Re: Nikon d70s

By trial and error I learned to use/do this:
Tripod
F8/f11
Speed: 1/125 or faster.
ISO: 200 to minimalize noise
HTH,
Louis
The moon moves with 11.000kms an hour so, a high speed is of importance.

On 8/29/07, Vicki Lackey < VLackey513%40hotmail.com">VLackey513hotmail.com> wrote:
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>; Hi all,
>; I am new to this group. My name is Vicki and I am from Texas. I love to to
> shoot nature...birds, bugs, dogs, cats, donkeys, etc., and I have some
>; success with that. What I can't seem to figure out is how to shoot pictures
> of the moon. Last night was a full lunar eclipse and out of 102 shots, not
> one of them is worth showing. They are either too grainy, too dark, not
> focused, too bright...you get the picture. I am not professional and don't
&gt; really understand F-stop and shutter speeds. I tried a lot of variations
> last night. Can someone please give me some advice so, perhap, I will not
> miss an event like this again?
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> Hope you are having a great day,
>; Vicki
&gt; From Texas

Louis

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> By trial and error I learned to use/do this:
&gt; Tripod
&gt; F8/f11
&gt; Speed: 1/125 or faster.
> ISO: 200 to minimalize noise
&gt; HTH,
>; Louis
&gt; The moon moves with 11.000kms an hour so, a high speed is of importance.

The orbital velocity of the moon is irrelevant. The ANGULAR velocity is
meaningful.

To a first-order approximation, the moon circles the earth - 360 revolution
- in 24 hours, or about 15 degrees per hour. That is 15 minutes of arc per
minute, or 15 seconds of arc per second. In 1/125 second it moves about
15/125 of a second of arc, or about 0.12 seconds of arc.

For a normal clear night shot, you need high shutter speed not to stop
lunar movement, but because it is very brightly lit, and the "sunny 16"rule
applies - f/16 at the reciprocal of the ISO speed - as a first guess. Best
to bracket. Of course, during a total lunar eclipse it gradually gets much
dimmer....

Galaxies are traveling away from the earth at up to 180,000 miles per second.
Do you suppose they know something?

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A professional told me to use the same settings that Louis suggested and
they worked.

-Brent

Louis Weyl wrote:
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> By trial and error I learned to use/do this:
&gt; Tripod
&gt; F8/f11
&gt; Speed: 1/125 or faster.
> ISO: 200 to minimalize noise
&gt; HTH,
>; Louis
&gt; The moon moves with 11.000kms an hour so, a high speed is of importance.
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