07-05-2017 11:40 AM
Hi, I was wondering how take moon pictures with my xti. I tried it and used a 55-250mm lense but my pictures still show up making the moon look so small. I've seen people's photos of a big detailed moon and I was wondering how to do that. Thank you!
07-05-2017 11:59 AM
Many moon shots are through a telescope.
Your lens at full zoom is equivalent to a 400mm lens field of view on a 35mm film camera or a full frame digital camera.
There is no substitute for length when photographing the moon.
If its just for "fun" its probably not worth the money, but if it is for a special purpose you could rent a ling lens, like a 600mm telephoto.
Then, with careful technique you could get something that you could then crop and print large.
07-05-2017 02:53 PM
@jrhoffman75 wrote:Many moon shots are through a telescope.
Your lens at full zoom is equivalent to a 400mm lens field of view on a 35mm film camera or a full frame digital camera.
There is no substitute for length when photographing the moon.
If its just for "fun" its probably not worth the money, but if it is for a special purpose you could rent a ling lens, like a 600mm telephoto.
Then, with careful technique you could get something that you could then crop and print large.
This was taken with a T6s and a Tamron 150-600mm lens at 600mm. You're absolutely correct about anything less than 600mm being very limiting.
07-07-2017 12:04 AM
@StanNH wrote:
@jrhoffman75 wrote:Many moon shots are through a telescope.
Your lens at full zoom is equivalent to a 400mm lens field of view on a 35mm film camera or a full frame digital camera.
There is no substitute for length when photographing the moon.
If its just for "fun" its probably not worth the money, but if it is for a special purpose you could rent a ling lens, like a 600mm telephoto.
Then, with careful technique you could get something that you could then crop and print large.
This was taken with a T6s and a Tamron 150-600mm lens at 600mm. You're absolutely correct about anything less than 600mm being very limiting.
... and aggressively cropped.
600mm on an APS-C camera wont show the moon filling nearly so much of the frame.
To fill the frame like this (without me doing the math) you'd probably need somewhere around 1200-1400mm.
The image below was shot using a 540mm aporchoarmtic refractor with a 2x teleconverter for a total focal length of 1080mm and it still doesn't fill the frame of an APS-C camera.
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