Moon taken with a Canon 550D using the crop mode.

[MartinHDJ]

I want that lens :p

[drewpyfz6]

Had my camera over a year and did not know it could do this - did not get it for video (in my defense)

Thanks for posting this video - has really helped me.

[psychopathenator]

This is an amazing piece of work, I enjoyed it very much.

[brtcdspies]

WOW!!

[motabbirh]

Excellent

[fordpwrXR8]

@TheTranquilityBase yeah agreed its like looking across a bbq hot plate. Its not rocket surgery people :P

[DanTheLeprechaun]

That is truly incredible well done ! gettin my 550D in next few days cant wait to try this out just need a decent tripod :)

[edubarioni]

holy shieeeet very good

[KevinxHD]

How do you crop it to get the whole digital zoom thing

[dubstepzsi]

Hi

Is this taken with a telescopic lens? i have just got the EOS 550D kiss version bought it through digital rev in hong kong.

This video is amazing the detail is fantastic and what is the crop mode?

sorry must sound stupid but i'm just learning how to use it.

[RobertCosta777]

Awesome stuff dude....



[coquiangel]

nice vid. Can the settings that you used be used for taking picture of the moon as well? I have one good shot on flickr but now I can not replicate it.

[S00rabh]

Bird @ 0:46

[hksMovies]

@S00rabh no.. it's.. ALIENS!!!! :O

[HossHossHossHossHoss]

@bxxder2008 I have a Canon 7D, I can't find any crop mode, so I guess I can't do it. I also see a post about it is not the same if you crop after either. Why would canon remove features from a more expensive camera.

[zenoist2]

Looks really good! Canon do make good photo kit.

[HossHossHossHossHoss]

This is real cool, but have a question. What did you use to crop the video, and also how did you take a video of 5184x3456 resolution. I have a canon 7D, I can't set video that high. I am a little confused.

[beastlyII]

wow!! how bout that..

[Riezz73]

wow...... 

[LosAngelesFresh1]

holy shit i'd get high and watch the moon all night.. ever see aliens?

[SmokeyGoodness]

Close and clear enough to make ya feel like you're about to enter Lunar orbit!

[motormusic1]

Can i ask why it's moving?

[TheTranquilityBase]

@motormusic1 Cos it moves! What a totally dumbass question.

[elvisuptown1]

@TheTranquilityBase awesome answer :D

[AllThingsKen]

@TheTranquilityBase haahahahahahahaha

[OVOX0]

you didnt hear about it?? last night the moon lost its gravitational pull so its slowly moving away from the earth and the oceans will rise up and the whole earth will be under water and we will all die!!

[FGFBACH]

@motormusic1 the reason goes back to the times when big bang happened...

[jardorocks]

I can see Armstrong's footprints! XD

[Loewenthal1]

just a quick question. i've got a 600D and it's got a digital zoom of 10x while in HD mode. I think that it keeps the HD also while it zooms in and looks pretty good to me in full 10x. I don't even think the 600D has a 640x480 crop mode. is the 600D's 10x digital zoom better/similar to the 7x crop mode on the 550d?

[lezlina]

How to setup my canon to the "crop mode" ?

[fishheads360]

is it me or is the moon moving really fast

[TheHiddenPart]

i CAN SEE THE LUNAR MODULE! YAY!

[DJWGT12]

This is simply amazing, nice job! Now imagine how good it would be if you had the 800mm or even 1200mm Canon lens! :o

[patrixiomadrid]

very cool

[DEVASTATOR478]

wow !

[VLCMStudios]

It's amazing how a camera can see better than us. :D

[QwAdr0x256]

hello astronaut ;)

[OghamTheBold]

If only I had this for the - Transit of Venus - instead of an old Sony tape camcorder - would have been ace - although it was pretty spectacular :)

[formattester6]

thats pretty sharp. what f-stop did you use?

[salonmokka]

Amazing!! You can see all the craters so clearly!! Expensive lens huh? LOL!

[Filipcreate]

T1i rulez too :)

[d0dgeball]

holy shit i'm gonna try this tonight!

[inspiredclips]

Wow! Nice shot. Thanks for posting this. David

[princess92vang]

How did you get the high resolution 5184x3456? Also, was the cropping on the camera or programmed on computer? thanks.

[peregrinestudio]

amazing video!

[version147]

HI,im wondering what is crop mode,can you tell me more? please...

[apodo360]

wow but I didnt see any ETs :(

[cracktober]

That's scary. Now I know what NASA put in Hubble.

[MrBeAtBoXChAmP]

I´ll get the 550D in a few weeks and i can´t find any information about the crop mode on the internet, so..can you give me some information pls?? this vid is perfect, i´ve never seen something like that before!

