Nice Moon tonight
Feb. 2nd, 2007 10:32 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
fivemackMoon pictures really do benefit from using the telescope:
Focussing is a real pain with the very long lens: auto-focus doesn't get it right. On the other hand you don't have to worry about shortage of light; on the third hand I didn't manage to get an acceptable earthshine photo this time round. Hey ho, you get a fresh new crescent moon every month ...
Focussing is a real pain with the very long lens: auto-focus doesn't get it right. On the other hand you don't have to worry about shortage of light; on the third hand I didn't manage to get an acceptable earthshine photo this time round. Hey ho, you get a fresh new crescent moon every month ...
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Date: 2007-02-02 10:51 pm (UTC)Old photographers like me remember the rule-of-thumb for exposing film: 1/ASA at f/16 for an object in direct sunlight (equally valid for digital, but it's so easy to just shoot test shots and check them that it's less useful in practice). I was quite croggled when it was first pointed out to me that this applied to the moon (as accurately as rules of thumb can be expected to).