Moon and Mars

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http://uk.news.yahoo.com/21/20100128/tsc-mars-and-moon-in-heavenly-show-4b158bc.html

"A telescope has too close a field of view, but with a 100mm telephoto lens you'd just about get them both in the picture, and you'll be able to see details on the Moon"

Does 'you'd just about get them both in the picture' mean that they will both be the size of a sugar grain at opposite ends of your shot? I am guessing something with greater than 100mm will mean you lose one of them from your shot?

:)
 
Yea I saw this earlier as well, and wondered the same thing. It might be worth a look but for me it will probably be more out of scientific interest rather than as a photography opportunity.
 
is this happening tonight at about 9pm? the article doesnt really say, just that it was posted yesterday, but mentions 9pm and "tomorrow night" lol
 
Razor-BladE said:
Noo. My tele is coming next week :(
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From how it reads 100mm or less is all thats needed; a greater zoom and you wont get both in the same shot. I think the most this will get from me is a sneaky look out the window at around 9 o'clock. If its not as good as the photo in the link, then I am gonna get on with watching the second episode of Silent Witness (yes, its pap, but I like it :))
 
I only have the 18-55m kit lens though. I'll have a look tonight though.
What kind of settings would i be looking at because i've never done night shots before?
Edit: And which direction would it be in?
 
Well having got home from work I've seen the moon in the sky, quite large as well just now. Lovely clear night here, although absolutely baltic! Ideally I'd prefer to go out into the countryside to take a pic tonight but think the back garden will have to do and hope I'm far enough away from the streetlights to reduce the light pollution.

What kind of settings would i be looking at because i've never done night shots before?
Edit: And which direction would it be in?
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Probably be best looking at a medium to large f number say f8 - 16 with quite a long exposure to get a lot of detail in. As for direction, its east just now at 5pm but by 9 it will be around north east ish.

Hope I'm back from playing 5 a side in time and the sky remains clear.
 
Razor-BladE said:
Haha. Alright then. Should i shoot manual, or just go Av?
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Personally I'm going to go manual, rattle the aperture down to around f16, get the thing focused and see what shutter speed i need. Probably shoot at ISO 100 as well.

If i remember you've got the same camera as myself so remember to go into the menu, along to the custom settings and enable the long exposure noise reduction function. But as i said it im not sure how long a shutter speed I'll require so it may not be needed.

Happy shooting if it stays fair for you though. Think I'll try back garden or park behind where i stay or the park beyond that to see if i can get an image.
 
iv got a nikon d 90 with 70-300 lense and a 1.7x convertor its clear at mine and the moon is nice and big and i can see mars next to it im gonna take some pics tonight :)
 
Just tried getting some shots but failed miserably. To even get Mars to show up i had to lower the shutter speed by a fair amount, which then meant that the moon was massively over exposed, so that it just looks like a blurry white ball next to a tiny dot.

I think some sort of graduated filter is needed to get a decent shot.
 
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