G9 Moon Shot

[tjavery]

There is no doubt that TJ has the equipment but more importantly the knowledge to take Great pictures.  But hopefully this thread shows that, with a little help from the TJ's, BK's, etc. who participate in this chat group, even those of us with much lesser equipment can take some pretty cool photos. 

Thanks guys.
Al

Thanks, Al Equipment matters some (in this specific case, it matters a lot), but technique and using YOUR equipment to it's potential is most important.

Shooting the moon (if you want a detailed frame-filling moon) just requires lots of focal length. There are others on this board that have better equipment than I for this type of shot.

For reference, my shot was made with 1270mm (35mm "full frame" effective focal length). That's a 400mm lens on a "cropped" DSLR camera body and two 1.4x teleconverters stacked.

[badknees]

There is no doubt that TJ has the equipment but more importantly the knowledge to take Great pictures.  But hopefully this thread shows that, with a little help from the TJ's, BK's, etc. who participate in this chat group, even those of us with much lesser equipment can take some pretty cool photos. 

Thanks guys.
Al

I agree. All the equipment in the world does not a great photographer make!!

You did good Al.

PS, thanks for the trip report.