A good starting point for moon pix is the "moony 11" - similar to the
sunny16 rule. Aperture f:11, shutter 1/ISO.
-P
Markus Maurer wrote:
Hi Derby
now I understand, you got too much black space around the moon and the
camera overexposed.
So a full frame moon should translate to nearly gray then...
thanks for your answer
greetings
Markus
-----Original Message-----
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Subject: RE: WTB: mirror lens
Hi Markus,
Oh, with a 500 and a 2x, the moon should be quite large in the
frame. So the
metering will be close. But if I just had the mirror without the extender,
normal metering will just create a white blob for the moon. Its
nice to have the
freedom to chimp, and adjust accordingly.
D
Quoting Markus Maurer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
Hi Derby
do you overexpose moonlight shots by 2 stops or did I misunderstand you
here?
I would like to try some shots of full moon soon with the Tamron SP 500
mirror lens and maybe the SP 2x extender.
greetings
Markus
But I still like M. It's useful if the metered exposure is out by
more than two
stops (happens often when taking moonlight shots, and you want to
keep lunar
detail).
D
