| DSLR (Digital Single Lens Reflex) Cameras are a | | | | but with a lens like this it is only really ideally suited |
| super advancement on cameras of old or not | | | | to the longer distance shots and not very good |
| even too long ago. The photography World has | | | | with anything very close up. |
| moved on and in a very big way too. It all started | | | | One way of getting a benefit out of the standard |
| with the digital compact and has moved on to | | | | lens that comes with the camera is to use a 2x |
| bigger and much better things, even our mobile | | | | converter this does exactly what it says on the |
| phone cameras these days tend to be able to | | | | tin. So for instance if the standard camera lens |
| produce some amazing images. But specialist | | | | was a 18-70mm it will increase the distance |
| subjects still require a certain amount of specialist | | | | pictures to 140mm and is also pretty good for |
| knowledge and equipment if we are determined | | | | close ups too, even insects in some cases. |
| to create an impressive picture... | | | | The converters are a pretty good option if |
| Take the moon for instance, ordinarily you would | | | | budget is an issue as lenses can in some cases |
| think it fairly straight forward to photograph, and | | | | work out quite expensive, but certainly a must at |
| in a way it pretty much is, but for a planet that is | | | | some point. One of the downsides with a |
| a quarter of a million miles away and three and a | | | | converter is that you will have to lose the |
| half thousand kilometres in diameter giving it | | | | auto-focus facility on your camera and focus |
| some respect and wanting to get some good | | | | manually. |
| images is the only way to go. | | | | Stability is a must when it comes to |
| Let us say that you have or are thinking of | | | | photographing objects that are in the distance or |
| getting a DSLR camera of some description, with | | | | quite far away, for this a tripod is essential |
| that camera you should get a standard lens, | | | | although in some cases you may be able to get |
| which unfortunately will not provide impressive | | | | away with using a mono-pod, but using a tripod |
| results when photographing the moon or any | | | | and taking the pictures on timer or even using a |
| other part of the Solar System, so an upgraded | | | | remote control will yield excellent results. |
| lens is a must for the quality images. | | | | Finally, if it is a bright moon you will probably be |
| A 28-200mm will give you good close range and | | | | better off using a low ISO, something like 100ISO |
| quite a good mid-range, this type of lens is ideal | | | | should do up to 400ISO, but for best results take |
| for everyday use as well as some distance shots | | | | a few on each ISO setting and check your results |
| that are not mega miles away. Ideally you would | | | | in the cameras LCD screen on rear, you will soon |
| want a 70-300mm or even bigger where possible, | | | | tell if it is too bright. |