[Martinm210]

Nice, I might have to try this with the 50-500 bigma and Tamron 2X tele plus crop mode...:)

Nice vid!!

[ben20k]

Wow! Beautiful!

[qiaofilm]

Beautiful. Now you should get a 2x magnifier to put on your 500mm. I want to see those moon pimples super up close!

[xexodusx]

OMG!

[ArcanePath360]

Wow! Great image.

[aisles23]

beautiful!

[Plutoniummatt]

that is simply...amazing, i have a 550d but not a telephoto lens :P

[ThatSupGuy]

nice vid im thinking of getting this camera to use as my main camera for my vids

[DJByonic]

Remarkable. Thanks for putting this up.

[poprocz]

This is when things get down right amazing, when the moon is no longer smooth round but has a slight jagged edge because of the picture quality.

[Romess1]

is this a timelapse or realtime?

[pn0yb0iProductions]

@Romess1

its realtime. Even at 250mm x 1.6 it moves quickly

[formattester6]

clear and sharp!

[formattester6]

nice!

[nevenkinha]

;D preciosa!! ...a ver que puedo hacer yo con mi 55-250mm :((

[matt999b]

why crop mode? why not full 16:9?

[MrShakaboommm]

@matt999b because crop mode is the way to zoom more with this feature

[matt999b]

@MrShakaboommm it's an optical zoom lens. How does crop mode affect the zoom?

[MrShakaboommm]

@matt999b is simple, 550D record video with full HD 1920x1080, after crop mode it become 640x480, not reduce the resolution, is crop from resolution, and you would see things bigger within the crop^^

[matt999b]

@MrShakaboommm You've lost me now. How will putting it in crop mode make "things bigger". It doesn't anything bigger than in full HD, it just records less pixels.

[TheTranquilityBase]

@matt999b Crop mode only uses a 1:1 pixel resolution from the center 640x480. In HD it bins all of the sensor hence you don't get the same crop magnification. It has been reported on extensively all over the net. I think its all pretty self explanatory which leaves me wondering why you seem to be the only one finding this hard to grasp.

[Halfback1990]

@TheTranquilityBase you should get a 1600mm lens with a teleconverter x2 and than you should make a video about the lovely moon :)

By the way you done great job!!!



[secret71b]

WOW!!!!

[ImmersionImagery]

This was one of the first thing I did when we got the 550D..Get my Pentax lens adapter tomorrow that will allow me to put on my old 500mm n' my 2x teli converter.. Can't wait to get some great shots like this.. Fantastic Job!

[TheTranquilityBase]

@ImmersionImagery I hope you have a good mount for that setup when you get the 2x. The equivalent focal length in crop mode will be like the length of a football field ;-) Even without the 2x its a struggle. I do have a geared head though which makes positioning a lot easier. Good luck and lets see some results.

[Superbeast1980]

I'm having my T2i in a week (I'm in Haiti and had to order it from the States). Heard a lot of good things about it.

Why type of Lens did you use here?

[TheTranquilityBase]

@Superbeast1980 TheTranquilityBase — 28 March 2010 — Taken with a Canon 550D through a Sigma 150-500mm at 500mm.

[halemay]

ufos at 0:48 :-), nice zoom!

[dimeclipent]

@halemay right!

[masicklazik]

@halemay space junk! XD =p

[atomsmurf]

Given the crop factor of the sensor, the 500mm would be equivalent to 800mm (500x1.6) right? :)

Its really awesome you can do this with the 550D, love to see more moon shots :)

[TheTranquilityBase]

@hikingbike:

Well it's shaking for two reasons. 1) My movement as I walk away from the tripod. 2) There were small gusts of wind and I wasn't in a sheltered area. The shimmering is obviously the atmosphere.

@martinheck1:

This is not being tracked and is on a fixed head tripod. Which is why the moon is traversing across the field of view.

@ all:

Thanks for all your comments.

[lolfire1]

I don't Know what 2 say. WOW!

[hikingbike]

cool!!! why is it so shaky? did you breath on the camera? :)

[martinheck1]

@hikingbike I think it's shaking, because you have to follow the moon...

[focus123kimo]

damn. that is really cool. 500mm x1.6x7=5600mm

[Halfback1990]

@focus123kimo buy a 1600mm x 2 x 7 = 22400mm very nice :D

[INTERNATIONALvids]

@focus123kimo - In T2i (550D) movie crop mode, the 1.6 sensor crop does not apply. Only the 7.2 multiplication applies, so it is 500mm x 7.2 = 3600