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this has probably been asked hundreds of times, but what would be ball park settings to take pics of the moon, i have a nikon D70 and a 55-200 f4-5.6, a good sturdy tripod and remote.
 
1/125th at f8, 200 ISO should be a ball park figure, adjust accordingly from that exposure. Get the tripod as high as you can so you have to do the minimum of stooping - it's a lot more comfortable working. Focus manually, use a remote release and let's see the results. ;)
 
thanks for that CT, just been outside and i live in a built up area and the moon is so low, can't see it properly over the roofs!!!.
 
LOL. I haven't done a moon shot for ages, but I have to wait for it to get to a gap in the trees. You've started me off now - I haven't done a moon shot since I got the 50D.
 
Am I the only one who never uses a tripod for moon shots?

Don't think mine are too bad considering.
Not sure if I'm allowed to post an example here so here's a link to one of mine.

ISO 100, 300mm, f/7.1, 1/160 sec

Paul
 
Redpaul said:
Am I the only one who never uses a tripod for moon shots?

Don't think mine are too bad considering.
Not sure if I'm allowed to post an example here so here's a link to one of mine.

ISO 100, 300mm, f/7.1, 1/160 sec

Paul
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ohh paul, i like that
 
There have been a few threads on TP where people have shared their photos of the moon - and the equipment/settings used to take them. Here is one. Here is another.
 
Redpaul said:
Am I the only one who never uses a tripod for moon shots?

Don't think mine are too bad considering.
Not sure if I'm allowed to post an example here so here's a link to one of mine.

ISO 100, 300mm, f/7.1, 1/160 sec

Paul
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Nope, all of mine are handheld, purely because my crappy tripod can't take the weight of my Sigma 120-400mm lens. I do have IS though which helps. A couple of mine, I haven't done one for ages:

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Larger versions on my Flickr
 
This is an old shot taken with the 500mm and both converters stacked - so 1400mm. That old ball has taken some hits!!

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I should be able to get a bit more detail with the 50D, I must try it one of the nights. This one was with the 40D.
 
Hi NikonKid,
please accept my apologies for butting in on your thread,
I'm thinking of getting myself a nikon 55-200..How is it?


kind regards

graham

sorry i can't answer your thread still in my learning days.
 
uniquegardens said:
Hi NikonKid,
please accept my apologies for butting in on your thread,
I'm thinking of getting myself a nikon 55-200..How is it?


kind regards

graham

sorry i can't answer your thread still in my learning days.
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Hi graham, i have just got mine off one of the lads on here (Andysnaps) so i have not really used it properly but i think its a great lens for not a lot of money, i paid andy £40 quid for mine !!, bargain.
 
Hi guys, its actually the Tamron 55-200mm not the Nikon. I did have the Nikon version with vr and its a prestty good lens, you should be able to pick one up second hand for around a ton.

Andy
 
The moon is a lot brighter than you think

Just put one of mine up - might be over exposed.

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Uneducated_Rick said:
trial and error - it all depends upon how much light pollution you have locally
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Fortunately the moon (and the the sun I suppose!) is the only astronomical subject not affected by Light Pollution. Exposures are short enough for sky brightness to have no effect. Indeed it is possible to shoot the moon in broad daylight. Now star photos.........that's a different matter!!
 
handheld is not a problem long as the lens is of reasonable weight, and you got to use high speed shutter as well to reduce the shake which means upper the iso a bit.

Have a go at it...the moon is actually really bright. to get any details on it u need to set very low iso and small aperture and relative fast shutter as suggested by all the above posts :)
 
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