Telephoto Moon Photography

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Today I look at equipment and methods used to shoot the moon using a telephoto lens. I'm very keen to hear what you like to use to capture the moon in the comments below.
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@kcnicely Жыл бұрын

I typically use my Nikon D500 with the Nikon 200-500mm f/5.6 to shoot moon shots. That combo gives me 750 mm of reach which is good for close up moon shots. I find the image stabilization is amazing in this combo. For the full moon I generally shoot handheld. I find that I can go down to about 1/80 sec without getting any motion blur. My typical setting for the full moon is about 1/250 sec, f/5.6, ISO 100. I will sometimes use the 200-500 with my full frame Z6ii and an FTZ adapter if I am trying to capture the foreground as well. I find that the images have better color and less noise with that combination. I will use a tripod when I am shooting the new moon so I can get much lower shutter speeds to capture the earth shine.

@jodyschultz5870 Жыл бұрын

I'm sorry, please don't be offended but you are making a very common fundamental mistake. The good news is that if you listen to me, I can tell you how to simplify the process and get much better results. I didn't invent any of this. So cheap mobile star trackers are great for milky way shots and time lapse and all that fun stuff but they are way more trouble than they are worth for Lunar. Next time you go out to shoot the moon, using your existing equipment. Use your DSLR and 400 mm to shoot VIDEO. Mount everything on a solid tripod at low extension. Don't use a tracker. Just get ahead of the moon and let the moon drift through the frame. Get 3 or 4 videos of about 30 sec ish. So no polar, no azimuth, or alt, or RA or dec or 2x4. Easy peasy! Now use PIPP (free software) to pre stack. Look that up on KZfaq if you need to. It will convert into AVI, then use AS3 to stack and sharpen. I usually don't bother with Registax but you can if you want to. You can also finish in GIMP or PS but it prob wont need it. Using this easy method you will be able to get rid of that nasty white ring around your moon. On the other hand, If you want to shoot the moon with stuff in the foreground, you are prob back to shooting in RAW and using Sequator etc. to process. You will get amazing results but, fair warning THAT is a ton of work.

@mattsmith010171 Жыл бұрын

Gear setup I use to photograph the moon with is my deep sky setup. Nikon D7000 DSLR, JJC time remote switch, Explore Scientific Telescope AR152mm aperture by 988mm focal length with a focal ratio of F6.5, but with the crop factor it’s more like 1,482mm, Celestron Advance VX tracking mount, and an aperture reducer down to 64mm. Great content as always Richard and yes I was laughing about the polar alignment section as well, but I live in the northern hemisphere so I got it easy. Lol

@dhg1960 Жыл бұрын

I forgot to mention a further tip. You talked about leveling the tripod, I always used to find this clumsey, I then bought a Kingjoy Nivellierkopf LB60 for about 70€, it makes the job quick and easy.

@GARY1951A Жыл бұрын

I use my Canon EOS R with a Sigma 150-600 lens. It has worked pretty well, and I have gotten several good images. I it a pain though to get it set up and keep the moon in the frame for multiple images! My wife just bought me the Star Adventurer 2I kit and I am anxious to use it! It was meant as a Christmas Gift but I already opened it -- I will wrap the box up to put under the tree :-). Your use of the 2x4 wood for polar alignment looks like a great method! I am going to try that tonight!! Thanks for the video - very informative and inspirational!

@ivan7453 Жыл бұрын

Hi Richard. I have success using an Olympus 300mm F4 with and without a 2x teleconverter. Once I have the moon framed, I can track with a gear head.

@scrptwic Жыл бұрын

I photographed the full moon last week I used a 150-450 4.0- 5.6 on a APS-C camera I used F-8 at a shutter speed 150 at ISO 100 I also used Pixel Shift and got the sharp moon picture I have ever shot with a camera. I didn't even need to use Astrotracker built into my camera to take the picture

@InfraredVisuals Жыл бұрын

It is so wholesome of you taking us through the whole journey and mainly the thought process behind snapping these beautiful shots. I absolutely love your videos. Thank you.

@johncarter591 Жыл бұрын

Yeah the photopills app is not as good at aligning the Moon as they promote it! I've found that the moon will raise in the same spot next day!

@brucemullis479 Жыл бұрын

My Nikon p900 takes pretty good moon shots. It's bad in low light but since the mooni blindingly bright it does well. It is cheap but does not shoot in raw while the newer versions like the P1000 does I think.

@jaredalbin5658

Love your passion and work for this! Thank you for this video!

@calvinphipps3121 Жыл бұрын

Thanks again Richard for another awesome video!

@brianpotopowitz9542 Жыл бұрын

Those moon shots are magnificent! Great trick polar aligning with that 2X4 piece of lumber.

@user-ks7hj7yo6h

Thank you for demystifying a number of topics in one very worthwhile video. You are very generous with not only your time but your wealth of knowledge.