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Moon III
Moon III
Gauti


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Location: Geitháls, SW Iceland
Date: Jan 20, 2005
Aperture: 10.4
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/100s
Galleries: Sky
Date Uploaded: Jan 20, 2005

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 Moonshot from today. Beautifully crisp. Finally.
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Canon 10D

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 01/13/2006 09:24:19 AM
It's so sharp! can see Apollo 11! Well done and thanks for sharing her you did this. I have tried with a 500m 6.3 Sigma, but haven't succeeded at all.
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 02/11/2005 04:02:20 PM
Congrats on a perfect moon shot. I can appreciate just how hard this must of been.
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 02/01/2005 01:25:39 PM
This is shot through a telescope, or rather, spotting scope. Leica APO-Televid 77 to be exact, with a special camera adapter, which turns this into a 800mm F/10.4 manual focus telephoto lens. Focus is difficult, esp high precision focus, because the viewfinder on the 10D is so small and dim and no man.focus help (split screen). Since this is also a BIG thing and this is a 45° scope (angled scope) the whole assembly is highly sensitive to vibrations and movement. But when, finally and with a lot of luck, it focus dead on with no vibrations you get so crystal clear and sharp images that you forget all the problems.
This particular shot was from a series of 20-30 shots, and was one of a handful that came clear.
Shooting the moon is tricky :) I know there are some formulas that let you calculate the exposure, but I prefer to shoot and then check on the LCD and adjust and shoot some more. I do exposure bracketing and focus bracketing.

how to photograph the moon

Spotting score review

Message edited by author 2005-02-11 21:20:23.
 02/01/2005 12:13:44 PM
how u did that shot?...is it throght telescope?...and what camera settings?....it is very good shot specialy the details
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