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My uncle said to always shoot the moon with a low ISO, and he was totally wrong
He insisted 100 ISO was the only way to avoid grain, but my shots were always blurry from the long exposure. I tried 800 ISO with my DSLR last month and finally got a sharp, detailed crater shot. What's the highest ISO you've used successfully for planetary shots?
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abbyk1018d ago
Crank that ISO up to 3200 and let your camera's noise reduction clean it up later.
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maxb466d ago
Exactly! Grainy detail is still detail you can work with. Noise reduction software is crazy good now, so you can always clean up a sharp, noisy shot later. A blurry photo just gives you less of everything to start with.
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gray_walker4918d ago
Pushed my old camera to 1600 ISO for Jupiter last year. Your uncle's advice works for a bright, static moon but falls apart on dimmer planets. Modern sensors handle noise way better than the film he probably learned on. A sharp, slightly grainy shot beats a blurry "clean" one every time. Why chase perfect noise levels if the subject is a smudge?
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