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Hey All
For the lunar eclipse, I was set up with my D70, 70-300 4-5.6 nikkor, and a tripod. I opened up the aperture to the best I could at max zoom, though I left the ISO lower so I didn't have to deal with noise (in hindsight, that decision sucked). The shots, while clear, were soft focus since the moon was rising and I had to follow with the camera, adjusting every minute or so. So.. Barring a higher ISO setting(and spending $ on a better lens :P ), is there anything I could have done to improve focus quality? I'm thinking I could possibly have moved to a faster lens (50mm 1.8) but then the crop factor needed to get a reasonable shot would have come into play? All thoughts appreciated. TIA P. |
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"Pboud" wrote in message news:bRhzj.62836$w57.56507@edtnps90... Hey All For the lunar eclipse, I was set up with my D70, 70-300 4-5.6 nikkor, and a tripod. I opened up the aperture to the best I could at max zoom, though I left the ISO lower so I didn't have to deal with noise (in hindsight, that decision sucked). The shots, while clear, were soft focus since the moon was rising and I had to follow with the camera, adjusting every minute or so. So.. Barring a higher ISO setting(and spending $ on a better lens :P ), is there anything I could have done to improve focus quality? I'm thinking I could possibly have moved to a faster lens (50mm 1.8) but then the crop factor needed to get a reasonable shot would have come into play? All thoughts appreciated. TIA P. What ISO setting did you use? |
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Rudy Benner wrote:
"Pboud" wrote in message news:bRhzj.62836$w57.56507@edtnps90... Hey All For the lunar eclipse, I was set up with my D70, 70-300 4-5.6 nikkor, and a tripod. I opened up the aperture to the best I could at max zoom, though I left the ISO lower so I didn't have to deal with noise (in hindsight, that decision sucked). The shots, while clear, were soft focus since the moon was rising and I had to follow with the camera, adjusting every minute or so. So.. Barring a higher ISO setting(and spending $ on a better lens :P ), is there anything I could have done to improve focus quality? I'm thinking I could possibly have moved to a faster lens (50mm 1.8) but then the crop factor needed to get a reasonable shot would have come into play? All thoughts appreciated. TIA P. What ISO setting did you use? It never moved off of 200, giving me 7-10 sec exposures (hence the soft focus) did I mention that particular decision sucked? The shoot was a spur of the moment thing and I didn't think to play with the ISO since I seldom move it off of 200 (mainly still photo) Live and learn :P P. |
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Pboud wrote:
Rudy Benner wrote: "Pboud" wrote in message news:bRhzj.62836$w57.56507@edtnps90... Hey All For the lunar eclipse, I was set up with my D70, 70-300 4-5.6 nikkor, and a tripod. I opened up the aperture to the best I could at max zoom, though I left the ISO lower so I didn't have to deal with noise (in hindsight, that decision sucked). The shots, while clear, were soft focus since the moon was rising and I had to follow with the camera, adjusting every minute or so. So.. Barring a higher ISO setting(and spending $ on a better lens :P ), is there anything I could have done to improve focus quality? I'm thinking I could possibly have moved to a faster lens (50mm 1.8) but then the crop factor needed to get a reasonable shot would have come into play? All thoughts appreciated. TIA P. What ISO setting did you use? It never moved off of 200, giving me 7-10 sec exposures (hence the soft focus) did I mention that particular decision sucked? The shoot was a spur of the moment thing and I didn't think to play with the ISO since I seldom move it off of 200 (mainly still photo) Live and learn :P Yeah, go ahead & crank up the ISO for an eclipse & maybe even stop down (do a lot of bracketing). Roger Clark laid out some math that came up with 1/8 second for 400mm on a D70 in this recent discussion: http://groups.google.com/group/rec.p...de4a69335552fc But that assumes perfect visibility with no atmosphere & a flawless lens so experiment with that in mind. For 300mm & a bright moon (no eclipse) you probably don't need to raise the ISO but the eclipsed moon is much darker than a lit moon. I managed so-so results with 2 seconds in the 2007 eclipse: http://edgehill.net/Misc/misc-photos...eclipse/pg1pc3 You can experiment with the dark side of a new moon: http://edgehill.net/Misc/moon/pg2pc9 |
