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Taking photos of Celestial objects
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No no, the meaning was that normally if you are hand holding the camera, then you can get more stability by resting it or yourself against something solid - like a fence post.
Also I had to switch to auto mode since I could not figure out manual mode. I just held the camera still until the right shot came in my viewfinder.
Im somewhat suprised that it looks that good. Sure it's a little soft and I can see some fringing but considering the sensor that's a good shot.
I agree. Its a great shot for my Powershot. I challenged people on FB to take a similar shot using a phone. No one has responded.
a phone doesn’t have the same zoom range as your camera
Apples (no pun intended) and oranges. The two devices are fundamentally different, from lens construction & zoom range to sensor size. It's an inherently unfair comparison.
Yeah but everyone these days uses phones to take pictures and when you pull out a camera they may say "old school."
Who cares what people say? Who cares what everyone does? Just do what you want and makes you happy.
True. This is why I use my Canons mostly for taking photos and video. This is why I use a cable instead of a card reader. This is why I keep a SD card in Canon and do not reformat after every dump.
Nicely done!
I wonder if you are opposed to doing post processing?
I downloaded your moon and did a few quick adjustments to show what can be done.
I hope that is ok.
Using a program like Photoshop ,or lightroom or one of many others to make adjustments to the lighting, sharpness, tone etc of the photo. I believe even photos can do quite a bit now ( I don't use it).
I used free "photo editor" by dev MacGyver on my android tablet for the adjustments on your moon. Not sure if it is available for your iPad, but I think you can still get Snapseed for free.
I edit on my Mac since I take most shots using Canon but only have the photos app.
I just fired up the photos app (on high sierra) and it should work fine for you as you get started editing. I imagine it is even more powerful now.
Just double click a photo in Photos, then select edit on top right corner.
On right side you will now see your editing options.
Play with it and have fun.
Have used it a few times but most of what Canon produces don’t need editing in my POV.