Guest Andrea Posted March 5, 2007 Report Share Posted March 5, 2007 What setting should I put my Canon Rebel XT on to take a picture of the moon??? I bought a tri-pod but every shot I took was blurry. HELP!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toddyboman Posted March 5, 2007 Report Share Posted March 5, 2007 Re: How to take a moon pic? To the best of my knowledge (i could be wrong here) but you need to set your camera to a slow shutter speed. Good luck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
total disaster Posted March 5, 2007 Report Share Posted March 5, 2007 Re: How to take a moon pic? with my camara I shot IOS 200 shutter speed 1/2 sec and set the F stop has high as I could witch was 22 ....I hope this helps Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LifeNRA Posted March 5, 2007 Report Share Posted March 5, 2007 Re: How to take a moon pic? If your camera has a spot focus on it that can be used, if not, set your focus to infinity. You might have to use manual focus. Use the highest F stop you can. Do not use slow shutter speeds. The black space around the moon will fool your camera's light meter into using a slower shutter speed causing the moon to look like a white dot! Bracket the exposures until you get the effect your looking for. If your camera is digital, you can see which shutter speed will give you the best results. If your using 35mm film start out with F8 or higher then write down the shutter speed of each shot. Hopefully your processor will also number the shot on the back of each photo. This way when you get your photo's back you will know what you used for each shot. Also film speed will have an effect if you dont use the same ISO speed each time. Try to stay away from real fast ISO film speeds, I would keep it under 400 ISO. The higher film speeds can be grainy looking once the photo is processed. I always kept a small notebook in my camera bag of certain photo's I took while out. I also wrote down any tips that would be helpful incase I would need them. Good luck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toddyboman Posted March 5, 2007 Report Share Posted March 5, 2007 Re: How to take a moon pic? JOHN IS 100% correct. OK andrea I have done some experiment work for you here is what I found out. This pic below is a shutter speed at 1/60 And the moon is a bright blob. This pic shutter speed 1/250 Much Better. This pic shutter speed is 1/500 A little dark. I have not done nothing to these other than snap them really quick off a tripod. I can see if I had more time and it was warmer outside I could have zoomed more and played with the shutter speed more to get better pics. But I think this will give you the idea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaun_300 Posted March 5, 2007 Report Share Posted March 5, 2007 Re: How to take a moon pic? The second one turned out great Todd! Not sure if I can adjust the shutter speed on my Kodak easyshare 5.0 or not. It's starting to act up on me so I think I'm just gonna buy a new one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billkay Posted March 5, 2007 Report Share Posted March 5, 2007 Re: How to take a moon pic? Daylight on the moon is the same as daylight here on mother earth. Don't let all the blackness around the moon fool you or your camera. Off the top of my head, about f11 at the inverse of your film or ISO should be a good place to start, ie: 400iso=1/500th sec shutter, 100 iso=1/125th, etc. The blur form the slow speeds is the moon moving during your exposure. Like John said, bracket, bracket, bracket. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M00N Posted March 5, 2007 Report Share Posted March 5, 2007 Re: How to take a moon pic? Took this picture tonight of the Moon. It was cloudy with patches of clear openings, so it took me forever to find a good clear shot of the Moon. Clouds are horrible to photograph the Moon in. Luckily I have patience. Here's the settings I took the picture with. f/8.0, ISO200, 1/160th, fluorescent light mode, and natural color mode. I was using a Kodak Easyshare Z612 camera for the photographs. I only waited around for a single shot, didn't take anymore because the clouds were just too long of a wait for tonight. If I had more time I probably could used some lens and filters to get a closer shot. I think it turned out okay for the first time attempting to photograph the Moon on this new camera. My old camera didn't have manual settings to photograph it while this camera has full manual settings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Andrea Posted March 5, 2007 Report Share Posted March 5, 2007 Re: How to take a moon pic? Here's my failed attempt: I can set the shutter speed but can't find anything on my camera menu pertaining to "f". