Big Moon
May 5, 2012 18:22:01 #
belfastgirl70
Loc: BC Canada
Can anyone suggest settings for me to get a decent picture of the Super Moon tonight. I just got my cannon EOS Rebel xsi 450D. An older camera but seems to be in great shape. Any help would be appreciated to help me get a "jumpstart'
May 5, 2012 18:35:21 #
I've been using a shutter speed of 1/640, f/11, ISO 800 and it's been working well. Use the "search", there's a lot of moon info. Good Luck!!
May 5, 2012 22:24:22 #
belfastgirl70
Loc: BC Canada
Thank you very much. I will try that. Hopefully the clouds will blow away to enable the view.
May 6, 2012 08:39:59 #
So how did you do? It was cloudy here to, but had a few holes to get some shots. Show us what you took. ;)
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May 6, 2012 09:45:30 #
cetw
Loc: Miami FL
It was a lot of fun. I tried with the just the 70-200 and then with the 2x added . The moon was sharper without but so tiny. These are with the 2x. Thank you for all your help! oops can't figure out how to load pic's
May 6, 2012 10:27:34 #
cetw wrote:
It was a lot of fun. I tried with the just the 70-200 and then with the 2x added . The moon was sharper without but so tiny. These are with the 2x. Thank you for all your help! oops can't figure out how to load pic's
The 70-200mm is be fine (that's what I use) if the focus is correct. You will then have to crop the image to make it larger. That is how everyone gets their up close looking moon shots. As far as uploading, follow the directions below. I have to make sure I click the cursor in the body of the message before I hit send or it doesn't work.
Try again?
May 6, 2012 11:36:01 #
belfastgirl70 wrote:
Can anyone suggest settings for me to get a decent picture of the Super Moon tonight. I just got my cannon EOS Rebel xsi 450D. An older camera but seems to be in great shape. Any help would be appreciated to help me get a "jumpstart'
This is from may 5, 2012. Shot with a Canon 60D & 100-400 Canon IS lens.ISO 2500 @ f11, 1/2500 sec. Focal length was @ 390mm. processed in Aperture 3 . In retrospect, I could have backed off on ISO and still had a good shutter and aperture setting.
Super moon on May 5,2012
May 6, 2012 13:05:19 #
May 6, 2012 13:11:06 #
GeneS
Loc: Glendale,AZ
Here are a couple of shots,nothing fancy,no pp but two different nights and different settings. you can see a difference in the settings.don't be afraid to experment.
first is 5-4-2012,1/640,F10,iso320. Sony A77,and sony 70-300mmG lens.
second one is 5-5-2012,1/1250,F8,iso320 same camera ,same lens
Hope these come thru I've never done this before
first is 5-4-2012,1/640,F10,iso320. Sony A77,and sony 70-300mmG lens.
second one is 5-5-2012,1/1250,F8,iso320 same camera ,same lens
Hope these come thru I've never done this before
both shot off hand no tripod
May 6, 2012 13:53:04 #
CAM1017 wrote:
quote=belfastgirl70 Can anyone suggest settings f... (show quote)
I forgot to mention that I set the metering mode to spot so that I was only metering the light reflected off the moon. If it is left on averaging or the other modes that look at the whole image area you will get an over exposure for the moon and I really don't care about the surrounding area.
May 6, 2012 14:26:41 #
I captured this image at ISO 100, f/10, Shutter Speed 1/160, Focal Length 1500mm, Sony A580 DSLR, Celestron Advanced GT SCT Telescope.
Supermoon Over Southern California 5.5.12
May 6, 2012 14:27:27 #
May 6, 2012 14:28:55 #
Tripod-mounted Nikon D5000 at ISO 400, with Nikkor 500-mm Mirror Reflex lens, 1/1250-sec at f/8 (fixed).
Super Moon at 9:30 p.m. PST
May 6, 2012 15:44:57 #
Nikonian72 wrote:
Tripod-mounted Nikon D5000 at ISO 400, with Nikkor 500-mm Mirror Reflex lens, 1/1250-sec at f/8 (fixed).
I think you have the sharpest photo I have seen so far. :thumbup:
May 6, 2012 16:51:28 #
I'm in DeLand, Fl. The weather was good for shooting. I tried a couple of "different " things.
About 11 o'clock...
A bit of color
Thru the trees
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