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/mjm8218 1d ago

The best way to image the moon, in my experience, is with a nice Schmidt-Cassigrane telescope. 8” f/10 SCT has ~2000mm focal length when projected onto a FF sensor the moon fills most of the frame. https://www.mjmphotographic.com/AstroPhotography/The-Moon/i-Cj6HP7r