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I just recently passed from android to Iphone 15 Pro and while it’s effectively better under all aspects, it really leaves much to be desired on the moon pictures, with results being vastly inferior to my old Honor 20 Pro from 2018. All of this seems to be due to the apparent lack of focus and exposure control. Now, I understand that Apple phones are not for “Pro” photography but… can’t the AI in the phone really see that that’s the moon and it should focus at infinity? Also, what’s with the huge light flares that I always see when imaging bright lights?

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[–] nanapancakethusiast@alien.top 2 points 10 months ago (3 children)

Doesn’t Samsung just overlay moon.jpg when it detects you’re framing the moon irl?

[–] TrevorAlan@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

yupppp. "AI"

[–] skflmgjok@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago (3 children)

No, it uses ai enchancing just as every other smartphone does.

[–] applesuperfan@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

That’s Samsung bs speak for the over-glorified, high tech way that it overlays moon.jpg into images that it detects contain the moon.

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[–] -CheesyCheese-@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

All phones use AI to sharpen images, but Samsung uses AI to quite literally slap on a fake image of the moon when it detects a moon, so this is very, very different.

[–] Anu8ius@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

There are literally videos of people fooling the algorithm by putting a white circle on a dark background and it suddenly turned it into a moon…

[–] BrainOnBlue@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

I think it is actually a machine learning neural net but it's job is basically "does that look like the moon? Then put the moon stuff on it."

[–] 1saltymf@alien.top 2 points 10 months ago

https://preview.redd.it/nm4qhyi2cc2c1.jpeg?width=605&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=756684f1190c0026924b1fbc978b0b39b04f411c

I took this using LightRoom. It allows you to choose the ISO and shutter speed. This photo was with 1/800s shutter speed, 100 ISO, and f/2.8 aperture.

[–] Rare-Key8765@alien.top 2 points 10 months ago

https://preview.redd.it/crl0fxvalc2c1.png?width=1953&format=png&auto=webp&s=7147f794619e3df27d16c55227c2bd751750955f

My best shot EVER on my 14pro max. Literally had to stand there for 20 mins and eventually I got a decent pic! I don’t think it gets any better than this lmao most of the time when I try to photograph the moon it’s just a white blob.

[–] SmokyTurbo6@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

Tripod, and some of the setting changes mentioned by others

[–] According-Excuse-535@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago (2 children)
[–] Snuddud@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago (2 children)
[–] Cri_Petru@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago
[–] MaccasLad@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Smartphones and even digital photography did not yet exist during the Moon Landing.

[–] 0Penguinplays@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

Shit really?

[–] fatchet123@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Honestly I'll stick to my samsung galaxy with the whole ass camera built into it

[–] applesuperfan@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

~~automatic overlay of moon.jpg feature~~

Highly advanced, Super Retina, KrystalKlear Technology, 5 lens, whole ass camera.

[–] louietp@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Use a camera, not your phone. Probably not the answer you were looking for, but it’s the truth. You need a physically much larger sensor to get high resolution at long distances.

[–] JustSomeRandomMan3@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

I have a 10 inch dobsonian telescope actually, but I just was curious about how to get a decent snap with the camera too whenever I see something interesting on the go (e.g. the moon pops out of a forest or something)

[–] LineSpine@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

Bro doesn’t want to be a professional moon photographer.

[–] BrazenlyGeek@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

Saw this advice once from u/seoulitude and kept it as a screenshot. Haven’t had a chance to try it yet:

“set the video to 4k60fps > click the telephoto lens and zoom in > tap your subject and lock the focus > lower the exposure / drag the sun dial down > take a video > take the photo”

[–] Chemical_Wealth1@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

Who cares about moon shots? I never got that

[–] OXRoblox@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago (4 children)
[–] JayRogPlayFrogger@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Wait how? I have an iPhone 13 and I can never get anything like this without a telescope what app did you use.

[–] OXRoblox@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

Adobe (Photoshop) Lightroom

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[–] ThisIsNotTokyo@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

What’s 77mm in 5yearold terms?

[–] OXRoblox@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago
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[–] Japerdicontadaconta@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

Close your eyes

[–] RockyHawk99@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

Just get a photo of a moon and place it over the one in your photo *cough*

[–] Whore_from_hell@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago
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[–] Hot_Drummer_7144@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)
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[–] brunnogama@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago
[–] heidnseak@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

I watched an IG post the other day that said you should focus your camera on the furthest thing away from you that you can, then use the focus lock and then adjust the exposure if you need too.

[–] DealCykaHUN@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

maybe dont put the iso over 9000

[–] Monkeyman42001@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

Gotta enable pro raw in the settings

[–] mark_greene@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago
[–] Shhowtime@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago
[–] ImpressiveTeaching42@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

I'm not an iPhone user at all, but I've heard around that just try to experiment with exposure and brightness and what not. I think the 15 Pros camera is a step up but I'm not sure about astrophotography. Just try to experiment with a couple settings, don't worry if the moon looks dark when you are taking the photo as you can edit it later! Hope this helped any 🌚

[–] Spleenzorio@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

Put your pants back on

[–] beanie_0@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Fun fact: most modern day android phones aren’t actually taking a picture of the moon either. The software approximates the picture and fills in the gaps using stock images.

[–] Bytevan18@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

iPhone’s, and probably some other Android phones too don’t do that. Just look how bad quality most of the pictures on this thread are. If they were computer generated, they wouldn’t look that noisy. I know Samsung does that thing you’re talking about because there’s a setting.

[–] beanie_0@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago
[–] kanyesbestfriend@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

There’s an app, that is pretty good called “Moontake”

[–] xx_catgamer_xx@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

There are some good videos on this with just the standard camera app. And in handy during a lunar eclipse

[–] turbo_sc300@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

You can try going into video, zooming all the way in, start recording and tap and slide down the exposure and use that button in the bottom right to take individual pictures

[–] Raidriar13@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

https://preview.redd.it/7frkd9ivqf2c1.jpeg?width=2160&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=73c75277ec7a393e13982ff472418fcaa8509393

Switch to 4k60fps video mode. Max zoom, lower exposure until you get the amount of detail you desire. Record, snap a photo. Tweak it a little since the photo will come out dark.

[–] SpaceWrangler593@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

Step 1: Buy a Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra

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