Hi!
how he did it?
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i have an A510 cam - i tried to take a shot of the moon & i got just a small little snow ball. hmm.tips?
He "digiscoped" it. In other words, he attached the camera to a small telescope to get the very long focal length. In order to fill the frame with the moon, you need about 2000mm focal length with a 35mm camera. If you had "70x zoom" you might be about getting there.
well for one thing it is through a 20x scope so he got closer. Second it was during the day and third would be his shutter and aperature settings:
Aperture: 2.5
ISO: 100
Shutter: 100
The main thing I'm sure that helped was the daylight.
He "digiscoped" it. In other words, he attached the camera to a small telescope to get the very long focal length. In order to fill the frame with the moon, you need about 2000mm focal length with a 35mm camera. If you had "70x zoom" you might be about getting there.
do you need some extra equipment to do this, or can you just shoot through the scope?
(sorry if this is a weird / stupid question, just wondering :))
He "digiscoped" it. In other words, he attached the camera to a small telescope to get the very long focal length. In order to fill the frame with the moon, you need about 2000mm focal length with a 35mm camera. If you had "70x zoom" you might be about getting there.
do you need some extra equipment to do this, or can you just shoot through the scope?
(sorry if this is a weird / stupid question, just wondering :))
All you really need is a simple adapter to hold the camera up to the eyepiece, and a remote release (or use self-timer). And the telescope, of course!
I placed the lens of my Coolpix 990 to the eye piece of my Pentax 20-60x spotting scope, zoomed the camera to remove round black circle, focused on the moon and shot. Thats it. It was a daytime shot. Thanks for asking
well for one thing it is through a 20x scope so he got closer. Second it was during the day and third would be his shutter and aperature settings:
Aperture: 2.5
ISO: 100
Shutter: 100
The main thing I'm sure that helped was the daylight.
It can be done at night too. Also, you have to adjust speed and ISO, the scope image can be quite dark. These shots were all at the scope setting at 20x, zoomed up to 5x on the coolpix. Scope above 40x you get way to much movement unless you really have a heavy tripod or to much heat waves. Van
I also have a tring set up for my spotting scope and tried taking photo's of the moon at 45 x zoom and lower ranges, but not happy with them. I got my new Bigma 50 - 500 mm lens and I took this photo hand held at 500 mm and I am very happy with the outcome. This is original size but cropped
Just my coolpix and the scope on tripod. You can get mounts to attach to certain scopes, but they do not make them for my model of scope. The moon is easy, wildlife are hard because of movement. In order to get good light ya have to shoot at as slow speed as possible, or higher ISO, grain kills ya. "Blue Moon" was before I knew about Neatimage, so I didn't remove any grain, it lookes better. Van
Just my coolpix and the scope on tripod. You can get mounts to attach to certain scopes, but they do not make them for my model of scope. The moon is easy, wildlife are hard because of movement. In order to get good light ya have to shoot at as slow speed as possible, or higher ISO, grain kills ya. "Blue Moon" was before I knew about Neatimage, so I didn't remove any grain, it lookes better. Van
Just my coolpix and the scope on tripod. You can get mounts to attach to certain scopes, but they do not make them for my model of scope. The moon is easy, wildlife are hard because of movement. In order to get good light ya have to shoot at as slow speed as possible, or higher ISO, grain kills ya. "Blue Moon" was before I knew about Neatimage, so I didn't remove any grain, it lookes better. Van
so you held the cam near the scope? thats it? :-)
Yep...Lens to lens (kind of dirty dancing style) :)
