Uploaded March 2011 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Just me messing around with my SD60 camcorder and testing out the 1500x digital zoom. To shoot the footage of the moon all I did was mount the cam on my £10 tripod, switch off the optical image stabiliser and set everything else to auto. Considering this is classed as a budget/entry level camcorder I think it performs extremely well :-) .
The random waves of blurriness (kinda like heat waves) are more to do with the atmosphere than the camera itself. Also when zooming at that distance even the tiniest vibration or movement causes the image to jump all over place. I did my best to keep still :-P (not easy when it's -2C outside!). I had to focus more on the left side of the moon because the right was a bit too bright and made it difficult to get a clear picture.
Music - From Mirror's Edge Original Video Game Score
Artist - Solar Fields
Track - Introduction
Thanks for watching! :-)
Just me messing around with my SD60 camcorder and testing out the 1500x digital zoom. To shoot the footage of the moon all I did was mount the cam on my £10 tripod, switch off the optical image stabiliser and set everything else to auto. Considering this is classed as a budget/entry level camcorder I think it performs extremely well :-) .
The random waves of blurriness (kinda like heat waves) are more to do with the atmosphere than the camera itself. Also when zooming at that distance even the tiniest vibration or movement causes the image to jump all over place. I did my best to keep still :-P (not easy when it's -2C outside!). I had to focus more on the left side of the moon because the right was a bit too bright and made it difficult to get a clear picture.
Music - From Mirror's Edge Original Video Game Score
Artist - Solar Fields
Track - Introduction
Thanks for watching! :-)
