moon

was'nt sure where to put this, so if i's in the wrong place sorry, and mods feel free to move it to correct section.

i'm trying to take a pick of the moon but all iseem to get is good pics of the clouds and a bright white blob with no details. how can i take a pic of the moon showing it brilliant details? what settings are best for taking the pics?

i have a k100d super and a tamron 70-300 thats the best i got at the mo. any advice or ideas welcom. TIA

All the black of the sky makes the camera increase the exposure to make it grey. This the moon, being a bright highlight, is washed out.

The answer is less exposure. So just set things manually and start with two stops less than a meter reading and then keep reducing the xposure until you get the results you want.

With a digital camera you get the feedback straight away so this process won't take long.

Many years ago I was told that to shoot the moon I should use an exposure of around 1/60 sec at f11 (ISO100). This stuck in my mind and I've used it with success ever since.

You may need to vary the exposure slightly but this is a good starting point.

sunny sixteen rule.
set your iso (400 should be fine, slower if you can).
set your shutter to the speed closest to your iso... (eg: 1/500 sec iso 400)
set your aperture to f/16.

shoot a test shot (your moon should be mostly grey with tonnes of detial in the moons surface).
from there you will want to open up one-two stops to brighten up the surface and make it glow, while still keeping detial in the surface.

try double exposing one telephoto shot of the moon, with one wide angle shot of a landscape.
remember that with many zoom lenses you lose light at the zoom lens (a 3.5 aperture at the wide aetting becomes 5.6 at the zoom setting) and you may have to adjust manually for that also.

totally new to this how do i set 1/60 sec? TIA

sus it but thanks guys really big help