Eclipse of the moon

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Re: Eclipse of the moon

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The UK news yesterday afternoon said the only place in the UK where it would be visible was the Shetlands.
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Buksi,

Great photos! Can you list the equipment used and settings to get those shots. As I said, I was using an older (4mp) camera but it did have a 12x zoom and I tried shots with every manual and automatic setting on the damned thing and couldn't get any decent photos. I did ok with the full moon, but once the eclipse started there was just not enough light.

The best I could do:
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Big Boy wrote:The UK news yesterday afternoon said the only place in the UK where it would be visible was the Shetlands.
From here it looked just like that first photo from Buksi except the opposite corner was missing as the eclipse finished.
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hhfarang wrote:Buksi,

Great photos! Can you list the equipment used and settings to get those shots. As I said, I was using an older (4mp) camera but it did have a 12x zoom and I tried shots with every manual and automatic setting on the damned thing and couldn't get any decent photos.
Nikon D70s
300mm Sigma telephoto lens
Tripod
Self Timer Mode (ten second delay so that the rig is still when the shot is taken)
ISO 1600
Shutter delay for about 3 seconds (varied this depending on the light)

I should have taken a few with a lower ISO setting to get rid of the grainy effect.
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