The moon revisited

[Ian]

Just received a 1.4x teleconverter to test, so tried it out on the moon tonight

640mm equivalent.

Ian

[yoshi]

Re: The moon revisited

Hi Ian, is this a test shot of the tele converter or of the moon eclipse tomorrow?

I was thinking about lenses to use with a bit of joy until watching weather forecast - it said deep cloudy and added a comment clearly - the probability of getting a good eclipse moon is very small.

Last time I took the moon photos was maybe 15 years ago or so. I used a OM then. Not the camera's fault but I was not successful in getting good pictures.
Do you plan to use both tele lens and wide angle lens, if you take the eclipse moon?

yoshi

[Ian]

Re: The moon revisited

Hi Yoshi, I did not know about an eclipse of the moon this month but after some research I understand there is one tomorrow (Tuesday) but from what I understand, it will not be visible from Europe. Australia and New Zealand are the ideal places.

Will you be able to experience it in Japan?

Ian

[yoshi]

Re: The moon revisited

Hi Ian, I see. I think I misunderstood it. There were two threads related to the moon photography including yours so I thought it was because of the coming eclipse of the moon. yes, we can have the full eclipse here this evening between 18:52 and 20:23. The weather forecast this morning (it's already 28 th morning here) says once again that only when you are lucky you will be able to have a look at it through the clouds. Until yesterday I was plannng to go for a drive for an hour or two to the mountain area to avoid the city light (and to use an wide angle lens) - but now I'm less enthusiastic.
yoshi

[Matt Kneale]

Re: The moon revisited

I can't say i'm a fan of moon images, they seem so overdone in my opinion.. but as far as they do go, this is a great attempt I can't help feel that there is a tad bit of blur in the image though, but I think this could just be my monitor.

[Ian]

Re: The moon revisited

I can't say i'm a fan of moon images, they seem so overdone in my opinion.. but as far as they do go, this is a great attempt I can't help feel that there is a tad bit of blur in the image though, but I think this could just be my monitor.

This isn't a great image on reflection. I'd taken off the lens tripod mount collar and left it at the office, so the camera was mounted on the tripod rather than the lens. There was some haziness in the sky, too.

The moon moves visibly in the finder. Using Live View is ideal for critical focus in these conditions and it was rather weird seeing the moon shift before your eyes from left to right.

I used minimum ISO and I think ended up with a shutter speed of about 1/50th where the threshold for highlight warnings was reached. A faster shutter speed might have been preferable and I'll try ISO 200 and 400 @1/100th and 1/200th, respectively, next time.

Ian

[yoshi]

Re: The moon revisited

I went out to a near-by park and waited for the moon but could not find it. After spending two hours or so I just came back home.
Now after reading your posting, I just grabbed this one outside my home - a harsh and nasty job - around 350mm,1/60 and handheld. Exposure is not correct and lots of blur. Just for recording purpose. The eclipse was almost over but this time had a better sky! regret no time to use a tripod.
I always wonder why bad weather forecasts are mostly accurate than good ones.

yoshi

[Ian]

Re: The moon revisited

I went out to a near-by park and waited for the moon but could not find it. After spending two hours or so I just came back home.
Now after reading your posting, I just grabbed this one outside my home - a harsh and nasty job - around 350mm,1/60 and handheld. Exposure is not correct and lots of blur. Just for recording purpose. The eclipse was almost over but this time had a better sky! regret no time to use a tripod.
I always wonder why bad weather forecasts are mostly accurate than good ones.

yoshi

Bad weather forecasts tending to be more accurate - how true a fact of life!

Ian

[Ian]

Re: The moon revisited

I went out to a near-by park and waited for the moon but could not find it. After spending two hours or so I just came back home.
Now after reading your posting, I just grabbed this one outside my home - a harsh and nasty job - around 350mm,1/60 and handheld. Exposure is not correct and lots of blur. Just for recording purpose. The eclipse was almost over but this time had a better sky! regret no time to use a tripod.
I always wonder why bad weather forecasts are mostly accurate than good ones.

yoshi

I completely forgot that I did take some shots at the previous lunar eclipse and posted one in my gallery back in March.

Ian