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Thought I'd test my new 70-300 Lens, and I saw the moon was out to play so did my first ever moon shot. The others were too bright too recover, except this one.

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Nice. love the contrast. its a little bit blown out but it not in a bad way. check my fllickr for the one i did the other night was in manual 1/250 shutter and f8. my one looks more flat with less contrast that yours. I'll maybe try a wider apeture and/or longer shutter next time

Al
 
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It's a little soft.
Exif says ISO 100, f/5.6, 1/60th @ 300mm.
I'd guess this was handheld, if so crank your ISO up to 800 which should give you a better shutter speed.
300mm isn't going to give you a great result on moon shots but the above should improve the shot :)

EDIT: Also use spot metering if in Aperture priority. It will stop the camera from over exposing the moon by trying to boost all the black.
 
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Mangelwurzel said:
It's a little soft.
Exif says ISO 100, f/5.6, 1/60th @ 300mm.
I'd guess this was handheld, if so crank your ISO up to 800 which should give you a better shutter speed.
300mm isn't going to give you a great result on moon shots but the above should improve the shot :)
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Nor, it was on my Tripod, hence I put ISO at 100.
 
Mangelwurzel said:
You therefor either have camera shake by wobbling the tripod, a focussing issue or 1/60th isn't fast enough to capture the moons movement.
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Aye, the tripod was on very uneven ground, but nowhere really stable around here.
 
Mangelwurzel said:
You therefor either have camera shake by wobbling the tripod, a focussing issue or 1/60th isn't fast enough to capture the moons movement.
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mine isn't perfect either, so i can't really speak, but i was on a tripod also and i used remote trigger, also i found everything below 1/160 roughly quite soft. its surprising how quickly to moon moves in a viewfinder.

Al
 
seventythree said:
mine isn't perfect either, so i can't really speak, but i was on a tripod also and i used remote trigger, also i found everything below 1/160 roughly quite soft. its surprising how quickly to moon moves in a viewfinder.

Al
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I agree. The best moon shots i've got have been 1/250th @ ISO 800 using spot metering. If you're in aperture priority spot metering is a must otherwise your camera is trying to compensate for all that black, and you want black as contrast makes good moon shots.
 
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