D7000 users...fall in!!! Part 3
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Blur Shadow
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Harkamals said:
Oh come on. Do you think you can really generalize by claiming that one manufacturer's lenses are sharper than the other? There will be always be hits and misses by any manufacturer.
Brand war alert....
Design of lenses and their benefits is really to each of his/her own. While Joneeee feels good with the "neat" System of EF/EF-S lenses, I feel it's more of a limitation in many ways which Nikon has less restriction of.
hahah yaa please don't start a brand war because of me!
To be honest, you will be very disappointed with the results. The moon will appear very small on your picture when shooting at 105mm (which is still only abt 160ish mm)
You should start with something along the 300mm range and above to get big enough shot.
As for settings, if really depends on your camera. On a full moon, I shoot at 200 ISO, I used F/8 and shutter speed of 1/500 in order to get a dark sky.
But this is not a full proof settings, it takes some trial and error on the shutter speed.
I just tried a couple of moon shots with my new d7k with 18-105.
Disclaimer: It's my first time doing a moon shot, and i'm using the kit lens, so it's definitely not that good!
https://picasaweb.google.com/103746...&authkey=Gv1sRgCPH36JK238vgcw&feat=directlink
https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/PurOgU-6r9dEJoxyiae5SmAcJaGWpquPGkdUmdPZixU?feat=directlink
I used Manual,ISO 640, F5.6, 1/640 and 1/1000 shutter speed. Just set a fixed ISO and Aperture value, then keep varying the shutter speed, and check out your results. Alternatively, you can fix the ISO and shutter speed, and keep varying the Aperture.
But like Cowseye said, it's really hard to get a good moon shot without at least a 200mm - 300mm lens. It'll just appear very small if you use 105mm.
Disclaimer: It's my first time doing a moon shot, and i'm using the kit lens, so it's definitely not that good!
https://picasaweb.google.com/103746...&authkey=Gv1sRgCPH36JK238vgcw&feat=directlink
https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/PurOgU-6r9dEJoxyiae5SmAcJaGWpquPGkdUmdPZixU?feat=directlink
I used Manual,ISO 640, F5.6, 1/640 and 1/1000 shutter speed. Just set a fixed ISO and Aperture value, then keep varying the shutter speed, and check out your results. Alternatively, you can fix the ISO and shutter speed, and keep varying the Aperture.
But like Cowseye said, it's really hard to get a good moon shot without at least a 200mm - 300mm lens. It'll just appear very small if you use 105mm.
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Since you just started, I recommend you to (if possible) borrow a zoom or prime lens with 300mm or more from someone. It's really not worth to buy a lens just for moon shot, it maybe fun but I'm sure this fun will die out in a month or two.
Even though the image is small, u can try cropping out the moon and super impose it on a night urban landscape shot. You might be surprised by what this little moon can do for you
with 55-200mm its still very small.. 300mm and up will be good i guess..
Blur Shadow
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It is true - I use my 300mm f/4 on the Nikon DX format and it's still pretty small. Settings are similar to those mentioned above.
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