Have you ever looked up a nice big full moon and thought “That thing is huge! I’ve gotta get a pic.” only to find that it barely even shows up on your mobile phone’s camera? I became pretty obsessed with trying to find a way to shoot the moon, experimenting with long exposures and the camera’s built in zoom. I was finally able to get this great shot of the the moon by putting my iPhone camera up to the true of a friend’s telescope. After going through the process, I totally see the value of this telescope adapter project on Kickstarter. Can’t wait to get mine!
After about an hour of taking a pic, moving the telescope, taking another pic, I finally got the shot above. I was so happy with this one shot, the only good one out of about 40, that I decided to use it as the basis for a full week’s worth of appsperiments.
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