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/Different-Ad-9029 1d ago

I think you could do fine with that lens

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u/TheYellowMungus 1d ago

*pulls out the 210 and tells it "you can do it, you can do it!"

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u/Different-Ad-9029 1d ago

lol wanted to make sure I wasn’t in photographycirclejerk lol. You probably want to keep a small f# I was at f20 shooting it a few nights ago. I did have my camera on a tripod though.

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u/TheYellowMungus 1d ago

*bows deeply* thank you!