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big_D
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How do you take pictures of the moon.
I took some lovely night time landscapes last night, but the moon shots are just a shimmering ball. I tried speeding up the shutter, on manual, but I obviously didn't do it enough. How do you get a clear shot of the moon?
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paulzolo
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It's bright. You need to expose as if shooting in daylight.
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jonbwfc
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*nods* I took some a while back, I just used standard daytime techniques and as long a lens as you can get hold of.
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JJW009
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ProfessorF
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This was taken last month at about 7am (about half and hour after sunrise) -  There was some levels adjustment to cheat the colour a little. 
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paulzolo
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JJW009
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Was that quite litterally through a 'scope? I'm guessing this isn't the full story: Exposure 0.013 sec (1/80) Aperture f/3.5 ISO Speed 200 Focal Length 12.8 mm Focal Length In 35mm Format 60 mm_________________jonbwfc's law: "In any forum thread someone will, no matter what the subject, mention Firefly." When you're feeling too silly for x404, youRwired.net
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cloaked_wolf
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I want to do this but as others have said spotting scope or telescope seems to be the way.
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ProfessorF
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Of course you'll get better results that way, but my example was taken hand held on a 300mm lens.
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JJW009
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*checks lens bag* My longest lens is an Vivitar f/3.8 150mm but I have a matched doubler - I guess that would make it a 300mm f5.6 ? Not sure I could shoot the moon hand-held with that. Frankly, all my pictures come out rubbish and I totally blame the equipment. It has nothing to do with me being incompetent. No sir. *strokes his MX fondly and wonders when it last had film in* _________________jonbwfc's law: "In any forum thread someone will, no matter what the subject, mention Firefly." When you're feeling too silly for x404, youRwired.net
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paulzolo
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Yes, it was through a ’scope. And considering I was hand holding the camera, not a bad effort either.
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ProfessorF
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Just took this:  1/200th, f/8, ISO 200.
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belchingmatt
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Very nice.
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ProfessorF
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Cheers, it's cropped down quite a bit from the original.
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