The trick that fixed my blurry moon shots for good

I spent like 6 months trying to get a decent photo of the moon with my telescope and phone adapter. Every single picture came out looking like a fuzzy white blob no matter what I tried. I messed with the exposure, I tried different apps, I even bought a remote shutter clicker thing. Then last week I randomly read a comment from some guy saying the problem is usually vibration from the telescope tripod. He said to set a 2 second timer delay on your phone so it stabilizes after you tap the screen. I tried it on Wednesday night during the waxing gibbous phase and honestly the difference was night and day. I got craters and shadows that I never even knew my setup could capture. Has anyone else found a dumb simple fix like this that changed their whole setup?

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drew_thomas91d ago

Tried the exact same thing after months of frustration and it was like getting a whole new lens. Have you played with lowering the ISO too so the moon isn't blown out?

christopher4931d ago

Did you mess with the exposure compensation slider too or just the ISO?