AJ Miller
(K=49168) - Comment Date 10/15/2008
|
Sounds like it might be time to go digital, Mark. How about experimenting a bit and posting some of the results on UF, and then asking for advice on how to improve them? 
AJ
|
|
|
|
Lynn Farrell
(K=234) - Comment Date 10/28/2008
|
Moonlight is pretty much the same as sunlight (which is what it is). Try a small aperture & fast shutter speed. You will need to experiment, tho. Why not dedicate one roll of film to that experiment?
|
|
|
|
AJ Miller
(K=49168) - Comment Date 10/28/2008
|
"Try a small aperture & fast shutter speed."
Erm, are you sure, Lynn? You would not need great depth of field, therefore a large aperture would be OK and would let in more light.
And though the light is indeed sunlight, it is reflected (off a not very shiny surface...) So a fast shutter might result in a rather dark image.
Would not a large aperture, slow shutter (and a tripod!) be better? The full moon images I've seen on UF have used something like 1/60 @ F4.0. However, it's not something I've tried myself...
AJ
|
|
|
|
Lynn Farrell
(K=234) - Comment Date 10/28/2008
|
Perhaps I should have said a "small-ish" aperture. And try photographing before it gets pitch black (as well as when it pitch black). But you have to experiment; and one roll of film shouldn't be too expensive to dedicate to the cause. The idea of going digital is a good one, too.
|
|
|
|
Gilbert Leoncio
(K=125) - Comment Date 5/14/2009
|
Use a tripod. Set the aperture at f/16 and experiment between 30secs to 45secs on a brightly lit moon. A bit longer if it's pale. To get more details use a smaller aperture or shorten the exposure time.
|
|
|
|
Sunset Man
(K=10904) - Comment Date 5/16/2009
|
|
|
|
|
Jon O'Brien
(K=11268) - Comment Date 6/16/2009
|
Moon shots burn out pretty easily. I think the first impulse is to go large aperture, long exposure, but all you'd end up with is a shiny ball in the middle of your picture. Tripod and a long lens, f 5.6 @ 1/125, iso 100 worked well for me, here:
http://www.usefilm.com/image/1525626.html
I'm not sure the advantage to shooting in near-dark as opposed to dark. The sky was a dark blue when the above was shot, but of course as I was metering on the moon, that move the sky down to a featureless black.
Cheers,
Jon
|
|
|
|
Jim Budrakey
(K=24165) - Comment Date 7/3/2009
|
The "Sunny Sixteen" rule says to shoot f/16 at 1/ISO on a sunny day. So if you are shooting with an ISO of 100 then you would shoot f/16 at 1/100 on a sunny day. Oh! But you want to shoot the moon. Well, it's always a sunny day on the moon. :-) Seriously, this really works - I was amazed. Good luck.
Jim
|
|
|
|
Jim Kernicky
(K=45) - Comment Date 8/20/2009
|
Darn, the last post included the old adage "it's always sunny on the moon" - unless of course it's a new moon. Definitely shoot some film with the above settings - vary it on either side and you should be fine.
Jim
http://www.jfk-photo.com/
|
|
|
|
Rashed Abdulla
(K=3108) - Comment Date 9/28/2009
|
I recently experimented with differeent settings using the D3X along with Sigma 300MM F2.8 HSM, to me the F11 was the the best lens F Stop to gain as much sharpness as possible and ato avoid flat details.
http://www.usefilm.com/Image.asp?ID=1546280
|
|
|
|
Debasish Ghosh
(K=92) - Comment Date 10/7/2009
|
Does the focal length of the lens have any effect?
|
|
|
|
April Andy
(K=50) - Comment Date 10/20/2009
|
I think just set the aperture at f/16 and experiment between 30secs to 45secs on a brightly lit moon.
|
|
|
|
