Filming full moon difficulties

randyvild wrote on 9/30/2002, 3:21 AM

I went to Big Bear and the moon was full and I just had to take a shot with my VX 2000. However, when I looked through my lens the moons edges were not round the moon rather looked like a hexagon. I thought at first it could be my lenses but it was not. What could this be? I want a round moon.

Comments

Chienworks wrote on 9/30/2002, 12:24 PM

Turn off autofocus and focus manually.

jboy wrote on 9/30/2002, 2:18 PM

And, adjust exposure manually, or the blackness of the surrounding sky will throw off your readings. Zoom in on the moon til it fills your viewfinder, and adjust your exposure. It'll hold proper exposure thru zoom range after that.

DGates wrote on 9/30/2002, 10:56 PM

Or, you've zoomed right past our moon, and have videotaped a stange new hexagon moon from another galaxy.

tvwonder wrote on 10/1/2002, 1:03 AM

I don't think the VX2000's 12x zoom range will go that far. Perhaps he was using the digital zoom?