Disappointing Lunar Shots
Jan 23, 2019 18:32:17 #
bwana wrote:
I was shooting 600 mm, f/4 @ ISO 200 for the full Moon shots. 1/400 sec. exposure pre-eclipse. 1/5-1 sec. exposures at totality.
Sony RX10 IV (w/ flip screen liveview), tripod mounted, Manual mode, autofocus throughout.
Other than cloud before and after totality and, at best thin cloud for the remainder, not a bad night!
A couple of shots below:
bwa
Sony RX10 IV (w/ flip screen liveview), tripod mounted, Manual mode, autofocus throughout.
Other than cloud before and after totality and, at best thin cloud for the remainder, not a bad night!
A couple of shots below:
bwa
bwana, I also used a RX10 IV with results not as good as yours. One problem I had was that when I adjusted the camera to center the Moon, I sometimes adjusted the zoom. Is there a way to lock the zoom?
Jan 23, 2019 18:37:37 #
PHRubin wrote:
If I had known in advance that:
1) The overcast would clear in time (it was heavy at supper time)
2) That the moon would be almost straight up
I might have been prepared. But...
1) The overcast would clear in time (it was heavy at supper time)
2) That the moon would be almost straight up
I might have been prepared. But...
Last week, I had got some information from timeanddate.com for viewing elevations. It gave me a maximum elevation of 61 degrees (or I misread it). No problem I thought, until that night my phone app said it would be overhead. Lucky my tripods worked but I wasn't ready for crawling on the ground attempting to adjust the camera in 5 degree temps.
Jan 24, 2019 21:43:27 #
any movement will give/cause shake, is the tripod carbon or aluminum? Carbon is great for travel. It's light but it also moves in the breeze easily. Was it in any way windy? A slight gust will throw everything off also! All I had was clouds. My gimble head goes on the old tank. Bogen/Manfrotto 3011n.
A drunk cousin doesnt help much either!! LOL
A drunk cousin doesnt help much either!! LOL
Jan 25, 2019 04:21:20 #
Pablo8
Loc: Nottingham UK.
foxfirerodandgun wrote:
We were blessed with clear skies, after a section ... (show quote)
I look forward to seeing other Hoggers efforts.My view of the Eclipse in the UK, was clouded-out. I took this shot 24 hours later with my Infra-Red converted Nikon.
Jan 25, 2019 04:59:54 #
TriX wrote:
if your camera doesn’t have a tilt flip screen or you want a larger image, consider shooting tethered to either a laptop or a tablet (or a smart phone).
This would have been a good application for a field monitor, unfortunately for me the blood moon was right in the middle of when I had to sleep. A good viewing angle and the ability to see the exposure, metering will be trying to expose the sky to mid gray. My rear screen flips out but is limited to 90 degrees to the body. I would still have been limited to 300mm for my longest lens...
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