Need help using Hasselblad Moto Mod camera

[droidros]

Has anybody had any success taking pictures of the moon using the Hasselblad True Zoom? I know very little about photography but adjusted the settings based on some information I found on the Web. I am able to get a fairly decent (though small, even with the 10X zoom) picture on the screen, but as soon as I press the shutter, it goes fuzzy.

What am I doing wrong? What settings should I be using? I have the Moto Z (Verizon Wireless version).

Thanks for any tips and any links to where I can get more information on the camera app settings.

 

[doogald]

I don't have one, and I am not a *huge* expert at this, but I know that the Hasselblad mod has mediocre low light performance, especially when you zoom. The widest aperture is f3.5, which is a very small shutter opening and does not let in much light, but it narrows down to an even smaller f6.5 at maximum zoom. This just wasn't designed to take a good extremely low light photo, at least without a flash.

Because the aperture (the opening of the shutter - the smaller the f stop number, the wider the shutter opens) is so small, the shutter must remain open longer to catch enough light, and my guess is that's why you are getting so much blur at low light. You can try using a tripod to take the photos to see if that helps stabilize the camera enough to get a sharper photo.

For an illustration of aperture openings, see the Wikipedia entry: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F-number

Good technical review of the Hasselblad, with explanations of its good and poor points: https://www.anandtech.com/show/10625/moto-z-hasselblad-true-zoom-mod-camera-shootout/3

 

[droidros]

I don't have one, and I am not a *huge* expert at this, but I know that the Hasselblad mod has mediocre low light performance, especially when you zoom. The widest aperture is f3.5, which is a very small shutter opening and does not let in much light, but it narrows down to an even smaller f6.5 at maximum zoom. This just wasn't designed to take a good extremely low light photo, at least without a flash.

Because the aperture (the opening of the shutter - the smaller the f stop number, the wider the shutter opens) is so small, the shutter must remain open longer to catch enough light, and my guess is that's why you are getting so much blur at low light. You can try using a tripod to take the photos to see if that helps stabilize the camera enough to get a sharper photo.

For an illustration of aperture openings, see the Wikipedia entry: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F-number

Good technical review of the Hasselblad, with explanations of its good and poor points: https://www.anandtech.com/show/10625/moto-z-hasselblad-true-zoom-mod-camera-shootout/3

Thanks - Sorry I took so long acknowledging your response. I just came across it.

 

[Milo Willamson]

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