First attempt at moon shots

[sixsixfour]

From tonight, some pictures of the moon, relying on a regular telescope with a 6.3x and 9.6x eyepiece magnifier, handholding the camera (with IS of course) at ISO 800 and an unusually clear sky.

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a268/evomacky/Moon01.jpg

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a268/evomacky/Moon02.jpg

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a268/evomacky/Moon03.jpg

All shot at 1/60 @ F/5.6 ISO 800

[Nighthound]

Nice shots. Glad to see you posted these in the astrophotography thread as well. Great work hand holding, not an easy task.

[sixsixfour]

thanks!

at first it was relatively hard to mount the camera on the tripod as the moon kept moving and I havent figured out how to use the auto tracking on my brother's telescope. i test fired a couple at ambient and got a blur. so i figured id focus manually, set at a high enough ISO and use 1/10 sec speeds and went up incrementally. I found 1/60 at F/5.6 (zoomed in) ISO 800 to yield the best compromise.

I will give it a shot again later this week if weather permits. its a new area for me and wanted to try something new :D