Above, not my photo. I snagged it from American Scientific.
To get good moon shots, a long lens is needed for greater magnification. 300mm is pretty darned great… but a 200mm will work quite well, as well.
Here are the camera settings:
- Set the shooting mode to Manual (M).
- Set the focal length according to the Moon size and the framing (composition) you want.
- Set the aperture to f/8.
- Focus on the subject.
- Set the ISO to 100.
- Adjust the shutter speed, but never above 1s.
- Take a test shot and check the histogram. (A histogram is a statistical graph that represents the brightness levels of a scene captured by the camera.
Above all, practice. Take lots of photos and analyze the results, striving to improve the creative value. Create timelapse moon rises, too.
To get good shots with buildings, landscapes and the like with the moon prominent, AI has this to say about the 200mm lens:
- Composition:The 200mm lens offers a wider field of view than a longer lens, making it easier to incorporate foreground elements like trees, buildings, or landscapes into the image, creating more visually interesting compositions.
So, it looks to me like the 70-200 is the way to go for what I want to do.