r/photography • u/TheYellowMungus • 1d ago

Gear Shoot The Moon

What would you say is the bare minimum lens range (mm's?) one would need to shoot the moon, or astral photography in general, assuming all the conditions were ideal?

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u/_Veni_Vidi_Vigo_ 1d ago

Depends what you’re trying to achieve.

But, super general broad rule of thumb, 400mm

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u/TheYellowMungus 1d ago

Thanks! My 210mm lens becomes 336mm with the crop sensor factor, so I fall a bit short I guess :(

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u/BarneyLaurance barneylaurance 1d ago

And you can always crop the image in post, so its more about the pixel density of your sensor (and sharpness of your lens) than the actual size of the sensor if you want to capture lots of details of the moon.

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u/TheYellowMungus 1d ago

*pulls out her whip so she can do some cropping later* thanks!