EOS Rebel T7 Images Look Too Far Away

[booley]

my pictures aren't coming out right what am i doing wrong? and the time is 24 hour not 12

this is from my Fujifilm 18mp 50zoom
this is form my Fujifilm 18mp 50zoom

next three are from my New Canon EOS Rebel T7
next three are from my New Canon EOS Rebel T7

with lens 300 and it was on 300
with lense 300 and it was on 300

lens up to 300 zoom
lense up to 300zoom

[deebatman316]

Hello booley welcome to the forums. What is the problem with your camera exactly.

-Demetrius

Current Gear: 5D Mark IV, EF 16-35mm F/2.8L III USM, EF 24-70mm F/2.8L II USM, EF 50 F/1.8 STM, EF 85mm F/1.8 USM, EF 70-200mm F/2.8L IS III USM, 430EX III-RT, 470EX-AI & 600EX II-RT

Retired Gear: EOS 40D, Sigma 17-50mm F/2.8 EX DC OS HSM & EF 28-135mm F/3.5-5.6 IS USM

[booley]

Do you see the 1st picture? That’s from my old camera and I thought having a 75-300 lenses the moon would be closer then that. But it’s not was told this was the best camera. Not to sure now. 

[deebatman316]

I was looking at it from my cell phone last night when I responded. So I didn't notice the size difference until now looking at my laptop. You bought a great camera you just need a longer lens unless you crop in like your Fuji camera is doing. If you're going to be taking pictures of the moon you need to be using a longer lens. Your current EF 75-300mm F/4-5.6 isn't long enough. Its also not one of Canon's finest lenses. All of Canon's 75-300mm lenses aren't know for high quality. You would have an angle of view of 120-480mm when compared to Full Frame when using this lens. 

-Demetrius

Current Gear: 5D Mark IV, EF 16-35mm F/2.8L III USM, EF 24-70mm F/2.8L II USM, EF 50 F/1.8 STM, EF 85mm F/1.8 USM, EF 70-200mm F/2.8L IS III USM, 430EX III-RT, 470EX-AI & 600EX II-RT

Retired Gear: EOS 40D, Sigma 17-50mm F/2.8 EX DC OS HSM & EF 28-135mm F/3.5-5.6 IS USM

[booley]

Thank you. Its all confusing hope i can do this camera. You got a lot of helpful and nice people here👩🏻‍🦱

[jrhoffman75]

If you mean you Fujifilm is a 50x zoom you are comparing it to a 300mm lens which is a  6x zoom. The base is a 50mm lens on a 35mm film camera. That’s why the moon is larger in your Fujifilm image. . 

[booley]

So was I misinformed and This wasn’t the right zoom to get? 

[deebatman316]

You would need a super telephoto lens to fill the frame with the moon it. Just like the first picture you posted.

-Demetrius

Current Gear: 5D Mark IV, EF 16-35mm F/2.8L III USM, EF 24-70mm F/2.8L II USM, EF 50 F/1.8 STM, EF 85mm F/1.8 USM, EF 70-200mm F/2.8L IS III USM, 430EX III-RT, 470EX-AI & 600EX II-RT

Retired Gear: EOS 40D, Sigma 17-50mm F/2.8 EX DC OS HSM & EF 28-135mm F/3.5-5.6 IS USM

[jrhoffman75]

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@booley wrote:

So was I misinformed and This wasn’t the right zoom to get? 

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For cameras like the Rebel large magnification telephoto lenses are rare and expensive. Canon makes a huge 800mm telephoto lens and it costs $17000. Depending how much you want to invest in astrophotography Sigma and Tamron make 150-600mm zoom telephotos, which will give you larger starting point.

You can get decent moon shots with your Rebel with a little work.

You may have missed focus. You want to be on a tripod and focus on the edge of the moon. The camera needs contrast to focus; half-on and half-off the moon edge to get that contrast. (Or focus in daylight and tape, like my previous suggestion.

Your third image had enough info to get a reasonable image out of it using Topaz Photo AI.

If you get proper focus and exposure you should get an image that you can crop to give a reasonable size image.

[kvbarkley]

You also need to tone down the exposure. The standard Canon Auto Exposure does not do well in this situation, you have to decrease the exposure compensation.