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
1/1000
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?
Thanks for any tips.
Here are two samples:
1/400
1/1000
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?
Thanks for any tips.