Hey:
I´ve just bought a 70-300mm lens and I would like
to do some lunar photography with it (as a start) and I would like to get some
advices (exposure times, anything else) to get better results.
Thanks.
Roberto
Hi Roberto,
I take it then you are shooting the moon with a
telephoto lens and not through a telescope. The moon is basically a
sunlit object. Treat it as you would a terrestrial object illuminated by
the sun. The exposure for such is typically the inverse of the film
speed at f/16. i.e., ASA 400 would be 400th sec at f/16. However,
the moon at less than full phase has many shadows in craters, etc. along the
terminator, making it slightly dimmer than an object using the "sunny 16"
rule. So you may want to bracket one or two f/stops wider with
you initial exposures until you get the feel for how the moon will react to
your photo system.