First tries at moon photography 5/27/18
May 28, 2018 13:51:00 #
Manual settings based on "Loonie 11 Rule". ISO 100, f11, 560 mm. Bracketed around f-stop and shutter speed. Left ISO alone. Manual focused, but a little tricky for me. I plan on trying spot auto focus next try.
May 28, 2018 13:56:46 #
You captured some craters along the edges.
Exposure looks good.
Pat
Exposure looks good.
Pat
May 28, 2018 14:26:04 #
Set your focus to infinity. At 240,000 miles distant, it should be perfect.
May 28, 2018 15:50:54 #
It seems like my lens can focus past infinity setting. I dial towards infinity, focuses sharper, but then seems to defocus a bit past the inginity mark. Sony SEL100400GM.
May 28, 2018 15:51:52 #
May 29, 2018 11:29:45 #
May 30, 2018 11:00:16 #
rgrenaderphoto wrote:
Set your focus to infinity. At 240,000 miles distant, it should be perfect.
Not always ... One must set to infinity ... magnify all the way in on Live View ... back off the focus until it is as sharp as it will get. Then take the shot.
May 30, 2018 11:34:07 #
Paladin - That's what ended up doing. Too bad it isn't as simple as just dialing it in
May 30, 2018 11:45:54 #
JamesRx wrote:
Paladin - That's what ended up doing. Too bad it isn't as simple as just dialing it in
Don't get me wrong ... your images are very sharp. I need to buy a Bahtinov screen (spelling?) to assist in focusing. Thank God for digital, right?
We all used to wait for the pictures to come back from the processor before finding all this out.
May 30, 2018 14:34:34 #
I looked those up on B&H - plastic, inexpensive, around $15 if I remember - I plan on trying one out. It sounds like it's a shoot, try, adjust, try again routine.
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