jbeach Posted April 22, 2008 Share Posted April 22, 2008 Hello! I am in desperate need of some pointers on photographing a full moon. I am using a E-500 olyumpus and just recieved a 70-300mm len, however I can not seem to get the settings right. Can anyone give me any pointers, I am really rather new to dslr photography, only had the camera for about a year, before that I just used a point and shoot. The book "Digital Photography for Dummies", helped some, but to be truthful it wasn't dummie enough! (ha!ha!) Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richsimmons Posted April 22, 2008 Share Posted April 22, 2008 the sunny 16 rule is where I started. f16 aperture and set the shutter speed to the ISO (ex. f16 with ISO 100 at 1/100). You have to play around, but the thing to remember and what I've learned is that the moon is reflecting sunlight and should be treated as such. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saskphotog Posted April 22, 2008 Share Posted April 22, 2008 The moon is a sunlit object. I would set the camera to manual, ISO 100, Shutter 1/125, aperture f11 and start shooting. I would bracket with the shutter speed in 1/2 stops both up and down one and one half stops to be sure I got what I wanted. I would also shoot it Raw for the ability to make all sorts of nice adjustments to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fourthst Posted April 22, 2008 Share Posted April 22, 2008 You should use a tripod and try to shoot at speeds of 250th or faster due to the moons movement. So 1/250 at F:11 with a EI of 125 (that equals the sunshine rule) should work. Bracket and you'll do fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill J Boyd Posted April 22, 2008 Share Posted April 22, 2008 Jackie, I have a 70-300mm lens on a Nikon D80. The last time I shot the moon I used a tripod and settings of 1/250, F11, ISO of 250. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbeach Posted April 22, 2008 Author Share Posted April 22, 2008 I must admit that I have never used the RAW setting on my camera, to tell the truth, I do not really understand it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cabbiinc Posted April 23, 2008 Share Posted April 23, 2008 The Loonie 11 rule. It's like the Sunny 16 rule but made for Lunar stuff. <br> <br> Ok shutter speed is one reciprical of your ISO (ISO 100=1/100th, ISO 200=1/200th ISO 1600=1/1600th, get as close as you can to the speed) Aperture f/11 Shoot, look at histogram for spikes going off the chart, adjust and shoot some more. <br> <br> The sunny 16 rule is the same thing only f/16 in reflected broad sunlight. <br> <br> A good site to visit is <a href"http://www.fredparker.com/ultexp1.htm" target="x" rel="nofollow">HERE</a></b> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cabbiinc Posted April 23, 2008 Share Posted April 23, 2008 Maybe I am not all that good at making links here. Copy and paste this http://www.fredparker.com/ultexp1.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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