Shooting Moon without DSLR

[abhishekbrc]

Hey Guys,
From some days i was trying to shoot the moon but every time i thought of completing the task I was drawn back due to unavailability of a DSLR of my own. I own an Olympus SP 565 UZ .

So i decided to try with my camera only now here goes the way out

Gears used: Olympus SP565UZ , Tripod

Camera settings:

ISO 64
Exposure 1/15 sec
Aperture 7.1
Focal Length 92mm
Flash Used true
Orientation 1
White Balance 1
Metering Mode 5
Digital Zoom Ratio 5.0
Focal Length (in 35mm film) 520


Now after the specifications i must admit the challenges i faced: initially i was getting the photo as a regular one but what i wanted is to shoot the craters of the moon and i finally had to employ both 20x optical as well as 5 x digital zoom and now i can see the craters clearly but when i pressed the shutter button it took nearly 4 minutes to click and the image got blurred and then i poped up my flash and clicked again to get what i wanted with this photo

[JOHNNY inside]

I promise I will try this one. But this will happen when I could get some extra X's on my point-and-shoot. The 3X is not even showing the moon on my pics. Ha, ha, ha...

[abhishekbrc]

Originally Posted by JOHNNY inside

I promise I will try this one. But this will happen when I could get some extra X's on my point-and-shoot. The 3X is not even showing the moon on my pics. Ha, ha, ha...

first of all thanks for your comment and am sure you will get those extra "X" pretty soon
and hope you will get a more better snap

[vihara]

Beautiful! TFS. You give me new hopes on capturing the moon. I too was thinking that moon shots would be impossible till I get my DSLR. But now, I can try it out on my SLR-like camera (Fujifilm Finepix S9500).

[abhishekbrc]

Originally Posted by vihara

Beautiful! TFS. You give me new hopes on capturing the moon. I too was thinking that moon shots would be impossible till I get my DSLR. But now, I can try it out on my SLR-like camera (Fujifilm Finepix S9500).

I would be more than happy if my post can help you in anyway

[sweetdani]

nice i like

[3bayjunkie]

Originally Posted by abhishekbrc

Hey Guys,
From some days i was trying to shoot the moon but every time i thought of completing the task I was drawn back due to unavailability of a DSLR of my own. I own an Olympus SP 565 UZ .

So i decided to try with my camera only now here goes the way out

Gears used: Olympus SP565UZ , Tripod

Camera settings:

ISO 64
Exposure 1/15 sec
Aperture 7.1
Focal Length 92mm
Flash Used true
Orientation 1
White Balance 1
Metering Mode 5
Digital Zoom Ratio 5.0
Focal Length (in 35mm film) 520


Now after the specifications i must admit the challenges i faced: initially i was getting the photo as a regular one but what i wanted is to shoot the craters of the moon and i finally had to employ both 20x optical as well as 5 x digital zoom and now i can see the craters clearly but when i pressed the shutter button it took nearly 4 minutes to click and the image got blurred and then i poped up my flash and clicked again to get what i wanted with this photo

nice! try setting your aperature as high as it will go.