The moon redux

Posted on September 28, 2007
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Full Moon w/Nikon 70-300 ED on D50 - manual exposure

Sure enough, using a Nikon D50 and setting the exposure manually allowed us to get this snap this morning of the near-full moon, showing crater detail this time (unlike yesterday), once again from a corner of the new patio. The Nikon was mounted on our very lightweight Quantaray tripod, which seemed to hold it just fine.

I’m guessing the Lumix’ lens has similar quality, but I’d have had to dig out its manual to figure out how to get into manual exposure mode - something I knew how to do on the Nikon. Nikon D50 with 70-300mm f4 - 5.6 AF ED Nikkor; 300 (420)mm, 160th second at f5.6. Nikon’s ED lenses are sharp, too…

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2 Responses to “The moon redux”

  1. Anonymous on September 28th, 2007 10:45 am

    Now to photograph galaxies.

  2. www.gulker.com » Blog Archive » Mars approacheth on October 2nd, 2007 9:43 pm

    […] Friend Bob McCrary, seeing my Moon pics below, emailed to remind me that Mars is approaching opposition - meaning Mars and the Sun are on opposite sides of the Earth - and as close as it will be until 2014. […]

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