Ball of cheese

SimpsonBrothers

Borrowed my neighbors telescope to try out this shot on Saturday, what do you think? I'm pretty sure an 800mm lens would do better. (plus I suck at manual focus on a telescope through the camera viewfinder)

nitewag

I'd say you did pretty good on the focus. great shot

Richard

I agree--the focus looks fine. You might want to use live view at 10x magnification instead of the viewfinder for focusing. I was fairly pleased with it the last time I tried a moon shot.

SimpsonBrothers

Richard wrote: »

I agree--the focus looks fine. You might want to use live view at 10x magnification instead of the viewfinder for focusing. I was fairly pleased with it the last time I tried a moon shot.

I tried live view, but since there is not aperature control it just looked like a big bright blur. Also not sure how to magnify in live view.

Richard

You magnify and can pan using the same buttons that you use when reviewing pics in the LCD. On the 50D, there's also a menu setting that lets you simulate the exposure the shot will have, instead of wide open. You should be able to see clearly enough to focus manually. If you want to get fancy, you can tether the camera and see the preview on a laptop screen, though I have never bothered with this.