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<blockquote data-quote="Clovishound" data-source="post: 788341" data-attributes="member: 50197"><p>Focus tracking only affects focus. The moon will remain in the same plane of focus regardless of movement of the moon or movement of the camera. The issue with handheld in these situations is camera movement, not focus. I don't think the moon moves enough in the sky to be a problem with the shutter speeds we are working with normal moon shots. VR will extend the shutter speeds that will give sharp results handheld, but only to a point. </p><p></p><p>The good news is that the moon is well lit. The surface of the moon is in bright sunlight, and if you expose for the lit surface it should give you the option of reasonably high shutter speeds.</p><p></p><p>This was a shot taken handheld with a Z5. Of course, 1/400 of a sec at 480mm is pretty close to the rule of thumb for shooting handheld without VR. The bad news on this picture is that with only a 500mm max lens, I needed to crop fairly heavily to get a good final product. This means it needs to be sharper than would be required for an uncropped image. Fortunately, the IBIS in the Z5 combined with the VR in the 200-500 F5.6 lens compensates very well, IMO, for camera movement. Again, only to a point. You can't rely on current VR to give you a sharp image with shutter speeds of a couple of seconds at 500+ focal length handheld.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]378303[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Edited:</p><p></p><p>Sorry, I got my D3400 images mixed up with my Z5 images. The above was taken with a tripod. The one below was taken hand held. Sorry about that chief!</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]378308[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Clovishound, post: 788341, member: 50197"] Focus tracking only affects focus. The moon will remain in the same plane of focus regardless of movement of the moon or movement of the camera. The issue with handheld in these situations is camera movement, not focus. I don't think the moon moves enough in the sky to be a problem with the shutter speeds we are working with normal moon shots. VR will extend the shutter speeds that will give sharp results handheld, but only to a point. The good news is that the moon is well lit. The surface of the moon is in bright sunlight, and if you expose for the lit surface it should give you the option of reasonably high shutter speeds. This was a shot taken handheld with a Z5. Of course, 1/400 of a sec at 480mm is pretty close to the rule of thumb for shooting handheld without VR. The bad news on this picture is that with only a 500mm max lens, I needed to crop fairly heavily to get a good final product. This means it needs to be sharper than would be required for an uncropped image. Fortunately, the IBIS in the Z5 combined with the VR in the 200-500 F5.6 lens compensates very well, IMO, for camera movement. Again, only to a point. You can't rely on current VR to give you a sharp image with shutter speeds of a couple of seconds at 500+ focal length handheld. [ATTACH type="full"]378303._xfImport[/ATTACH] Edited: Sorry, I got my D3400 images mixed up with my Z5 images. The above was taken with a tripod. The one below was taken hand held. Sorry about that chief! [ATTACH type="full"]378308._xfImport[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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