How do you take a moon with a 55 200mm lens?

How to take pictures of the moon?

1. Turn on the live view of your camera.
2. Turn on the timer on your camera and set it to your desired duration.
3. Extend your lens to maximum focal length.
4. Press the zoom in button on your camera to zoom into the preview.

Is 200mm enough for moon photography?

If you want a good picture of the moon, you need at least a 200mm lens – and even then, it’s best to use a crop-sensor camera for a bit more reach. So a focal length of 300mm or greater is recommended, and photographing the moon is one time when megapixels really do matter.

How do you shoot the moon with 200mm?

Steps To Photographing Just The Moon

1. Select a long lens. Use a long lens (> 200mm) and zoom in as far as you can.
2. Set the ISO. Set the camera to ISO 100.
3. Choose aperture. f/11 to f/16 (find the sweet spot for sharpness)
4. Choose shutter speed. Shutter speed around 1/60th to 1/125th.
5. Set the focus.

What settings do I need to photograph the moon?

Aperture: Set your aperture to f/11. Shutter Speed: Set your shutter speed to 1/100. White Balance: Set it to “Daylight”, although it does not matter if you shoot in RAW – you will be able to change it in post-processing. Lens Focus: Use the rear LCD screen of your camera to zoom in and focus on the moon.

How do you shoot a moon with an 18 55mm lens?

To overcome this, you’ll want to photograph the moon with an 18-55mm lens just after sunset (or before dawn) when there is still a bit of light in the sky. There will be less contrast between the sky and foreground allowing you to capture detail in both.

Is 300mm enough for moon?

When you go with a wide-angle lens, the moon will appear smaller in the frame. If you are shooting the moon alone, you can get pretty good results with a 200mm or 300mm lens, but to really fill the frame, you will likely want an even longer telephoto lens or you can use a teleconverter to extend a lens you already own.

Is 300mm enough for moon photography?

So what’s the optimal lens to pick for moon photography? You need to find one with a focal length of, at least, 300mm. Thankfully, the moon is so bright that you do not need fast, expensive, telephoto lenses. Anything with an aperture of f/5.6 or f/8 will do.

How do you focus on the moon?

Switch your camera to Manual mode and your lens to manual focus. Your exact exposure will vary according to the conditions, but in manual exposure mode start with ISO800, a shutter speed of 1/250 sec and an aperture of f/5.6. Adjust the ISO or aperture until you can see detail clearly in the surface.

What kind of lens do you need to photograph the Moon?

Although astrophotographers specializing in the Moon usually photograph it through a powerful telescope, a telephoto lens of almost any focal length is good enough to get a good Moon shot.

How do you take a photo of a full moon?

Using a lens with as long a focal length lens as possible, and with your camera on a tripod, dial in a sensitivity of ISO 400, an aperture of f/2.8 (or as low as your lens will go), and open the shutter for between one and four seconds. A full moonrise is the time to capture our satellite with a foreground. Credit: CC0 Creative Commons

Can I take a picture of the Moon with the 550D?

You can certainly take such an image with a 550D, but to get it that size without cropping will take a lens of about 600mm or so. The moon occupies about one degree of arc, and a 600mm lens on the 550D’s sensor will yield a (short-side) field of view of just under one and a half degrees, which is just a little bit tighter than the framing here.

Why can’t I take pictures of the Moon in landscape photography?

Taking a landscape photograph that includes the Moon is more difficult because during that ‘blue hour’ after sunset the Moon is already too bright. So, if you take a longer exposure for the landscape, you’ll overexpose the Moon, and if you expose for the Moon, the landscape with be under-exposed.