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Hi!
I Just started taking shots from the moon with my wife's digital camera and so far I like the result, here's a result of last night's shot 30 min. after moonrise. I managed to get a hold of a good SLR camera body and last night I attached it to my 4 inch achro. Now I want to try taking lunar shots with that camera.
Does anybody have suggestions on what kind of film and shutter speeds I should use to get good results? All your advise is very much appreciated!
Thanks!
Saul.
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Anonymous
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Try getting "Astrophotography basics" from the Kodak web site. That will give you some hints to the exposure. It would be hard to say what the correct exposure would be because it depends on your scope's transmittance, the atmosphere, how high the moon is above the horizon, and the phase. I would bracket, make extra exposures above and below your calculated exposure. Maybe five exposures from two stops over to two stops under in one stop increments.
Are you shooting this at the prime focus, afocally, or are you using eyepiece projection? This will be important to decide what film speed is important.
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Dave Mitsky
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Saul,
You'll most likely find that the digital camera does a much better job on the Moon and planets than the film camera.
I suggest consulting Michael Covington's book for exposure times. As Wil said there are a lot of variables involved.
Dave Mitsky
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Anonymous
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I would think that the quality of the digital photos will depend upon the camera resolution.
Those problems do not exist with film.
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Charles
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The moon is funny. If you can get the whole moon in your frame it is not as bad. Full Moons I start at 1/250 and about F 5. Half Moons can be shot anywhere from 1/60 to 1/250, but if you start with 1/125 at about F5 you should be okay. That is the main reason I went from film to digital is because it cost money in trail and error with film. Digital only cost you time.
As to shooting the Moon as high resolution sections it’s a lot of trail and error. The closer you get to the terminator the slower your film shutter speed need to be. It makes for a challenge when you try to paste a bunch of sections together that all have different exposure settings. I like to use the RAW format of my digital camera (Nikon 5700), because it allows me to play with exposure times when I download it into the computer.
If you have the ability to adjust the White-Balance put it on direct sunlight or Fine. It will help take out a little of the yellow tint.
Good Luck
Charles 
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