Moon shots? Settings???

cntry · 28th of June 2007 (Thu)

Have a full moon, shot a few shots and nada. Anyone have any basic settings for shooting the moon?
Camera= 30D
Lens= 70-200 2.8 w\1.4 Extender
Manual focus
Waiting for batteries to charge.
TIA,
cntry

joegolf68 · 28th of June 2007 (Thu)

I did a search and found plenty. Use the advanced search, then go to "titles only" option and type in "moon." You will find hundreds of shots, some stating the settings, others with exif you can view if you have the exif program (a great program by the way.)I tried to copy and paste but it wouldn't copy for me from the exif window.

cntry · 29th of June 2007 (Fri)

Thanks

bishop13 · 29th of June 2007 (Fri)

This was posted a while ago and I found it pretty useful...

http://www.shaystephens.com/moon_calc.php

jscotti · 29th of June 2007 (Fri)

If you've heard of or used the "Sunny 16" rule for daylight shots, you might like my version of that for the full Moon, namely the "Moony 8" rule. A pretty good start to a full Moon exposure would be about f/8 at 1/ISO. So for ISO 400, use f/8 at 1/400 seconds (or f/5.6 at 1/800, etc.). Also, use a tripod, even if you can get the exposure faster than 1 over the focal length, the added sharpness never hurts. For quarter phase moon shots, add a bit to the "Moony 8", maybe even to "Moony 5.6" or so since even a few days away from full moon, the so called opposition affect makes the full moon significantly more than twice as bright as a quarter phase moon.

Jim.

eldiablo · 29th of June 2007 (Fri)

Tripod and remote. Moony rule, I like that. ;]

You can also use your AEB settings to find the right exposure too. 1 out of the 3 should turn out alright.

Anyone ever use photomatix - HDR for a moon shot? I came up with this last night using three raws. The top is a bit toasted, but it's kind of interesting to look at. I've got another less burnt one as well, but I thought this looked spiffy...almost, but not quite, 3d.

Shot with a 70-200mm lens (waiting impatiently on tele-converter), cropped, yada, yada.

jm4ever · 1st of July 2007 (Sun)

Try this place for moon settings

http://www.shaystephens.com/moon_calc.php

Dusty · 1st of July 2007 (Sun)

A partial lunar eclipse which I shot back in October 2005.
Canon 20Da, EF 200mm L with 2x T.C, ISO 400, 1/1600 sec, f/6.3.

28th of June 2007 (Thu)	#1
cntry Goldmember Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: AZ-USA Posts: 2,166 IMAGE EDITING OK	Moon shots? Settings??? Have a full moon, shot a few shots and nada. Anyone have any basic settings for shooting the moon? Camera= 30D Lens= 70-200 2.8 w\1.4 Extender Manual focus Waiting for batteries to charge. TIA, cntry __________________ Randy My Gear List and Feedback Website

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joegolf68 Goldmember Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Sacramento CA area Posts: 3,269 IMAGE EDITING OK	Re: Moon shots? Settings??? I did a search and found plenty. Use the advanced search, then go to "titles only" option and type in "moon." You will find hundreds of shots, some stating the settings, others with exif you can view if you have the exif program (a great program by the way.)I tried to copy and paste but it wouldn't copy for me from the exif window. __________________ Gear List Peace be upon you

29th of June 2007 (Fri)	#3
cntry Goldmember Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: AZ-USA Posts: 2,166 IMAGE EDITING OK	Re: Moon shots? Settings??? Thanks __________________ Randy My Gear List and Feedback Website

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bishop13 Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Burbank, CA Posts: 557 IMAGE EDITING OK	Re: Moon shots? Settings??? This was posted a while ago and I found it pretty useful... http://www.shaystephens.com/moon_calc.php __________________ Gear List

29th of June 2007 (Fri)	#5
jscotti Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Arizona Posts: 163 IMAGE EDITING OK	Re: Moon shots? Settings??? If you've heard of or used the "Sunny 16" rule for daylight shots, you might like my version of that for the full Moon, namely the "Moony 8" rule. A pretty good start to a full Moon exposure would be about f/8 at 1/ISO. So for ISO 400, use f/8 at 1/400 seconds (or f/5.6 at 1/800, etc.). Also, use a tripod, even if you can get the exposure faster than 1 over the focal length, the added sharpness never hurts. For quarter phase moon shots, add a bit to the "Moony 8", maybe even to "Moony 5.6" or so since even a few days away from full moon, the so called opposition affect makes the full moon significantly more than twice as bright as a quarter phase moon. Jim. __________________ Canon 20D; Pair of Canon A570is in stereo rig; Olympus OM-2. Photoblog: http://pixofmyuniverse.blogspot.com

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jm4ever Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Southern Ontario Posts: 709 IMAGE EDITING OK	Re: Moon shots? Settings??? Try this place for moon settings http://www.shaystephens.com/moon_calc.php

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