vincechu
New member
Hi everyone, recently the moons been really bright and the starry sky's been clear, so thought it would be great to try and take some photos of the moon and starry sky. And also on Friday (29th Jan), according to Yahoo News, Mars and the Full Moon will be really bright and visible so I thought it would be nice to take some photos of them.
So today (Thurs) I tried a few shots of the night sky and didnt get any good results , so I was wondering if anyone could please give me some tips?
I know that long shutter speeds (with tripod) and higher ISO (which affect IQ) help, but what should I do about focusing? I'm thinking infinate focus would be a good idea but how do you get infinate focus without using Landscape Mode (which apparently sets focus priority to infinate and doesn't help as it doesn't allow control over shutter speed). I heard infinate focusing is impossible on the G1 - is that true?
Any tips would be greatly appreciated :thumbup: if it helps I'm using a G1 and the 14-140mm
If anyone else tries to photograph Mars and the Moon on Fri 26th don't forget to post your photos if anyones interested heres the Yahoo news article, it provides a bit of information about whats happening with Mars and the Moon, but its a UK site so don't forget to check local sites for when would be the best viewing time for you, UK around 9PM: http://uk.news.yahoo.com/21/20100128/tsc-mars-and-moon-in-heavenly-show-4b158bc.html
So today (Thurs) I tried a few shots of the night sky and didnt get any good results , so I was wondering if anyone could please give me some tips?
I know that long shutter speeds (with tripod) and higher ISO (which affect IQ) help, but what should I do about focusing? I'm thinking infinate focus would be a good idea but how do you get infinate focus without using Landscape Mode (which apparently sets focus priority to infinate and doesn't help as it doesn't allow control over shutter speed). I heard infinate focusing is impossible on the G1 - is that true?
Any tips would be greatly appreciated :thumbup: if it helps I'm using a G1 and the 14-140mm
If anyone else tries to photograph Mars and the Moon on Fri 26th don't forget to post your photos if anyones interested heres the Yahoo news article, it provides a bit of information about whats happening with Mars and the Moon, but its a UK site so don't forget to check local sites for when would be the best viewing time for you, UK around 9PM: http://uk.news.yahoo.com/21/20100128/tsc-mars-and-moon-in-heavenly-show-4b158bc.html