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhunt Posted March 5, 2007 Report Share Posted March 5, 2007 Re: How to take a moon pic? Check through your manual Andrea. You might have to put your camera in manual mode to adjust your f stops. I have not yet tried a moon pic with my dslr, you should be able to scroll through the stops and see them on your lcd screen. The viewfinder probably also has that information, but maybe a little difficult to see it, as I am sure it is very tiny. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DSGB Posted March 5, 2007 Report Share Posted March 5, 2007 Re: How to take a moon pic? Here's one I took a while back. Setting the camera to aperture priority mode seemed to work best. Does your camera have different semi-auto settings? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Andrea Posted March 5, 2007 Report Share Posted March 5, 2007 Re: How to take a moon pic? [ QUOTE ] Here's one I took a while back. Setting the camera to aperture priority mode seemed to work best. Does your camera have different semi-auto settings? [/ QUOTE ] Once I set it to AP, then what???? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DSGB Posted March 5, 2007 Report Share Posted March 5, 2007 Re: How to take a moon pic? I just left it there and took the pic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Andrea Posted March 5, 2007 Report Share Posted March 5, 2007 Re: How to take a moon pic? [ QUOTE ] I just left it there and took the pic. [/ QUOTE ] Well I tried it on that setting, EVERY setting for that matter and it turned out crappy. This is an expensive camera and I am gonna be P.O.'ed if it won't take a moon pic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DSGB Posted March 5, 2007 Report Share Posted March 5, 2007 Re: How to take a moon pic? Here is the exif data from my picture. Camera model: SP500UZ Date/Time: 2006:08:10 02:13:12 Resolution: 640 x 480 Flash used: No Focal length: 63.0mm Digital Zoom: 5.000x Exposure time: 0.0010 s (1/1000) Aperture: f/3.7 ISO equiv.: 80 Exposure bias: -2.00 Whitebalance: Auto Metering Mode: matrix Exposure: shutter priority (semi-auto) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billkay Posted March 5, 2007 Report Share Posted March 5, 2007 Re: How to take a moon pic? What camera do you have Andrea? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Andrea Posted March 5, 2007 Report Share Posted March 5, 2007 Re: How to take a moon pic? [ QUOTE ] What camera do you have Andrea? [/ QUOTE ] Canon Rebel XT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhunt Posted March 5, 2007 Report Share Posted March 5, 2007 Re: How to take a moon pic? You should be able to set your stops Andrea. Not at all familiar with your camera, but bet somewhere in your manual it should tell you how. On my camera there are arrows next the lcd screen that you can use to change your iso speeds and control the stops. Look in the index of your manual for setting iso speeds, should be all the information you need right there together. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toddyboman Posted March 5, 2007 Report Share Posted March 5, 2007 Re: How to take a moon pic? You can change it. I can't remember 100% how but you can. A buddy of mine has that camera and I have messed around with it a few times. I believe its in the manual settings somewhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LifeNRA Posted March 6, 2007 Report Share Posted March 6, 2007 Re: How to take a moon pic? Inter-changable lenes Andrea? If so, the F stops could be on the lens! A small ring that will turn closest to where the lens attaches to the camera body. If you dont, then there is an adjustment somewhere inside the electronics. My Fuji has a pernament lens (fixed). I have a button that allows me to adjust the F stops. On my 35mm, each lens has the F stop ring that adjusts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randy Posted March 6, 2007 Report Share Posted March 6, 2007 Re: How to take a moon pic? [ QUOTE ] This is an expensive camera and I am gonna be P.O.'ed if it won't take a moon pic. [/ QUOTE ]Andrea, if you really want I can send you a "moon pic"!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom2008 Posted March 6, 2007 Report Share Posted March 6, 2007 Re: How to take a moon pic? [ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] This is an expensive camera and I am gonna be P.O.'ed if it won't take a moon pic. [/ QUOTE ]Andrea, if you really want I can send you a "moon pic"!! [/ QUOTE ] Oh boy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadHuntinPastor Posted March 6, 2007 Report Share Posted March 6, 2007 Re: How to take a moon pic? Well I actually like the pic you took Andrea!! If you speed up the shutter speed you will start to lose the trees that are framing the moon. I think yours is actually pretty creative. Hope you can figure out your camera. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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