Creeker5
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Hello all this is my first post.
I would consider myself a beginner / hobby photographer. I took a couple photography classes in school (with a film cameras). I currently own a Canon T2i I purchased a few years ago.
Anyway I primarily enjoy shooting wildlife. I was using a canon 70-200mm f4 for most of my shots. I purchased a used Canon 200-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS. I took it out for a test drive yesterday and I was impressed with the images I got. The lens seems to work fine with no issues.
Tonight I noticed how bright the moon was and wanted to go see how the lens performed photographing the moon. I set my camera up on my tripod with a remote shutter release. At first I left auto-focus on, the moon was bright enough that auto-focus had no trouble bringing the moon into focus. I fired off a couple shots and noticed that they were coming out horrible. I turned off AF and manually focused through the viewfinder. I still got the same results. The pictures have a ghosting effect and are way to washed out.
The temperature outside tonight is 18 and my hands were freezing. I am wondering if the temp has something to do with my results, going from indoor temps to the cold outdoors. I did look at the lens and internal mirror to see if they were fogged up and they were not. Any suggestions on what caused this would be appreciated. I am uploading a picture that may give a clearer picture of what is happening.
Thanks in advanced!
I would consider myself a beginner / hobby photographer. I took a couple photography classes in school (with a film cameras). I currently own a Canon T2i I purchased a few years ago.
Anyway I primarily enjoy shooting wildlife. I was using a canon 70-200mm f4 for most of my shots. I purchased a used Canon 200-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS. I took it out for a test drive yesterday and I was impressed with the images I got. The lens seems to work fine with no issues.
Tonight I noticed how bright the moon was and wanted to go see how the lens performed photographing the moon. I set my camera up on my tripod with a remote shutter release. At first I left auto-focus on, the moon was bright enough that auto-focus had no trouble bringing the moon into focus. I fired off a couple shots and noticed that they were coming out horrible. I turned off AF and manually focused through the viewfinder. I still got the same results. The pictures have a ghosting effect and are way to washed out.
The temperature outside tonight is 18 and my hands were freezing. I am wondering if the temp has something to do with my results, going from indoor temps to the cold outdoors. I did look at the lens and internal mirror to see if they were fogged up and they were not. Any suggestions on what caused this would be appreciated. I am uploading a picture that may give a clearer picture of what is happening.
Thanks in advanced!