Moon Shot Night Focus

[otterbox]

I've gotten a few cool moon shots using a simple point and shoot Canon..
Unfortunately don't have any on the hard drive right now but it was easy and I didn't have to use merging software. Don't get me wrong, they don't look professional or very crisp, but 10x better than I expected. You can see details and craters..

I don't remember what my settings were, but I think the exposure time was around ~5secs on nighttime.
I also set up a pair of binoculars on a tripod and lined up my Canon with one of the lenses, I got a REALLY nice clear pic of the moon, never thought I'd be able to get such fantastic results from amateur equipment but I'll be trying it again soon.


Don't let in too much light or the moon will just show up as a white blotchy ball.

 

[chris]

4 seconds is way too long - there will be enough movement of the moon to blur the image.

The lit part of the moon is in bright sunlight, at least equivalent to daylight back here and the exposure should relect this.Use the 'sunny 16' rule as a start - set aperture to f16 and shutter speed to 1/ISO setting. This will of course mean that the foreground (on earth) will be under exposed. to get around this either do as suggested earlier and take two shots or make a double exposure with the moon blanked out with a piece of card for teh foreground.

 

[enzodm]

You might also shoot just past sunset, when sky is not as dark. Or even in the day, like this (Crop from a shot made with a 135mm, afternoon, 1/400s f/8 ISO100).

 

[Derrel]

The photo is one of the worst i have ever seen!

Why did you buy a remote shutter release?!?!?!?!? You do not know how to get a good exposure, let alone how to get the photo in focus!!!! Stop spending money and go to the library.

Wow, Biggs88, and some people think my C&C's are too tough.

 

[SNBniko]

http://www.thephotoforum.com/forum/beyond-basics/147712-lunar-moon-photography-guide-astrostu.html

 

[sanderso]

You might also shoot just past sunset, when sky is not as dark. Or even in the day, like this (Crop from a shot made with a 135mm, afternoon, 1/400s f/8 ISO100).

Nice pic Enzo!

 

[sanderso]

The photo is one of the worst i have ever seen!

Why did you buy a remote shutter release?!?!?!?!? You do not know how to get a good exposure, let alone how to get the photo in focus!!!! Stop spending money and go to the library.

Wow, Biggs88, and some people think my C&C's are too tough.

is ok Derrel....at least Biggs took the time to lob in a comment! In fact, I was LOL because the more I looked at the pic, the uglier it got!!

(And just think...it's taking up space on MY computer! Am thinking I ought to delete that baby...)