Moon lens...?!
I shot the above picture today and am not satisfied with the clarity of it; its a 70-300mm f4.5-f32 Tamron.
Is this the sort of lens I should be using for a moon shot? I did a 10 sec delay timer and think the focus was as sharp as it could be.
Thoughts and guidance are appreciated.
Chris Maybe it's the quality of the glass that I'm using?
Ian Prince Mmm, my first thought is why such a long exposure and closed aperture ? I'd try a wider aperture and shorter exposure. That way you can eliminate camera shake on tripod and "moon moving through the sky" as reasons why it's not as sharp as you're like.
That said, I'm very much a beginner at astro photography,
Ian Prince ...and lenses are rarely their best fully stopped-down.
Satoshi T
the Moon is very far, but it only needs narrow depth of field. So I think you need not using such small aperture.
Certainly the performance of the lens is better around f/8 or f/11.
When you use most small aperture, Result is not sharp by diffraction effect.
I use f/32 only if I want to deepen the depth of field in Macro shot.
Chris Thank you everybody; lots I haven't thought about there!
Ian Prince Happy shooting then :) Looking forward to see what you come up with.
Chris Thanks to everyone for their advice; this is my second attempt, taken this evening... "Nearly Full Moon"
Ian Prince Thanks for sharing the second one. What do you think?
Chris I think it's better but I still feel it could be the quality/focal length of the lens being a key reason behind the sharpness of what I'm after.
Ian Prince
Yes, an improvement. You could maybe try and underexpose a bit, and possibly slightly sharpen in post processing.
Pollution in the air might also be a factor...or as you suspect, a not so sharp lens. Maybe you could try a daylight test at the same focal length....
Emily Bell
The second picture certainly seems sharper, but I think you should try with an aperture of f/8 or so, to really get those craters. I think it's great that you've started this thread, I saw how full the moon was yesterday evening and then thought back to this thread, so it's my pic of the day too - so thanks for the inspiration (and the help everyone!)! :)
Here's a link to my try: "Moon"
Any and all feedback is welcome! :)
Satoshi T
I feel the chromatic aberration slightly.
It is noticeable, if contrast is too intense.
I think you should try more early time (sky is more bright) , with an aperture of f/8 or f/11, and more large ISO to to keep shutterspeed I recommend.
Chris To keep shutter speed to 1/250?
Satoshi T
almost yes.
ILCA-77M2's spec is very high , so , you can use upper ISO value about 3200-6400 almost without noise(it's advantage!).
as @Shenandoah says, more better to up shutter speed.
as I think aperture is better to up 1 or 2 step.
You use ISO 50, Exp 1/500, aperture f/5.6 at "Nearly Full Moon".
If brightness is equal, I recommend ISO 200, Exp 1/500, aperture f/11.
and as @Ian says, you can sharpen by postprocess.
Alek Jedliński I thought this was a very interesting video on the subject. I haven't tried it yet but probably will in the near future :) youtu.be/_cGbbSx-Mug
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Bridget Braun I'm interested in hearing some comments as well as I got a 70-300mm lens for christmas with the intention of starting to capture the moon more.