eclipse settings

[dino]

just a reminder that there will be a total eclipse on Wensday night, i was curious, ill be shooting with my 5D, 70-200 L IS at iso200 with f/2.8 for about 2 seconds, gonna be taking multi shots with a tripod. what would you be using to acheive capture of the event

[AllenAyres]

Stovall posted some good info here:

http://www.texasphotoforum.com/forum...ad.php?t=54875

[JamesB]

if you want to zoom in on the shot at all you will need some method to track the moon or your shot will be blurred. I use my telescope mount to do this.

James

[bent0box]

crap. I'm taking the picture in my drive way with a xti + kit lens. *sigh* i really need to invest in a telephoto lens for stuff like this!

[rogerfsmith]

Originally Posted by JamesB

if you want to zoom in on the shot at all you will need some method to track the moon or your shot will be blurred. I use my telescope mount to do this.

James

None of the exposures needed for an ecllispe will require a tracking device (only needed if you are going to do star trails or very very long exposures). You will need a good tripod, however. Also keep in mind that the exposures vary depending on which of the 5 stages the eclispe is in. Here is a good link with lots of varied info for the job

http://www.mreclipse.com/LEphoto/LEphoto.html

Cheers,
Roger

[Dobick]

Very good info here:

http://sunearth.gsfc.nasa.gov/eclips...2008Feb21.html

[HOUSCOUS]

Could anybody tell me how to shoot the lunar elipse through all the rain and cloud?

[Hanky]

Originally Posted by HOUSCOUS

Could anybody tell me how to shoot the lunar elipse through all the rain and cloud?

LOL, there's always 2010.

[Peruna]

Originally Posted by HOUSCOUS

Could anybody tell me how to shoot the lunar elipse through all the rain and cloud?

We're having the same problem in Dallas. :(

[ksig113]

...sigh...darn clouds...

[JamesB]

Can you point that fact out on that web site? I cant find it. He gave a lot of good Info in that site, but nothing as to focal length and exposure time.

I have never gotten a sharp image of the moon over 200mm and over 2 seconds.

James

Originally Posted by rogerfsmith

None of the exposures needed for an ecllispe will require a tracking device (only needed if you are going to do star trails or very very long exposures). You will need a good tripod, however. Also keep in mind that the exposures vary depending on which of the 5 stages the eclispe is in. Here is a good link with lots of varied info for the job

http://www.mreclipse.com/LEphoto/LEphoto.html

Cheers,
Roger

[Breezy]

Dang it I thought it was the 21st not the 20th :(

[rogerfsmith]

Originally Posted by JamesB

Can you point that fact out on that web site? I cant find it. He gave a lot of good Info in that site, but nothing as to focal length and exposure time.

I have never gotten a sharp image of the moon over 200mm and over 2 seconds.

James

There were numerous references on that page to exposure and focal length. He had a chart of focal lengths and the exposure times for each for the different eclispe phases.

As far as shooting the moon other times (other than an eclispe), it is just like shooting any other daylight lit object. Use the sunny 16 rule. So this would typically be f16 at ISO 100 and 1/100th of second. Use a tripod.

Of course it wasn't a very good night in dfw for shooting tonight due to lots of clouds.

cheers,
rfs

[Arnor]

Hi Roger,

Originally Posted by rogerfsmith

None of the exposures needed for an ecllispe will require a tracking device (only needed if you are going to do star trails or very very long exposures).

I can't see how you could do star trails with a tracking device - you would not get trails, which is the whole point of tracking;)

Best regards,

[fatherof2]

shot these iamges with a nikon d50 and 300mm 2.8 attached to a 2x and a 1.4x teleconverters at 200 iso at 500th ofa second wide open (total aperature about f8). the last image was shot at about 250th of a second as the light got darker. i was usig a monopod for stability.