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<blockquote data-quote="nickt" data-source="post: 232717" data-attributes="member: 4923">I went out last night to try some moon shots. I took MANY handheld shots of the moon. I could not get a sharp one handheld. Tried manual focus, auto focus, single servo, continuous servo, vr on/off, various apertures, up to 1000 shutter speed. Autofocus seemed to easily lock on. Manual focus seemed easy too. But no keepers at all. What am I missing? I would think I should get a decent handheld shot. I did not think to try live view, maybe that would have helped.Here are two samples:1/400[ATTACH=full]62898[/ATTACH]1/1000[ATTACH=full]62899[/ATTACH]Any idea what's going on with the focus? Or is it camera movement? Some other phenomenon?Then I got aggravated and got the tripod out. I was freezing by then.Not too bad with the tripod and autofocus. I only took a few shots, but they were workable. I think I could do better with more patience. Two different levels of sharpening and contrast here. Which looks better?[ATTACH=full]62901[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]62902[/ATTACH]Thanks for any tips.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="nickt, post: 232717, member: 4923"] I went out last night to try some moon shots. I took MANY handheld shots of the moon. I could not get a sharp one handheld. Tried manual focus, auto focus, single servo, continuous servo, vr on/off, various apertures, up to 1000 shutter speed. Autofocus seemed to easily lock on. Manual focus seemed easy too. But no keepers at all. What am I missing? I would think I should get a decent handheld shot. I did not think to try live view, maybe that would have helped. Here are two samples: 1/400 [ATTACH type="full" width="30%"]62898._xfImport[/ATTACH] 1/1000 [ATTACH type="full" width="30%"]62899._xfImport[/ATTACH] Any idea what's going on with the focus? Or is it camera movement? Some other phenomenon? Then I got aggravated and got the tripod out. I was freezing by then. Not too bad with the tripod and autofocus. I only took a few shots, but they were workable. I think I could do better with more patience. Two different levels of sharpening and contrast here. Which looks better? [ATTACH type="full" width="60%"]62901._xfImport[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full" width="60%"]62902._xfImport[/ATTACH] Thanks for any tips. [/QUOTE]

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