taking pics of really faraway things...

• the Bear

  11 Dec 03, 22:06

  like the full moon.. how do you focus??
  
  is there any setting or anything?
  
  or do you need a lens which i do not have?
• sillyme

  11 Dec 03, 22:09

  if can set to manual... set to infinity for distant objects
  
  you have problems using auto-focus? just point and shoot?
• Bochupi

  11 Dec 03, 22:09

  Originally posted by the Bear:

  like the full moon.. how do you focus??
  
  is there any setting or anything?
  
  or do you need a lens which i do not have?

  Think there are telescope where u can mount your camera at the eyepiece and u can really take close shot of it. Focus shld be easy, it's the zooming that need big lens i think.
• the Bear

  11 Dec 03, 22:16

  going to try that.. if i can figure out where and what it is on my cam
  
  good God i'm useless
  
  

  Originally posted by sillyme:

  if can set to manual... set to infinity for distant objects
  
  you have problems using auto-focus? just point and shoot?

• Bochupi

  11 Dec 03, 22:18

  Originally posted by the Bear:

  going to try that.. if i can figure out where and what it is on my cam
  
  good God i'm useless
  
  

  infinity is the 8 sign on your focus
• thhong22

  11 Dec 03, 22:19

  wait till joho come in, he can ans u....
  i think he always take full moon on the 15th of the lunar mth
• sillyme

  11 Dec 03, 22:21

  Originally posted by the Bear:

  going to try that.. if i can figure out where and what it is on my cam
  
  good God i'm useless
  

  nah... most situations we wouldn't need to use these functions.. just point and shoot..
  
  i'm sure you'll figure it out
• the Bear

  11 Dec 03, 22:21

  okay.. figured that part out.. going to need more tweaking and learning what my cam can do before i can take some proper pics
• the Bear

  11 Dec 03, 22:23

  it's just that the full moon is just there, asking to be snapped.. so i tried
• MooKu

  11 Dec 03, 22:24

  Originally posted by thhong22:

  i think he always take full moon on the 15th of the lunar mth

  
  
  ermm.. why?
• sillyme

  11 Dec 03, 22:25

  Originally posted by the Bear:

  it's just that the full moon is just there, asking to be snapped.. so i tried

  post it!
• jOhO

  11 Dec 03, 22:29

  yo bearrrrr
  
  i wouldn't be worried about AF on the moon, since it's really high contrast, a bright moon vs a very dark sky.
  
  i'd be worried about ur camera's exposure metering. since the sky is really dark, the meter will make the cam expose more, and thus over expose the moon. in such situations, u'd rather have an underexposed sky (it's meant to be frigging black anyway ehhehe) than have an overexposed moon.
  
  so wat u can do is, do an at least -1EV on ur meter, or, if u're lazy, just take a few shots in manual, each time increasing ur shutter speed by one "notch"... dunno if ur "notches" are in 1/2 stops or 1/3 stops..
  
  kaoz.. i'm getting too technical liow..
  
  okok layman's terms. whack on manual (still can use AF) set an aperture, then start shooting at 1/60, then keep shooting at a faster shutter until u are happy, go back choose the best shot and del the rest...
• the Bear

  11 Dec 03, 22:30

  orh.. i go try
  
  can't post coz i have to figure out how to put them somewhere
  
  

  Originally posted by jOhO:

  yo bearrrrr
  
  i wouldn't be worried about AF on the moon, since it's really high contrast, a bright moon vs a very dark sky.
  
  i'd be worried about ur camera's exposure metering. since the sky is really dark, the meter will make the cam expose more, and thus over expose the moon. in such situations, u'd rather have an underexposed sky (it's meant to be frigging black anyway ehhehe) than have an overexposed moon.
  
  so wat u can do is, do an at least -1EV on ur meter, or, if u're lazy, just take a few shots in manual, each time increasing ur shutter speed by one "notch"... dunno if ur "notches" are in 1/2 stops or 1/3 stops..
  
  kaoz.. i'm getting too technical liow..
  
  okok layman's terms. whack on manual (still can use AF) set an aperture, then start shooting at 1/60, then keep shooting at a faster shutter until u are happy, go back choose the best shot and del the rest...

• the Bear

  11 Dec 03, 22:38

  *%$*^ clouds
• jOhO

  11 Dec 03, 23:02

  mauahhahahahhahahhahaaaaaaa
  
  it's dec leh brudder..
• thhong22

  11 Dec 03, 23:09

  Originally posted by MooKu:

  
  
  ermm.. why?

  mayb wanna c if can shoot chang-e n her bunny???
• bismarck

  15 Dec 03, 05:17

  come to think of it, when i tried to shoot the moon, i noticed there are 2 types of pics, think joho mentioned this liaoz? anyway 1 type are those where i can easily see the patches and giant craters on the surface. 2nd type is where i just see 1 circle of white.
  
  overexpose on the 2nd type ? i guess so
• the Bear

  15 Dec 03, 05:19

  i wanna shoot the craters... which means i gotta wait a month for the next full moon
  
  hope no more clouds
  
  

  Originally posted by bismarck:

  come to think of it, when i tried to shoot the moon, i noticed there are 2 types of pics, think joho mentioned this liaoz? anyway 1 type are those where i can easily see the patches and giant craters on the surface. 2nd type is where i just see 1 circle of white.
  
  overexpose on the 2nd type ? i guess so

• bismarck

  19 Dec 03, 15:45

  bear, maybe u wanna use manual focusing and spot metering.
  for spot u have to be careful to take the craters.
  once i was using spot meter then because hand buay steady so as the "spot meter" streaked across the sky, the moon from 1 white circle to become a moon where u can see the craters to become a white circle again.
  maybe i post some pics to share ?
• juvejazzman

  19 Dec 03, 15:56

  joho's advice on shooting the moon (pardon the pun) is good stuff. just follow it and u should be able to get at least a decent shot.
  
  underexposed is better in this case. and u should also check the ISO rating of ur film (or if ur digicam has the ability to set ISO also can la). higher iso = more reactive to light (gd for taking stuff in dim lighting or "darkness"), but they tend to be grainy... so if u wanna get the moon, underexposed, use lower iso i guess... abt 200? 400?
  
  aperture should set small... ur taking a faraway pic anyway. small aperture (big number) gives more emphasis to faraway items. but of course, the smaller the aperture, the less light can go in at 1 time, so u have to counter that by setting longer shutter speed. play wif it la, if lousy just delete. hehe
  
  use a tripod for any shutter speed longer than 1/5 of a sec
• JeweL81

  19 Dec 03, 15:59

  Originally posted by the Bear:

  like the full moon.. how do you focus??
  
  is there any setting or anything?
  
  or do you need a lens which i do not have?

  Dun like full moon. I prefer the cresent!
• jnifur

  19 Dec 03, 18:06

  I got a nice full moon before.
  
  But I took it in slides. Wait till I scan it, I will post here.
  
  My setting is F5.6 at 300mm.
  Shutter speed: It varies btw 1/125 - 1/350 depending on which part of the moon u focus on.
  If u happened to shift it too close to the crater, the shutter speed will be about 1/125 (Full moon are normally quite bright, so the shutter speed is kinda fast). But then, at 1/125, the crater gets "washed off", and maybe need to use EV compensation of like 1-2 stops.
  But at 1/350, my moon seems ok.
  And I shoot handheld. Resting my arms on the window there.
  
• Parka

  19 Dec 03, 19:20

  evil lurks......