How do you take good moon shots??

themask70

themask70

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Hi all, could you all give me some tips on how to take pictures of the moon? I have tried this loads of time but never really suceed in capturing the moon's surface. As you can see in my sig, i have a Canon EOS 350D, and my telephoto lens is a Sigma 70-300mm APO, oh and by the way, i don't have a tripod at the moment. Please help!!
 
Settings

Shutter : 1/125
Aperture : F5.6
ISO : 100
Focal Length : 400mm
Shot on a Tripod
Mirror Lockup
Taken in RAW, with curves adjustments and sharpened
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Got these from SDK^s post over in the other moon thread at tried them out myself (not quite 400mm tho....I had to settle for 300mm) and they worked a treat! :)
 
from experience I have found that 125th of a second was my best attempt at F5.6.

Shoot in a place where you in no contact with street lights etc. You want to shoot in a dark area. A tripod is a must really give you have no IS.

Things like this I do under well controlled condtions with the tripod mounted on the tripod and a remote cable on shutter up mode.

Shoot at ISO 100 at F5.6 with 125th of a second as the shutter speed and then preview it and make your stop adjustments after seeing where your at after the first shot.
 
Personally I would close down to f8 or f11 and take the slower shutter speed. All but the very best lenses are sharper when stopped down a bit. It should be shot off a Tripod for maximum sharpness.

The old rule of thumb for exposure of the full moon is 1/ISO @ F11. Play around those values to get the exposure/effects you want.

If I didn't have a tripod, I would try and support the lens somehow and use the self timer. Though to be honest, a £30 tripod is better than none.
 
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