the kit lens that came with the camera is 18-55mm ,which is not good enough to zoom the moon.so pls suggest which lens to buy.i live in india.so it will be appreciated if the money is mentioned in rupees..thanks.
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November 17th, 2009 at 8:53 pm
Short answer: You really need a telescope, but a really long lense is a start.
Long answer: The lit up side of the moon is plenty bright. It’s magnification you need. The picture I took I think was at 800mm and it is cropped. I’ll be first to admit, it isn’t that great. Did I mention it’s job for a telescope? You’re looking though 60 miles of air you know.
November 17th, 2009 at 8:53 pm
The most affordable lens could be the 55-200 mm or 70-300 mm lens, however to fill the frame with the moon, you will need the equivalent of a 1500 mm lens, so you are looking at buying a telescope, not a camera lens.
The exposure for the moon is the same as here on earth, since the same sun is striking the moon as strikes the earth. If you are shooting at 1/250th seconds @ f/11 on earth, you will use the same setting for the moon.
November 17th, 2009 at 8:53 pm
All right. If you need to take a good picture of night sky and the Moon, it is good for you to get a high speed telephoto lens such as 200mm F2, 300mm F2 or F2.8 or 400mm F2.8. These lenses are expensive.
So it is worthwhile to check the used camera store. If you cannot afford to get such high speed lens, 300mm F3.5 must be OK. Zoom lenses have residual aberrations and the image may be with coma when you take stars. Of course, if the zoom lens is slower speed, this issue will be solved but the shutter speed would be slower and easily affected by image shake. I would not specify any specific Nikon lens but you can speak with camera shop people or call camera stores. They must know a lot about the situation. Or you can email to Nikon by way of the website. And you can contact Nikon service center of Tokyo too. Visit the website of Nikon or google Nikon. Good luck.
I have worked for a camera maker before. If you have further questions, it is all right to email me, if you want.
November 17th, 2009 at 8:53 pm
Nikon 70-300mm is a good zoom lens