I sometimes like to load a roll of Kodachrome 64 and shoot off a roll of full moons that I can double expose evening scenes with later. I record the moon using a 200mm lens that is set at f8 and a shutter speed of 1/250. I've gotton some good results using this technique.
Jim A. > From: "Kent Gittings" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Date: Wed, 26 Dec 2001 11:50:17 -0500 > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: RE: Shooting The Moon (Was Re: My wife just doesn't understand) > > Full moon shots generally needs something like an ND25 or ND13 filter to > reduce glare, and increase contrast and detail. Otherwise stick to shots in > the terminator area (line of sunlight) where detail and contrast are higher. > Just remember to use an astro recommended shutter speed and not something > the camera may meter. > Kent Gittings > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Bob Blakely > Sent: Saturday, December 22, 2001 12:16 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Shooting The Moon (Was Re: My wife just doesn't understand) > > > I'd use 400 IS0 to keep the shutter above 1/100 even with the mirror up. As > to B&W or color, the moon doesn't have much color. I find the full moon > unsatisfying. The sun is straight on so no shadows are cast. I like a > gibbous moon. Affix as much weight on the camera as is practical to reduce > the amplitude of any vibrations, but don't do anything that over stresses > the lens mount. I'd set steel points on concrete. Use a head. The earth > turns faster than you think. > > Regards, > Bob... > -------------------- > "Let us contemplate our forefathers, and posterity, > and resolve to maintain the rights bequeathed to us > from the former, for the sake of the latter. > The necessity of the times, more than ever, calls > for our utmost circumspection, deliberation, fortitude, > and perseverance. Let us remember that 'if we > suffer tamely a lawless attack upon our liberty, > we encourage it, and involve others in our doom.' > It is a very serious consideration that millions yet > unborn may be the miserable sharers of the event." > - Samuel Adams, 1771 > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Doug Franklin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, December 21, 2001 7:56 PM > Subject: Shooting The Moon (Was Re: My wife just doesn't understand) > > >> Hi John, >> >> On Fri, 21 Dec 2001 19:05:19 -0600, John Mustarde wrote: >> >>> Your Sigma AF 400/5.6 APO Macro will be a pleasant surprise in terms >>> of sharpness and contrast. I'm quite sure it will blow the K-400/5.6 >>> and certainly the Tokina out of the water, especially wide open. >> >> Boy, John, I hope you're right. I'd love to find out that my technique >> isn't as bad as I thought but my 400 lenses aren't as good as I >> thought. :-) I think I'm going to try a couple of moon shots tomorrow >> night with the Sigma. If I think about it, I'll do some "side by side" >> comparison shots with the K 400. Since I don't have a tripod collar >> for the Tokina, I can't do side by sides for it. >> >> Speaking of taking moon photos, I'd appreciate comments on my plan of >> attack. >> >> I'll be using a heavy duty surveyor's tripod (aluminum, unfortunately). >> I may use a Bogen/Manfrotto 3262 ball head (the only head I have) or I >> may put the camera directly on the tripod and adjust the legs instead >> of using a head. I'll set the tripod up on earth rather than concrete. >> >> I'll ballast the tripod itself with a 40 pound (5 gallon) bucket of >> water hanging from the center "yoke" of the tripod. I'm not sure >> whether it's better to keep the ballast closer to the ground or the >> "yoke". I'll ballast the lens and camera with one or two 2# ankle >> weights. Either both over the tripod mount or one on the camera itself >> and one near the front of the lens. >> >> I'll use the Sigma with two Pentax 2X-S T/Cs. It looks like the lens >> would work with a 2X-L T/C, but I don't have one. :-( The body will be >> my LX, since I have the "magnifinder" (looking down into the top of the >> camera works better when it's elevated 30 or more degrees). >> >> I'll be using the "Moony 11" rule (like Sunny 16). That means a >> shutter speed 4/ASA since my effective aperture will be f/22. Or should >> that be 2/ASA? I'll have to do the math again. :-) >> >> I haven't decided on film yet. I've got the following in house: >> Portra 160NC, Royal Gold 100 and 400, T400CN, TriX, and Max 400. I'm >> thinking probably Portra or RG 100, or maybe TriX. > - > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. 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