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01/08/2004 10:44:33 AM · #1 |
I've tried every option on my camera. Manual focus and auto focus, many different shutter speeds and apertures, 100, 200 and 400 ISOs, noise reduction, no noise reduction. I'm using a tripod and I'm using the camera's timer. All I seem to get is a big white circle with no detail. When I take my eye away from the lcd i see craters and all kinds of shadows. Am I not focusing properly? That's the only thing I can think it might be. If I can't get the details to come out on the LCD, they won't come out on the photo.
I've read all the posts on this forum regarding the moon and I've seen some really nice photos that didn't use a telephoto lense or binoculars.
Why can't I get any detail?
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01/08/2004 10:47:06 AM · #2 |
The main thing isnt the focus, but the exposure. If you're getting a white circle then you are exposing for too long. You need to have a shorter exposure time (or use a higher F number so less light can be let in). Don't use anything but 100ISO either.
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01/08/2004 10:47:23 AM · #3 |
Still overexposed ? If you expose long enough the whole moon will become a white light.
What is your shortest exposure (shutterspeed and aperture) used ? |
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01/08/2004 10:54:53 AM · #4 |
Spot meter on the moon and then over expose that reading by one stop.
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01/08/2004 10:55:54 AM · #5 |
I tried F2.8, 1/500 ,iso 100
f2.8,1/250,iso400
f2.8,1/1000,iso 400
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01/08/2004 10:56:29 AM · #6 |
have a look here for a moon exposure calculator
moon exposure calculator
1/1000, F5, ISO 100 for full moon should be close
Message edited by author 2004-01-08 11:00:40. |
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01/08/2004 10:58:19 AM · #7 |
1/1000 is the quickest but you used ISO 400 which is brighter. Use 1/1000 with ISO 100, and also try F8 instead of F2.8
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01/08/2004 10:59:27 AM · #8 |
Here's one I got right before it got dark out. Haven't been able to capture one in complete darkness yet. Still working on that. This was taken with no special lenses or anything. I was just out experimenting trying to do the same thing you have, to get some detail.
ISO 100, Aperture 7.1 and shutter speed 1/125. Maybe it will help, but I think I just got a little lucky. Good luck!
Message edited by author 2004-01-08 11:39:50. |
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01/08/2004 11:11:37 AM · #9 |
| I would bracket a few shots around 1/125 sec.f11 at iso 200 at that aperature focus should be ok. |
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01/08/2004 11:14:08 AM · #10 |
The moon is a big, sunlight object - so the sunny 16 rule applies - 1/ISO at F16 works fine for the moon. All your exposures are way too long (probably becaus your camera is seeing a whole lot of black)
Try either manual exposure if your camera does it, or spot metering if it doesn't.... |
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01/08/2004 11:15:40 AM · #11 |
I had used 1/500 to 1/1000 and F5 to F8 ISO 200, to get it at the last Moon Eclipse 11/8/2003. //planeta.terra.com.br/informatica/mcardoso/fotos/MoonCollage.jpg
If this link don´t work properly, try to copy and past these URL directly in the browser´s address bar.
Message edited by author 2004-01-08 11:16:25. |
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01/08/2004 11:22:58 AM · #12 |
Try using the sunny 16....f16 should work have used it a few times.
Frankie |
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01/08/2004 11:25:21 AM · #13 |
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01/08/2004 11:33:33 AM · #14 |
Well... Sunny 16 is a great rule, but if you don´t have a F16 enable camera, like me... do this:
F16 to F8 at ISO 100, compensate with 1/200
ISO 100 to ISO 200, compensate with 1/400
1/400 are not allowed in my camera, then get the next stop 1/500!
Resulting 1/500 F8 ISO 200, as I had said.
This is only an equivalent exposure issue! If you had some question about exposition try to read the jmsetzler Exposition Tutorial, in this site, tutorial´s session.
And use Sunny 16 as well! |
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01/08/2004 11:48:14 AM · #15 |
Thanks for the responses. The best detail I've gotten so far has been on f5.6, 1/100, 100iso. I actually managed to get some detail. I tried to take the photos as a tiff so I can get a better crop with the same settings but for some reason it didn't work. Maybe a different position of the moon or something. Either way, now I've got some clouds messing up my sky so I have to wait until tomorrow night or worse yet, next month. Yikes!!!
There's no photoshop work other than a crop. It aint' pretty but it's somewhere to start from. 
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01/08/2004 12:02:32 PM · #16 |
| Congrats Jack! You made it! |
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01/08/2004 12:11:05 PM · #17 |
When I was doing some camera comparison I did a couple of shots of the moon and mars, different shutter speeds. They can be found here: //www.agapecomputerservices.com/marsandmoon.cfm
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01/17/2004 02:55:39 PM · #18 |
Use goole for the search term;
How to photograph the moon , I ame up with these links
//www.nyip.com/tips/eclipse0503.php
//www.digitalcameramag.co.uk/forum/forummessages/mps/dt/1/UTN/2218/last/1/V/4/SP/328651336831364819252
By playing around with the search detail I'm sure you could find other help pages.
Best of luck
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01/27/2004 10:30:11 PM · #19 |
Originally posted by willem:
have a look here for a moon exposure calculator
moon exposure calculator
1/1000, F5, ISO 100 for full moon should be close |
Thanks for the link Willem, that's a great help =) |
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