture it looked like a bright spot and not anything like the moon. Any ideas what I was doing wrong.
It sounds like it was over-exposed, not uncommon with moon shots. Also, a 250mm lens is not giving you much reach. I've used a 300mm with the moon, and it's pretty small in the frame.
Dec 5, 2017 06:26:32 #
Yes you can take a decent picture of the moon on Automode. I took this pictures a couple of years ago with my Nikon P520 bridge camera on the night programme mode...don't think it was a bad shot for Automode..just zoomed, aimed and that's it.
chaman wrote:
Probably poor knowledge of the exposure triangle. Shooting in AUTO to the Moon will come out as exactly that....a bright spot in the sky. Did you really think that all that it took to get a decent shot to the Moon was to aim a camera to it and press the shutter?
Dec 5, 2017 06:56:16 #
Moon shot taken this past Sunday night. Nikon D7200, 70-300 VR fx lens, ISO 100, F9, 125 sec. at 300mm. Took an auto focus reading on the edge of the moon, then switched to manual focus, mirror up, tripod, shutter release cable.
Dec 5, 2017 07:05:04 #
Motorbones wrote:
I got my best shot last night shooting at ISO 100 with the Sigma 150-200 lens set at f:8 (D7500). Shutter was on auto (around 125 I believe).... There will be another supermoon around New Years Eve... I imagine that emergency services are in for a busy night this year... I like to call Green cheese at 221,566 miles..... The other thing I meant to add is that it took some research and trial-and-error practicing to have gotten this far... Still working on it too...
Nice shot of the moon. Better than mine.
Dec 5, 2017 07:07:31 #
Gene51 wrote:
1/200, F8, ISO 100, 600mm on a Nikon D800, hand-held. I would start at those settings and adjust accordingly.
Wow! Fantastic shot!
Dec 5, 2017 07:38:20 #
mavrick8019 wrote:
Thanks chaman for your intuitive comments. Another example why I am hesitant to ask questions on here. As one of my school teachers always told me there's never a dumb question just a bigger dummy make fun of you for asking the question.
Thank you rwilson 1942 and CHG Cannon for helping me out.
Thank you rwilson 1942 and CHG Cannon for helping me out.
Yup!
Dec 5, 2017 08:17:53 #
Basically, speed is 1/100, ISO = 100, f11. The main aspect to control is the ISO, if the moon is too dark, increase it and adjust the speed,
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