Here’s a picture I took with the new camera. I was quite amazed that you need a really fast shutter speed to take a picture of a full moon at full zoom on my 55-200 lens. I think this was taken at 1/1600th and probably 4.5 f-stop. I originally was taking them at slow shutter speeds and all I was getting was a bright disc and you couldn’t see the features. I like this one a lot.
Not bad. How about some time-lapse star pictures? I don’t suppose you have an equatorial mount…?
Comment by Daryl — Thursday March 4, 2010 @ 11:07 am
This is a really great picture!
Comment by Heather — Thursday March 4, 2010 @ 1:35 pm
Daryl: No equatorial mount. That would be cool though.
Heather: Thanks!
Comment by Don — Thursday March 4, 2010 @ 1:48 pm
Beautiful!
Comment by Donna — Friday March 5, 2010 @ 9:35 pm
This one’s nice, i know what you mean about the bright disc that’s all i seem to get. I lke the different coloration you’ve caputred.
Comment by Donna — Thursday March 11, 2010 @ 1:03 pm
Cool! I think I can see the American flag from the Lunar Lander up in the right corner. How about a pic of one of those western sunsets? That’s what I miss.
Comment by Dale — Thursday March 11, 2010 @ 7:45 pm
I thought that was the flag but my eyes aren’t quite as good as yours. 🙂
I’ll see if I can get a good Pacific sunset or at least a San Fernando Valley one.
Comment by Don — Thursday March 11, 2010 @ 8:11 pm
It looks like the camera nailed the exposure pretty good. The key to correct moon exposure can always be determined with the “Moony 11” rule.
You shoot at the reciprocal of whatever ASA or film speed you choose with the lens set at f11. In other words if you shoot at ASA 1000, the correct setting is 1/1000 @ f11. The same exposure would also be 1/2000 @ f8, 1/4000 @ f5.6, etc. The focal length of the lens does not affect this calculation. It works every time because the amount of light hitting the moon is always the same.
Comment by Croft — Friday June 11, 2010 @ 10:09 pm