Taking pictures of the moon with a dslr

[motionstills]

This is what i did, 70-300mm with kenko 2x converter to reach 600mm (900mm, 35mm equivalent), manual focus, spot metering, shot at f/14 iso800 1/160s

 

[jiaxuan90]

Thks for Ur reply aquilaa. But today's a cloudly day can't even catch a glimpse of the moon.

Just want to share exposure guide on lunar photography.

thin crescent f8 1/8s ISO100
wide crescent f8 1/30s ISO100
quarter phase f8 1/60s ISO100
gibbous f8 1/125s ISO100
full f8 1/250s ISO100

This is just the guideline, best exposure might be different.

Reference:

M. A. Covington, Astrophotography for the Amateur, 2nd Ed. Cambridge University Press, 2004.

For lunar photography, the Moon image size on camera sensor/film is based on actual focal length,
the Moon image size is around 0.78mm for 85mm lens, on full frame or APS-C sensor.

 

[jiaxuan90]

Nice!! Thks for sharing.

This is what i did, 70-300mm with kenko 2x converter to reach 600mm (900mm, 35mm equivalent), manual focus, spot metering, shot at f/14 iso800 1/160s