Photo of last month's full moon (Oct 28, 2023). Taken with a Panasonic Lumix GF2 body fitted with a Vario 45-200mm lens. Other information: f/16 1/200 sec 200mm ISO 100 In-camera 4x digital zoom/cropping.
Moon Originally uploaded by Jepster . A colleague of mine took this photo using her prosumer digital camera. I was actually surprised at the quality. It was shot at the limits of the camera's optical and digital zooms but the pic turned out very well I think. Well, the best thing with digital cameras is you don't have any film to waste by making a lot of trials to get the exposure just right. Astrophotography is one of those cases where you can't rely on the auto exposure settings. Nice pic. I really want a new DSLR but even then, I would…
