Eclipse - New Years Eve 7.20pm

monkeyman

Is it possible to shoot an eclipse assuming the sky was clear. I just saw in the paper that there is an eclipse tonight (New years Eve) between 6 & 8pm with 7.23pm being the best time.

Any suggestions. I have a tripod, Canon 1000D & the 18-55mm & 55-250mm lens.

Thanks

eeyore2502

Did you have any luck?? The sky was all cloudy here and I couldn't see a thing!

DK32

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055783608

andrewk08

Yes
I recommend that you switch to manual, start by setting the ISO to 400, the f-stop to f11 and exp time to 1/200. Check your histogram to see that you have not over exposed.

If your camera allows it, I would set the timer and use mirror lock.
Here is my result:
http://www.akellyphoto.com/html/general/moon/moon.htm

Best of Luck
Andrew
(I have some tutorials on my site about exposure)
www.akellyphoto.com

andrewk08

Had a look at the poor results at
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055783608
given above. Although these files are 107K, there is little detail.
The main reason for this would be poor optics, however, be wary of opening the lens to maximum aperature, as this will also give results that are less sharp.

pullandbang

andrewk08 wrote: »

Had a look at the poor results at
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055783608
given above. Although these files are 107K, there is little detail.
The main reason for this would be poor optics, however, be wary of opening the lens to maximum aperature, as this will also give results that are less sharp.

Well hello Andrew - didn't know you frequented these spots!

Nice shots of the moon - expect to see some of them Monday night?:)

andrewk08

Who is this? See you Monday, No, won't be putting Eclipse pics into competition!

kensutz

andrewk08 wrote: »

Had a look at the poor results at
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055783608
given above. Although these files are 107K, there is little detail.
The main reason for this would be poor optics, however, be wary of opening the lens to maximum aperature, as this will also give results that are less sharp.

Poor optics? 500mm f4L ftw Oh yeah I don't have mine on the thread but it's on pix.ie

andrewk08

Ken
The poor optics that I was referring to were "sigma 70-300mm that i bought for €70", but I was trying to be a bit more subtle.
I too use the 500 F4 and find it pretty good.
Hope to get the 800 when the recession ends!
Andrew

kensutz

Ah gotcha. The 800mm isn't too bad. The 500mm is mainly going to be for the cricket matches I cover. I can stick on the 1.4x extender because it's mainly daylight shooting with the cricket.

pullandbang

andrewk08 wrote: »

Who is this? See you Monday, No, won't be putting Eclipse pics into competition!

I'll be the one with the eclipse photo in the B&W section (novice) that'll get a 5 for effort