How to shoot a beautiful lunar surface with a SLR camera

If you can borrow a telescope, it will be easy to photograph the moon. But binoculars are hard to borrow. Here's how to shoot with a sliding telescope.

I. Equipment preparation

The smallest shape that can photograph the lunar crater;

1, lens: high pixel, as long as possible focal length. If you want to shoot a crater, you must have a camera with more than 654.38+million pixels and a focal length of more than 600 mm. Adding a 300mm lens and a double zoom lens can reduce the cost.

2. tripod. A stable tripod is necessary. Choose a heavier tripod.

3. Yuntai. Because shooting the moon usually uses a long focal length and needs accurate composition, it is best to use high-quality gears to fine-tune the pan/tilt.

4. Cable release. It is essential to shoot the moon or release the cable of the remote control. Whether you press the shutter by hand or take a selfie with a delay, there is the possibility of vibration.

Second, shooting skills

1, shooting location and timing. To shoot the moon, you should first choose an open field, and it is best to choose a suburb with relatively transparent air to avoid the lighting pollution and air pollution in the city.

In addition, we must choose good weather to shoot, so as to shoot the moon clearly enough.

The moon is round, and the 13th and 17th lunar months with dark parts are most suitable for shooting, which can not only clearly show the crater of the moon, but also make the moon three-dimensional.

2. Aperture and shutter

Take the seventeenth day of the lunar calendar as an example. In order to make the photos clearer, it is best to choose an aperture of f/7. 1 or above. The shutter is generally above1125s.

3. International Organization for Standardization. In order to ensure the image quality, it is best to adopt the low ISO of 100 or 200.

Step 4 focus. Nowadays, digital SLR cameras basically have the function of real-time viewing through LCD screen. This function is very useful in precise focus photography. You can use the autofocus function to focus roughly first. Enlarge and display the part you want to focus on through the LCD screen, and then focus accurately through manual focusing.

5. shoot. After the above preparations are done, be sure to pay attention to whether there are cars or pedestrians passing by, which will also cause jitter, and then start the shutter when it is far away.

Using different equipment, the final suitable exposure combination may be biased, so we still have to keep exploring and trying according to our actual situation before we can shoot our own lunar crater.