I have a chance at taking a photo of the lunar eclipse tonight. What settings would be optimal on my Sony H2? Take a spot meter reading and decide. The proper exposure WILL change throughout the eclipse.
Here's a picture of the moon that I just took tonight in my front yard. The settings were:
ISO - 100
Shutter Speed - 1/100 sec.
Focal length - 300 mm (450 mm equivalent)
Aperture - f/7.1
http://www.flickr.com/photos/samfeinstei...
For a partial eclipse, you would probably need to use the same settings and about f/2.8-4.0. Of course, you can take the shot and check the LCD right away for a general idea about the exposure and make adjustments accordingly. The eclipse doesn't move so quickly that you wouldn't be able to do that. Thanks. I hope it all worked out for you. Me??? I was asleep. Report It
the settings don't matter as much as having a tripod.
If you have a tripod, keep the ISO to a minimum to reduce noise and use the timer so you don't have to touch the camera to take the shot.
as a composition tip, try and get something besides the moon in the shot. maybe a nearby tree or mountain ridge... That will show scale and make your photo more interesting.
good luck
david You need two things and I don't think the H2 has them. First you need to be able to shoot using manual exposure (the proper exposure for the moons surface is 1/ISO at f/22), and the shortest focal length to get the moon to fill about one half of the shortest side of the image frame is about 500mm.
You can do tests now to see what you can get, but if you shoot in the auto-exposure mode, the moon will be far overexposed and be just a white dot in the middle of a black background. If you don't use a tripod, then the dot will look like a UFO moving all around in the dark sky, so that might be a good thing .. you can impress your friends. For a P&S, set for night mode, and infinity focus.
I'm not familiar with your camera, and any manual settings that it has.
Dont use digital zoom, just as much optical zoom as it has.
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