I recently had the opportunity to buy a large focal range lens for a small amount of money. Specifically, this is an unknown to me lens called Kimunor 500mm F8 manual lens. I, like every kid, immediately wanted to test it and see what its possibilities were, I wanted to try to take photos of the moon, but for the past week the weather has been bad, cloudy and I have not had the opportunity to do it until tonight.
I have never even tried to take photos of the moon so far for an obvious reason, so my knowledge of moon photography was nonexistent. I sought the advice of more experienced photographers in the field and learned about the so-called lunar 11 rule! What is it?! This is one simple rule that will make your attempt to photograph the moon easier! It is advisable to set the aperture of the lens to F11, ISO 100 and shutter speed 1/100, of course without a tripod, don't even try to take a photo of the moon! You can change the ISO value for example: ISO 200, but then be sure to increase the shutter speed to 1/200 etc.
I was eagerly waiting for the full moon to appear in the sky on a Friday 13: D it appeared around 6:30 pm I took my camera and the rest of the equipment and eagerly headed outside. Outside, much to my disappointment, a rather strong wind blew, but I decided that whatever the conditions, I should at least try to take a photo of the moon!
I unmounted the tripod and secured it, put a lens camera on it, and started with the basic settings. I'm did not mentioned that I use a Canon camera with an APS-C sensor that has a crop factor of 1.6x which means that my 500mm lens on my camera is actually 800mm.
I found the moon in the viewfinder, I turned the handles to move the tripod head along the axles, focusing the best as was possible because the wind constantly seemed to shift the lens and camera at the micro level. The other important thing I realized then was that I needed a remote shutter release, but since I didn't have it with me, I had to use a 10-second delayed self-timer to avoid further camera and lens shakes.
I took dozens of photos and decided to return home because of a burning desire to see the result as well as the moon slowly beginning to slip behind the clouds carried by the wind.
I transferred the photos to my computer and looked at the photos. Was I satisfied?! Yes and no, since they are my first attempt and I was without experience in the field, I am very satisfied, but on the other hand, I am dissatisfied with it because in the photos it can be seen that it is possible to achieve much greater sharpness, as well as set the focus a little better, but well next time I believe it will be at least a little better.
Lastly, be sure to avoid windy nights if you want to photograph the moon!
13.12.2019. Thanks for visiting my photo blog
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Very nice shot of the moon. The tip I will try when we have a clear night again.
Thank you! :) It was so great experience, probably would be better If wind wasn't blown, but next time will be better. We all constant learn something new, it's very useful If someone share own experience on certain topics. :)
I got my chance to try last night. I started with the f11 like you suggested, had to stop down to f9 just not bright enough with the trees in the way. Still the setting you provided were a very good guide to get going.
Now I am waiting for the moon to depart our night sky, and to try some more star pictures, and hoping to get a chance at the Northern Lights.
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All the same, the photos turned out to be good, especially for the first time.
Thank you my friend! :) I'm very satisfied by end results, ok. I made mistakes few time but next time I will try to avoid them as much as possible.
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