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Old 16-12-2005, 07:36 PM
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Re: Astronomy Photographs

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Originally Posted by pheonix
does anyone have any tips for photographing the moon? i just seen to get very bright blobs when i try
You must be able to spot meter on the moon, if the camera only gives you a general metering over the whole subject area it will always just come out as an underexposed blob - also you have to remember that your brain tricks you into seeing the moon much larger than it really is because a full moon on a clear sky is so much the focus - the camera actually tells it like it is. The one I posted from last month's full moon full moon was taken with a 600mm lens (actually a 200mm plus 2x convertor with a 1.5 crop factor because of the digital camera), on a tripod shot at f 5.0 1/250 seconds.
Good Luck
Ian
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