Post your Moon Shots

[Ta2Dave]

So Monday is the next full moon. Hopefully my ir remote and tripod part comes in by then. With my current lenses, what settings would yall suggest?

 

[weebee]

With my 55-300 at full zoom I use these settings. Tripod mounted remote shutter:
ISO 200
1/250 shutter
f/11

 

[wornish]

So Monday is the next full moon. Hopefully my ir remote and tripod part comes in by then. With my current lenses, what settings would yall suggest?

As @weebee says , but I find you get sharper shots if you can get the shutter speed up to 1/400 th it reduces any motion blur.

 

[Pretzel]

So Monday is the next full moon. Hopefully my ir remote and tripod part comes in by then. With my current lenses, what settings would yall suggest?

All I see in your signature is a 35mm and 18-55mm, neither of which would catch any amazing detail. The profile shows a 200mm reach lens, so do you mean that one, or something longer?

As far as settings, one of the sharpest moon shots I've managed to date was at 300mm, 1/250 shutter, f5.6 aperture (at that distance/DOF, no need to go with a tighter aperture), and ISO 200. Fairly typical settings, but I was handheld with VR on. If using a tripod, definitely remote or timer with VR off.

 

[Ta2Dave]

All I see in your signature is a 35mm and 18-55mm, neither of which would catch any amazing detail. The profile shows a 200mm reach lens, so do you mean that one, or something longer?

As far as settings, one of the sharpest moon shots I've managed to date was at 300mm, 1/250 shutter, f5.6 aperture (at that distance/DOF, no need to go with a tighter aperture), and ISO 200. Fairly typical settings, but I was handheld with VR on. If using a tripod, definitely remote or timer with VR off.

The profile pic is from my cellphone....the only two lenses I have now are the 35mm and 18-55. A buddy of mine has an old Nikon....he might have a lens than can zoom a bit more. I'll ask and see what he's got

 

[Kendall_]

1350mm - manual focus with a super cheap tripod

f/16

no crop

 

[Michael J.]

 

[Marilynne]

 

[Ta2Dave]

The profile pic is from my cellphone....the only two lenses I have now are the 35mm and 18-55. A buddy of mine has an old Nikon....he might have a lens than can zoom a bit more. I'll ask and see what he's got

Ok so my pal came over with a lens to borrow. It is an old Sakar mc 3.9 70-210mm lens. Can't find much info on it. It fits the 3300, and is very clear as far as I can tell. I'll mess around with it some tomorrow after work if I have time. He said he bought it 23 years ago. I'll post up Tuesday after I get out of the desert.

 

[Ta2Dave]

OK I couldn't help myself. Couple quick shots with the borrowed lens...

 

[paul04]

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OK I couldn't help myself. Couple quick shots with the borrowed lens...

Which lens did you use.

 

[Ta2Dave]

An old Sakar mc 3.9 70-210mm lens that I'm borrowing.

 

[Bourbon Neat]

For those looking for a starting point with their moon shots, here is a helpful link.

Moon Exposure Calculator - Xavier Jubier

 

[nikonpup]

 

[Ta2Dave]

The ones I took tonight we're sucky. Might put one up later. Looked great in viewfinder, but kind of blurry on Capture xd. I'll try again tomorrow evening.

 

[Ta2Dave]

So far this is the best one from tonight. I will go through all of them in the morning. I don't really care for this lens either.

 

[nikonpup]

u might be surprised at what you see when you look up, i was checking the yakima river for ......

 

[J-see]

 

[Bourbon Neat]

Full DX frame, no crop. Tamron at 600mm with 2x.

 

[J-see]

600mm today: