How do you take pictures of the moon?

[Sean]

So after hearing about the Total Eclipse that is happening tommorrow night. I figured I would try to snap pics of it tonight to try it out. A group of friends are planing on going to the beach to see the eclipse tommorrow so I wanted to get a good shot of it. I took some and this is how they turned out...
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Zoomed all the way in.
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f283/Wastingtime42/DSCF0001.jpg
Speed up the shutter, zoomed out alittle.
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f283/Wastingtime42/DSCF0013.jpg
More speed, less zoom
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f283/Wastingtime42/DSCF0015.jpg
and again
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f283/Wastingtime42/DSCF0010.jpg

Whats the trick?

[Bob-E]

Moonie 11 rule:
1/100 sec, F11, ISO 100
Use a tripod. If no tripod, increase shutter speed and lower F-stop

[Sean]

ISO only goes to 200. :\ And F9.

[Bob-E]

ISO only goes to 200. : And F9.

f9 is a weird stop. Try f8, 1/100 sec, iso 200

[Sean]

when you say 1/100 is that shutter speed? :blush: I really need to read up on this stuff. Cause my camera will go from 100 - 2000

[Sean]

Maybe Ill just use my big ass 35mm tommorrow night.

[northtnguy]

Here's something that might help.

http://www.shaystephens.com/moon_calc.php

Don

[PhoenixINX]

Feel lucky you camera can zoom in enough... my 18-55 kit lens won't even begin to give me enough range. :(

[Sean]

Feel lucky you camera can zoom in enough... my 18-55 kit lens won't even begin to give me enough range. :(

ITs hard to feel luckey when you dont even know how to use it all the time.

[josh99ta]

135mm on a DX format sensor (near 200mm equivalent) won't even begin to get close. I need a converter. Best I can get is about the size posted above. I really would like something in the 600-900mm equivalent range to get a good shot up close and fully filling the frame. My camera actually meters the moon very well as long as it's on a focus point. What equipment are you working with?

[northtnguy]

Josh, you mean something like this (not my shot)?

http://gallery.photo.net/photo/6954286-lg.jpg

[Sean]

Fuji S5000

[Bob-E]

Yeah the fooj aint gonna cut it. This is one I shot. 200mm, handheld and cropped to death

http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r133/baub-e/_MG_0258-1.jpg

[Chandler]

http://www.tennesspeed.net/gallery/data/510/thumbs/angrymooncn1.jpg (http://www.tennesspeed.net/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=7969)

Mine comes out just fine..... :shrug:

[josh99ta]

Holy balls, that Atlanta Moon shot is in tight. Incredible.

This was posted by "Loweredshadow" on another board, FullThrottleForums, details in the post on what he used...

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y165/Loweredshadw/TheMoonDec242007.jpg

http://www.fullthrottleforums.com/showthread.php?t=20533

300mm + 3x converter, 900mm effective? Who knows on a digital sized sensor? Either way thats as close as he got. Can't imagine what it took to get that Atlanta Moon shot.

[northtnguy]

I've seen that shot, Josh. He posted it on Digital Grin, also.

I've seen some amazing things done with astrophotography. Maybe we should all chip in and buy us a telescope. Looks like all we'd need is the Canon and the Nikon mounts. That would cover all of us here (I think).

[jdmpwr07]

A crappy picture of the lunar eclipse last night.

http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l258/jdmpwr07/LunarEclipse08.jpg