Moon picture problem

[Dave Mac]

Oops...

http://www.pbase.com/image/2280685/medium

http://www.pbase.com/gtdavemac/

I'll tell ya, I could not hold it steady AT ALL, but the fast
shutter speed managed to get it without muvh blur.

You inspired me, so I tried it tonight.

This was shot with a G2, 1/100 f4.0, and is cropped from the full
size image, no scaling done. Wish I had a telephoto, but I was
surprised how much detail I got. EXIF is still attatched if you
want to check out the details.



-Gabe

I know this thread is in reference to a G2, but take a look at this
moon shot I took with my Pro90. Full optical zoom (10X), Oly B-300
(1.7X), and full digital zoom (4X). I think that comes out to 68X!
Or a whopping 2516mm 35mm equivalent! The detail isn't exactly
crisp, but it's BIG! I tok it handheld so couldn't even manage to
keep the whole moon in the frame.

http://www.pbase.com/image/1517220

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[Dirk Vermeirre]

Hi Teppo,

I take this a few days ago and set it to -3 EV and as you can see I had detail in the moon this way.

http://users.skynet.be/blueprint/fullmoon.htm

With kind regards,
Dirk Vermeirre

 

[John Spaar]

Teppo,

I own a Meade ETX telescope and there are a lot of people here who piggyback digitals on their scopes for tracking. Also you would be surprised on some of the nice shots made through normal binoculars.

Not sure if the S30 has a bulb exposure, but most of us use a dark board to block the light for long exposures. This way you don't bump the camera or make movement from the shutter that blur your shots.
Good luck.

P.S. There are loads of sites for help with astrophotography. Also most prefer not to shoot full moons as it washes out most of the detail. Shots look better at less than half and believe me, you will see the whole shape, just not glowing...John

 

[Teppo Hytönen]

This was with my G2, and a pair of binoculars held in front of the
lens. I know that takes some of the quality awaw, but I was just
experimenting:

Heh, yeah, I posted a S30&binocular shot in my recent "Telescope" thread

 

[Teppo Hytönen]

Teppo,
I own a Meade ETX telescope and there are a lot of people here who
piggyback digitals on their scopes for tracking. Also you would be
surprised on some of the nice shots made through normal binoculars.
Not sure if the S30 has a bulb exposure, but most of us use a dark
board to block the light for long exposures. This way you don't
bump the camera or make movement from the shutter that blur your
shots.

Hmm yeah, I don't know if you noticed my recent telescope thread. I took a shot of the moon through a small binocular, the quality wasn't very good, but then again I didn't expect it to be.

I'm looking to get a new digicam in August or so, maybe the new Coolpix 5700 which has a nice zoom range. Don't know how well can a big lens like that used with a telescope, with an adapter or such it should work I guess.

 

[Edward Magowan]

Saving up my nickels and dimes for a D60 body to put on my telescope. Course by the time I have enough nickels and dimes saved, Canon will be up to the D150!

 

[dfly]

Excellent topic.....just wanted to mark it for reference. Thanks for all the great info!

 

[pavelka]

Moon is very bright object. You must manually adjust aperture and a very short time. Tho conditions are as in sunny winter days with plenty of bright snow.

Moroslav Pavekla.

I'm trying to get a good picture of the moon with my S30. However I
can only record a quite bright spot but it lacks almost all the
moon's surfacedetail. Shorter shutter speed seems to give slightly
better result, but I wonder what would be the best setting
combination?