Full moon part #3

[raynerj1]

Roger,

If you are going to try for a landscape sceeen I would suggest taking it around dusk. To catch the moon you need a pretty fast exposure, around 1/50 -1/120 second. if you want it darker just underexpose the shot.
My 1000mm fills about 3/4 frame. So your 200mm will probably grab about 1/8 to 1/4 frame. You can pick up a manual lens pretty cheap. I paid $100 for mine new. If you look around you could probably grab a used one for much less. Then you just need an adapter for your camera body (about $10).

It is much easier to use a tripod and a cable release if you have one. If you lens is long enough that you need to mount it to the tripod then try a cable release and timed exposure to minimise camera shake when the mirror flips up.

The moon is still up and I was thinking of trying a daylight moon shot just to see what I can get.