How I shoot the moon..

[itsnoelb]

Not big on composites but, thats nice!

[jessuca09]

If you have a 70-300, get out there an try a few manual shots. I think you'll be surprised.

[Steve Pedersen]

Exif
Camera Model Canon EOS REBEL T3i
Shooting Date/Time 2/5/2012 8:25:29 AM
Owner's Name Steve Pedersen
Shooting Mode Manual Exposure
Tv( Shutter Speed ) 1/160
Av( Aperture Value ) 11.0
ISO Speed 200
Lens 17-50mm
Focal Length 50.0mm
Image Size 1920x1081
Image Quality Fine
AF Mode Manual focusing

I took 20 shots and this was the best of the bunch. The tamron lens I have has a really short focus throw getting manually focused was a bit difficult and i don't think i had it quite right. PP I had to reduce the brightness a bit and contrast up a lot. I need to get better at changing the settings while the camera is pointing up at a an angle.
I was using a tripod and with it sitting at the angle i could not find the controls by feel to mess with different aperture and shutter speeds.
I chose iso 200 to try to combat the noise / grain.
Question is there a motorized focus mode where it's not AF but where I can step through the focus +/- in steps ?

[Tim Spencer]

>> Question is there a motorized focus mode where it's not AF but where I can step through the focus +/- in steps ?

Steve:

Don't think there is such a control; and although I'm still a beginner at this I found that using live view to focus works better than looking through the viewfinder. Using live view enables you to magnify the image 5x or 10x which really helps to focus.

I did this one last night (it was take moon shots or listen to Madonna):

Canon Rebel XS
EF 70-300 Lens
ISO 100
Shutter 1/125
f10
300 mm

[justincase]

Followed the advice (mostly) here with the following:

Date of shot: Feb. 2, 2012
Camera: Canon 7D
Lens: EF 70-300mm f/4-5.6 USM L IS @300 mm
shutter: 1/160
aperture: f/8.0
ISO: 200+
WB: AWB
Focus: AF
Format: RAW
Post process: cropped with contrast enhancement and high pass filter

[NeverEnoughTime]

Thanks Arlon and the rest of you guys - you have inspired me to keep trying and I am getting there:




Camera Canon EOS 7D
Lens Tamron AF 70-300mm VC USD
Exposure 0.005 sec (1/200)
Aperture f/8.0
Focal Length 300 mm
ISO Speed 200
Exposure Program Manual
Date and Time (Original) 2012:02:10 23:27:06.62Z

[NeverEnoughTime]

Thanks to this thread I have been able to improve my shots of the moon from a flat glowing orb to something a little better - still a way to go but here are the best so far. Thanks guys



21.28 on 5th March 2012
Canon 7D
Tamron SP 55BB 500mm
Kenko 2X Teleplus Pro 300
Focal Length 1000 mm
1/50 sec
F8 (possibly F16 with teleconvertor)
100 ISO



18:58 on 1st March 2012
Canon 7D
Tamron SP 55BB 500mm
Kenko 2X Teleplus Pro 300
Focal Length 1000 mm
1/125 sec
F8 (possibly F16 with teleconvertor)
400 ISO



18:48 on 25th February 2012
Canon EOS 7D on tripod
Tamron SP 55BB 500mm
Kenko 2X Teleplus Pro 300
Focal Length 1000 mm
1/125 sec
F8 (possibly F16 with teleconvertor)
ISO Speed 800

Flickr Moon Set: Moon - a set on Flickr

[Marianne*]

I just posted my first moon attempt in a different topic on the tutorial forum, but now I see a more active/recent topic here, so I'll post it here too.




Camera Nikon D5100
Exposure 0.008 sec (1/125)
Aperture f/11.0
Focal Length 300 mm
Focal Length 302.0 mm
ISO Speed 100
Exposure Bias 0 EV

[Steve Pedersen]

I picked up a M42 Asahi Super Takumar 200mm 1:4 lens and this is my 2nd attempt at a decent moon shot.

[Weird Girl]

This was taken hand held the day before I got my tripod (Tuesday). Does it look pretty clear to you?

Settings:
300mm
1/250
f 8
ISO 200