My Moon Shoot!!!

[Saber]

I decied to take my 300d for a test drive to the moon.

I took this using a 28-90mm lens focused though a reflector telescope.

Thoughts.

http://www.puretouch.com.au/pictures/moon001.jpg

[defordphoto]

Blurry.

[Saber]

ya that's waht I thought.

Wasn't sure wether it was the telescope or the camera.
I think it was probabley the telescope.

Oh well back the the drawing board.

[BrettD]

Hi,

Unless the moon was that blurry to your eyes, it probably wasn't the telescope. What was the shutter-speed? I have found that at that kind of magnification there is a loss of sharpness due to the moon's movement in the sky at less than 1/180.

Here is a 100% crop from one I took ages ago with a 100-400 L @ 400mm with the 10D @ around 1/250 (can't remember exactly):
http://members.optusnet.com.au/~deltonb/moon.jpg
I would have thought even a poor telescope should be able to do better than a 400mm lens.

Brett D

[DC]

Most likely your shutter speed. You should shoot in Tv mode and make sure you have a fast shutter speed. I forget the exact speed, but something like .5 second or less, the moon will blur as it moves.

[Saber]

It wasn't the shutter speed.
I had it at about 200sec.

I think it was just the telescope didn't give a good focus

[Canuck]

Try these ones shot w/ a 10D and Sigma 120-300mm F2.8EX. They are 100% crops...

I will post them in a few hrs...

Ok, as promised...
http://images.fotopic.net/?id=2161111&outx=486&oq=0&original=1&noresize=1&no stamp=1
and then...
http://images.fotopic.net/?id=3188930&outx=500&oq=0&original=1&noresize=1&no stamp=1