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Mar 14, 2006 11:16 as a reply to @ post 729791 | #31

CyberPet wrote:
Curtis N, have you looked closely at the images posted here... do you see that some are actually shot from another angle...

(the aussies moon looks very odd and "upside down").

Petra,
If you wanted the same moon, you could turn the camera upside down! :rolleyes:

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Mar 14, 2006 11:16 as a reply to @ post 729266 | #32

What is metering and where on the cam is it done? It it the little bar that you can slide over lim -4 to 4?

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Mar 14, 2006 11:44 | #33

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britt777 wrote:
does anyone have any suggestions for metering a full moon?
I used evaluative.

Can't. Try f8-11 and 1/125 and a suitable iso. And RAW of course.

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Mar 15, 2006 07:22 | #34

What is metering and where on the cam is it done? It it the little bar that you can slide over lim -4 to 4?

I don't see a so I'll assume that you're serious. Go outside in daylight & put the cam on "M" & set it at 1/ISO sec @ f/16 & see how it comes out on your histogram. Look in the viewfinder, turn the little wheel & see the needle move. RTFM & look at these:
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Mar 15, 2006 11:25 | #35

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Focal Length: 300.0mm
Exposure Time: 0.0016 s (1/640)
Aperture: f/5.6
ISO equiv: 200

I bracketed a bit, found this shot came out the best of all, so I kept it. Manual exposure. Generally I use ISO 200, f/8, 1/500 for a full moon, this one was a little dimmer so I had to open it up a little.

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Mar 15, 2006 11:44 as a reply to @ Lightstream's post | #36

Lightstream wrote:
[]http://pix.lightrefineries.org/albums/misc350d/aco.jpg[/]

Hey, your moon is upside down! :shock:

:lol: :mrgreen: :lol:

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Mar 15, 2006 12:02 | #37

Yeah, that's the funny part, I'm not in Australia either :lol:

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Mar 15, 2006 12:21 | #38

Nice moon shots all

20D
ISO 400
1/350th a sec
f/5.6
focal length 400mm or 560mm if you count the 1.6x sensor.

Shot while in Hawaii... very bright!

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Mar 15, 2006 16:15 as a reply to @ post 729266 | #39

The best way to meter for a full moon is to use the SUNNY 16 RULE.
Set your aperture to f16
Set your shutter epeed the your ISO setting.
If your ISO is set to 100 then set your shutter to either 90 or something close to it.
Remember that the full moon is like taking a picture at high noon in bright sun.
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Mar 15, 2006 23:01 | #40

Well, I didn't want to get left out of this one.

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100% crop, 400mm, ISO 50, f16, 1/10

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Aug 18, 2006 19:40 as a reply to @ post 726873 | #41

Makes sense. During the day it is SUNNY 16 and at night with a full moon it is MOONY 11. I will have to get Websters to work on the word MOONY

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Aug 18, 2006 19:43 | #42

OH, Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary does list the word MOONY.

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