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On Wed, 05 Mar 2008 06:14:13 GMT, Paul Furman
wrote: Yeah, go ahead & crank up the ISO for an eclipse & maybe even stop down (do a lot of bracketing). Roger Clark laid out some math that came up with 1/8 second for 400mm on a D70 in this recent discussion: http://groups.google.com/group/rec.p...de4a69335552fc But that assumes perfect visibility with no atmosphere & a flawless lens so experiment with that in mind. For 300mm & a bright moon (no eclipse) you probably don't need to raise the ISO but the eclipsed moon is much darker than a lit moon. I managed so-so results with 2 seconds in the 2007 eclipse: Here's my attempt at the recent full eclipse. Nikon D200, Sigma 70-300 DG APO F4-5.6 at 300mm, 1 second, ISO400, f/8: http://www.flickr.com/photos/sss_ran...51713/sizes/o/ You can definitely see some motion blur. Looking back, I should have cranked up the ISO to 800, opened up the aperture a stop and that would have given me a speed of 1/4 sec for the same exposure. I just thought 1 second would be fast enough and it didn't look bad on the LCD screen of the camera. By the time I loaded it onto the PC it was too late. Oh well, next time. The full moon after the eclipse was much easier. Here's 300mm, 1/200 second, ISO100, f/11: http://www.flickr.com/photos/sss_ran...37410/sizes/o/ Steve |
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Paul Furman wrote:
Pboud wrote: Rudy Benner wrote: "Pboud" wrote in message news:bRhzj.62836$w57.56507@edtnps90... Hey All For the lunar eclipse, I was set up with my D70, 70-300 4-5.6 nikkor, and a tripod. I opened up the aperture to the best I could at max zoom, though I left the ISO lower so I didn't have to deal with noise (in hindsight, that decision sucked). The shots, while clear, were soft focus since the moon was rising and I had to follow with the camera, adjusting every minute or so. So.. Barring a higher ISO setting(and spending $ on a better lens :P ), is there anything I could have done to improve focus quality? I'm thinking I could possibly have moved to a faster lens (50mm 1.8) but then the crop factor needed to get a reasonable shot would have come into play? All thoughts appreciated. TIA P. What ISO setting did you use? It never moved off of 200, giving me 7-10 sec exposures (hence the soft focus) did I mention that particular decision sucked? The shoot was a spur of the moment thing and I didn't think to play with the ISO since I seldom move it off of 200 (mainly still photo) Live and learn :P Yeah, go ahead & crank up the ISO for an eclipse & maybe even stop down (do a lot of bracketing). Roger Clark laid out some math that came up with 1/8 second for 400mm on a D70 in this recent discussion: http://groups.google.com/group/rec.p...de4a69335552fc But that assumes perfect visibility with no atmosphere & a flawless lens so experiment with that in mind. For 300mm & a bright moon (no eclipse) you probably don't need to raise the ISO but the eclipsed moon is much darker than a lit moon. I managed so-so results with 2 seconds in the 2007 eclipse: http://edgehill.net/Misc/misc-photos...eclipse/pg1pc3 You can experiment with the dark side of a new moon: http://edgehill.net/Misc/moon/pg2pc9 Many thanks! I'll check out the thread and start playing a bit P. |
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The shots, while clear, were soft focus since the moon was rising and I
had to follow with the camera, adjusting every minute or so. Here's some inspiration: http://ncarboni.home.att.net/Astrophotography.html |
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Doug wrote:
The shots, while clear, were soft focus since the moon was rising and I had to follow with the camera, adjusting every minute or so. Here's some inspiration: http://ncarboni.home.att.net/Astrophotography.html Very, very nice Thks P. |
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