Thank you for posting such detailed explanations about photographing the moon! Newbie that I am, I find it very useful to see this sort of problem/solution kind of explanations.
Focus-wise, wouldn't manual focusing to infinity work? Or are there additional factors I'm not thinking of?
Feel you about the freezing-hands issue combined with the need for dexterity - I face similar issues when stargazing in winter. My current solution relies on two glove layers - the underglove is a thin full glove with touchscreen patches on the fingers (similar to this https://www.decathlon.co.uk/trek500-silk-liner-gloves-blk-id_8396267.html) and the overglove is a fingerless glove combined with mitt covers (https://www.decathlon.co.uk/trek500-fingerless-gloves-blk-id_8396265.html). I also use chemical handwarmers - the cheap non-reusable ones are basically baggies full of grains of something hydrophilic, all watered up, and then dusted in iron powder and packed in a non-oxygen atmosphere. Open the pack, and they start rusting, and will stay at about 45-55 Celsius for 6-12h, depending on how much oxygen they're getting. I'll stuff a pair under each underglove, inside the palm where the arteries are, and, if the situation and my single-gloved fingertips are becoming desperate, crack open another pair, stuff it in the overmitts' finger covers, and keep the covers on whenever not actively fiddling with stuff.
The infrared stuff is indeed gorgeous! Regular high-pass filters actually block out some of the visible red, as well, so some astrophotographers get theirs replaced with astronomy-grade filters that don't do that. Considering the 350d's sensor, that's probably not a worthwhile modification for my current gear, but who knows what the future will bring!
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Date: 2019-01-20 09:02 am (UTC)Focus-wise, wouldn't manual focusing to infinity work? Or are there additional factors I'm not thinking of?
I found this lunar eclipse exposure guide, in case it's of use to you http://www.mreclipse.com/LEphoto/LEphoto.html
Feel you about the freezing-hands issue combined with the need for dexterity - I face similar issues when stargazing in winter. My current solution relies on two glove layers - the underglove is a thin full glove with touchscreen patches on the fingers (similar to this https://www.decathlon.co.uk/trek500-silk-liner-gloves-blk-id_8396267.html) and the overglove is a fingerless glove combined with mitt covers (https://www.decathlon.co.uk/trek500-fingerless-gloves-blk-id_8396265.html). I also use chemical handwarmers - the cheap non-reusable ones are basically baggies full of grains of something hydrophilic, all watered up, and then dusted in iron powder and packed in a non-oxygen atmosphere. Open the pack, and they start rusting, and will stay at about 45-55 Celsius for 6-12h, depending on how much oxygen they're getting. I'll stuff a pair under each underglove, inside the palm where the arteries are, and, if the situation and my single-gloved fingertips are becoming desperate, crack open another pair, stuff it in the overmitts' finger covers, and keep the covers on whenever not actively fiddling with stuff.
The infrared stuff is indeed gorgeous! Regular high-pass filters actually block out some of the visible red, as well, so some astrophotographers get theirs replaced with astronomy-grade filters that don't do that. Considering the 350d's sensor, that's probably not a worthwhile modification for my current gear, but who knows what the future will bring!