Simviation Forum - quick shot of the moon

Sep 9^th, 2004 at 7:56am

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Well my first night time shots with the 75-300mm didnt come out too well but i do like this shot of the moon.

This lense is rather difficult to use unless the light seems to be perfect, so i am a little worried how the airshow will turn out with it.

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Reply #1 - Sep 9^th, 2004 at 10:25am

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Don't forget the basic rule of thumb on long lenses...... Wink

"shutter speed number, equal to, or greater than, the focal length number "

.....300mm will require 1/300th of a sec or faster, so if the light level won't allow you to use an F-stop which matches this EV, then you will almost certainly have some motion blur in your shots (not necessarily a bad thing if you are panning as that gives the indication of speed to the subject ).........if you shoot on auto, then watch the numbers in the viewfinder if you have that ability on your camera......otherwise, use manual .......... 8)

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Reply #2 - Sep 9^th, 2004 at 10:27am

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Hagar has a point about the shutter speed and focal length, but he forgets one thing: the cropfactor of the 300D which is 1.6. so when shooting at 300mm, you'll need 1/300 x1.6=1/480s Wink

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Reply #3 - Sep 9^th, 2004 at 10:28am

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Hagar ?

Cropfactor ?.....how can cropping, effect Exposure Values ?

Sorry, I've never heard of this occurance. ???

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Reply #4 - Sep 9^th, 2004 at 10:41am

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Hagar ?

Don't blame me. I never understood all this technical stuff. Roll Eyes

Nice shot Craig. Wink

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Reply #5 - Sep 9^th, 2004 at 10:47am

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Doug ........it was in reference to the comment made by Bones......? ???

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Reply #6 - Sep 9^th, 2004 at 10:51am

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Doug ........it was in reference to the comment made by Bones......? ???

I knew that Ken (Rifleman Ken). Grin

Please don't get me wrong. It was my little joke. Very few people understand my sense of humour. It's often got me into trouble in the past. Roll Eyes

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Reply #7 - Sep 9^th, 2004 at 11:16am

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Thanks for the advice.
the shooting data on this.
Shooting Mode
Manual
Tv( Shutter Speed )
1/250
Av( Aperture Value )
7.1
Metering Mode
Center-weighted averaging
ISO Speed
400
Lens
70.0 - 300.0 mm
Focal Length
300.0 mm

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Reply #8 - Sep 9^th, 2004 at 11:21am

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yeah sorry, i used the wrong name...the result of being up from 4am Wink

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Reply #9 - Sep 9^th, 2004 at 1:34pm

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Cool shot Craig, I think it turned out really well. All of the major features on the moon are clearly visible. I am supprised how well Tyho crater (near the bottom) came out in the photo-usually on pictures you don't see it very well (unless it was a professionally done one with an awesome camara). It looks nice.

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Reply #10 - Sep 9^th, 2004 at 7:53pm

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I knew that Ken (Rifleman Ken). Grin

Please don't get me wrong. It was my little joke. Very few people understand my sense of humour. It's often got me into trouble in the past. Roll Eyes

Don't sweat it Doug, I was leaning towards your humor.....after all, I was born in South Sheilds you know !......in fact I still watch a bit of Coronation Street when I need a refresher on the "sound" of a Brit !

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