Timeline for What focal length lens do I need for photographing the moon?
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| Mar 21, 2019 at 1:20 | history | edited | Michael C | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Mar 21, 2019 at 1:13 | comment | added | Michael C | For the moon to almost fill the short side of a 1.6X AP-C sensor, one needs about 1800mm of focal length. For a FF camera it is about 2800mm. To frame the moon with 25% margins (and the moon occupying the middle 50%) requires half that, or about 1000mm (APS-C)/1500mm (FF). | |
| Aug 5, 2017 at 16:21 | comment | added | marcellothearcane | Does this take into consideration the 1.6x cropping of a Canon APS-C sensor? | |
| Jun 15, 2014 at 18:56 | comment | added | Michael C | The moon occupies about 1/2º of arc, not 1º. Double all of the focal lengths in this answer. | |
| Sep 3, 2012 at 9:14 | vote | accept | vivek_jonam | ||
| Sep 1, 2012 at 22:27 | comment | added | jrista | Just thought I would back Stan up here. I am currently renting Canon's EF 300mm f/2.8 L II lens, attached to the EF 2x TC III. That makes the lens 600mm, which gives you a pretty large moon in the frame. If you stack on a 1.4x TC in addition to the 2x TC, you get 840mm, and that gives you an image like the sample in the question. | |
| Jun 29, 2012 at 14:19 | vote | accept | vivek_jonam | ||
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| Jun 26, 2012 at 10:38 | history | answered | user2719 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |