Shoot the moon
Discussion
stigmundfreud said:
how easy is it to hook up the body to the scope?
Quite easy. Just need a T-ring adapter that fits to the camera, and a mount adapter (I use one from Meade) that the T-ring fits to, and which then screws on to the back of the scope.Pvapour said:
Love that, been watching & waiting down here for the moons full faze, its getting there (few more days) so tried one last night & it was awafull!!
What settings did you use? or would you use if you weren't aloud to handle LamboChicks goods
and you had say.... a 300 zoom
I think the Celestron is the equivalent of f/11, and I think I was shooting at 1/160s. If anything I think my shots may have been about 1/2 stop underexposed straight out of the camera. If you start with f/11 and 1/100s or 1/125s, you shouldn't be far off for a full moon.What settings did you use? or would you use if you weren't aloud to handle LamboChicks goods
and you had say.... a 300 zoom Strangely enough, you often get better results when the moon isn't full, as the sun casts some marvellous shadows along the terminator which shows up a lot more detail.
I saw a moon shot (on here) recently that was taken with a scope but it showed the colours on the moon. Having never seen the moon through a scope is it effectively bw which would suggest the picture had been painted, or does the moon surface actaully have different rock pigmentation?
stigmundfreud said:
I saw a moon shot (on here) recently that was taken with a scope but it showed the colours on the moon. Having never seen the moon through a scope is it effectively bw which would suggest the picture had been painted, or does the moon surface actaully have different rock pigmentation?
You've been staying up too late!Was it this one from the 10th March - HOW TO SHOOT THE MOON, where you asked the following
stigmundfreud said:
DIW35 said:
Not really - a telescope is just a big lens.
I have a couple at wallpaper sort of size - 1280x1024 if that's of any use to you.
Shot posted above
Half moon similar to above
Half moon without the colour
numpty question how do you go about attatching the camera to a telescope?I have a couple at wallpaper sort of size - 1280x1024 if that's of any use to you.
Shot posted above
Half moon similar to above
Half moon without the colour
Edited by Yellabelly on Wednesday 8th April 13:02
ok another numpty question here, but as some of you know i have recently moved out into the counrtyside and have alot better view of the skies and not as much light poloution, i have tried to take a few pics of the moon with my 300mm on the sony A200 but cant get anything like this not even close after cropping other than a white splodge, tried different speeds from 1/60th to 300 but to no avail, help please.
Matt
Matt
fantastic pictures, both of the ones above...
now I have a 300mm zoom, but am thinking it's probably not up to this sort of thing, and I know nothing about telescopes..
are there any good links/beginners guides around, particularly for how to pick a suitable scope for taking pics of the moon and maybe saturn etc??
How much would you have to spend for results like the above? I presume they're like conventional lenses and you could easily spend many thousands should you want to...
now I have a 300mm zoom, but am thinking it's probably not up to this sort of thing, and I know nothing about telescopes..
are there any good links/beginners guides around, particularly for how to pick a suitable scope for taking pics of the moon and maybe saturn etc??
How much would you have to spend for results like the above? I presume they're like conventional lenses and you could easily spend many thousands should you want to...
The Tea Boy said:
ok another numpty question here, but as some of you know i have recently moved out into the counrtyside and have alot better view of the skies and not as much light poloution, i have tried to take a few pics of the moon with my 300mm on the sony A200 but cant get anything like this not even close after cropping other than a white splodge, tried different speeds from 1/60th to 300 but to no avail, help please.
Matt
Damn thing moves quite quickly. I've tried it twice with a 300mm and never really got what I was looking forMatt
This is around 100% crop, the EXIF says 1/25 @ F22 and I was on a tripod
andy-xr said:
The Tea Boy said:
ok another numpty question here, but as some of you know i have recently moved out into the counrtyside and have alot better view of the skies and not as much light poloution, i have tried to take a few pics of the moon with my 300mm on the sony A200 but cant get anything like this not even close after cropping other than a white splodge, tried different speeds from 1/60th to 300 but to no avail, help please.
Matt
Damn thing moves quite quickly. I've tried it twice with a 300mm and never really got what I was looking forMatt
This is around 100% crop, the EXIF says 1/25 @ F22 and I was on a tripod
Matt
Bernie, you are absolutely right; the moon is a fascinating subject, and I never tire of looking at it.
Tea Boy, if your moon shots are coming out as a white splodge, they are over exposed. If you are using your camera on automatic or semi-automatic, the camera is easily fooled in to thinking the scene is too dark, and will over expose as a reult. This is because the moon occupies a very small portion of the sky, and probably isn't occupying enough of the viewfinder for a correct exposure to be made by the camera. To get round this you should set your camera to manual. As a starting point for a full moon, I would suggest that you start at f/11 with an exposure time of around 1/125s. Hopefully that should get you closer to a correct exposure.
Stiggy, this may have been the 'coloured' shot you were talking of. The colours are real, and are a result of different minerals etc on the moon's surface. They are not really obvious, even through a telescope, though it is possible to discern a faint trace if you look carefully. Post processing in Photoshop helps to emphasise them and bring them out, but nothing has been added to give a false impression.
Tea Boy, if your moon shots are coming out as a white splodge, they are over exposed. If you are using your camera on automatic or semi-automatic, the camera is easily fooled in to thinking the scene is too dark, and will over expose as a reult. This is because the moon occupies a very small portion of the sky, and probably isn't occupying enough of the viewfinder for a correct exposure to be made by the camera. To get round this you should set your camera to manual. As a starting point for a full moon, I would suggest that you start at f/11 with an exposure time of around 1/125s. Hopefully that should get you closer to a correct exposure.
Stiggy, this may have been the 'coloured' shot you were talking of. The colours are real, and are a result of different minerals etc on the moon's surface. They are not really obvious, even through a telescope, though it is possible to discern a faint trace if you look carefully. Post processing in Photoshop helps to emphasise them and bring them out, but nothing has been added to give a false impression.
Yellabelly said:
stigmundfreud said:
I saw a moon shot (on here) recently that was taken with a scope but it showed the colours on the moon. Having never seen the moon through a scope is it effectively bw which would suggest the picture had been painted, or does the moon surface actaully have different rock pigmentation?
You've been staying up too late!Was it this one from the 10th March - HOW TO SHOOT THE MOON, where you asked the following
stigmundfreud said:
DIW35 said:
Not really - a telescope is just a big lens.
I have a couple at wallpaper sort of size - 1280x1024 if that's of any use to you.
Shot posted above
Half moon similar to above
Half moon without the colour
numpty question how do you go about attatching the camera to a telescope?I have a couple at wallpaper sort of size - 1280x1024 if that's of any use to you.
Shot posted above
Half moon similar to above
Half moon without the colour
Edited by Yellabelly on Wednesday 8th April 13:02
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