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Anonymous
sup /p/

I was wondering what suggestions you guys could give in the way of lenses for capturing the moon. I love the moon and i would like to get some good moon shots but im afraid i dont have the lens to do it.

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>> Photon
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What lens do you have?
Use settings:
ISO: lowest possible to reduce noise
Shutter: ~1/150
Aperture: F 9-11
If you cant hold it steady, use a tripod. Treat it like a light source.
Good luck.

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>> Photon
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>> Anonymous
ahh that helps loads but i was just wondering if to get a good moon picture do i just need a large zoom?
>> Anonymous
>>67996
definitly nessecary, and of course a tripod is a must.
And here's a tip. When the moon is on the horizon, to the naked eye it looks huge in reference to the ground. However, to a camera it looks normal-sized. The only way to make the moon take up more of a photo is to zoom in on it. If the moon is on the horizon and you don't zoom, it'll look small in the photo even if it looks huge to your eyes.
>> Anonymous
thanks for the tips :) do you think a 75-300 lens would cut it?
>> Photon
depends on how much your 70-300mm is usable. On y sigma 70-300mm, i use 240mm max with a 1.6x crop factor.
it would definitely help on the 300mm range, but see if you can get sharp photos.
>> Anonymous
Speaking of astrophotography, everybody make sure you're out at 10pm - 2am on Sunday, the 12th of August.

Perseid meteor shower, peaking on the 12th. About 1-2 meteors/minute at peak times. Don't miss it, as this year the moon doesn't interfere with it (hopefully we'll have good skies).
>> Anonymous
>>68008
I'm no astronomer, but aren't meteor showers localized?
>> Anonymous
>>68009
If you're in North America, the constellation Perseus rises in the NNE around 10pm. Around that constellation is the Swift-Tuttle comet. Earth's orbit goes by the tail, so the dust and debris from the comet hits the atmosphere and lights up.

I'm not really an astronomer either, but I recommend checking your area with stellarium (google: downloads for mac, linux and windows). Just set your location in the settings, set the time to 11pm or so, August 12th and check the sky for Perseus (enable constellation names + tracings). That's the general direction the shower will occur in.
>> Photon
>>68008
Good thing you mentioned that, I've completely missed it!
>> Anonymous
>>67992
Could you make your watermark a little larger, it doesnt quite cover the whole image.