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Old 09-08-2009, 12:00 PM
Oliver Gigacz (Oliver)
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Originally Posted by deadsimple View Post
Not bad at all! What camera settings were used?



Yeah there's a fair bit of overexposure. On the 450D I usually stick strictly to ISO200, and 1/800 - 1/2000 sec exposure, around f/5-6 at 250mm at a mostly full moon. Any slower and you start losing detail.

To be honest I've found the best results with a moon-stack of about 3-8 or so (compared to 100+ on regular planetary shots). That'll get rid of enough noise to allow you to deconv/wavelet-process without bringing out noise, and also allow you to output a decent image at the original resolution/DPI/PPI (i.e. 1:1 pixel) without having to downsize.

Any more than 10 in a stack and I find the moon gets too blurry.
I used auto exposure on all. Focal of 300MM and a shutter speed of around 1/800 ISOAUTO. What should the settings be to get a better image?
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