Bright white ball! (Page 2): Just shoot in live view and start adjusting to see the detail. I made a decent shot at ISO 100 1/320 second at F5.6 @ 300 mm on a crop body. Just keep...

Haydon

Just shoot in live view and start adjusting to see the detail. I made a decent shot at ISO 100 1/320 second at F5.6 @ 300 mm on a crop body. Just keep working the exposure above and below, almost like manual bracketing and find a shot you like. Remember you're actually shooting an image illuminated by direct sunlight. The loony 11 works but I'd prefer to shoot at faster shutter speeds to ensure sharp shots.

Pablo8 Loc: Nottingham UK.

I have used 1/100 @ f/11 on 100asa.and got detail using focal lengths from 400mm to 640mm. Even a higher shutter speed and/or f/16 if very clear night. Using 800asa 1/125 @f/5.6. is a formula for just getting a Super White Ball . Try it if you like wasting your time!!

tdekany Loc: Oregon

Cookie223 wrote:

I know I'm doing something wrong. I've been trying... (show quote)

Cookie223 Loc: New Jersey

SharpShooter wrote:

Once, when talking to a Canon tech, he said, "you don't use the 10/10/10 rule"? I said, "what the heck is that"?
It's really easy, ISO 100, SS 100, f10. It's almost exactly what you said but only with about a 1000 less numbers and words!!! LoL
SS

That's pretty easy to reminder, and I like easy!
Thanks

Cookie223 Loc: New Jersey

Haydon wrote:

Just shoot in live view and start adjusting to see the detail. I made a decent shot at ISO 100 1/320 second at F5.6 @ 300 mm on a crop body. Just keep working the exposure above and below, almost like manual bracketing and find a shot you like. Remember you're actually shooting an image illuminated by direct sunlight. The loony 11 works but I'd prefer to shoot at faster shutter speeds to ensure sharp shots.

Thanks Hayden.

Cookie223 Loc: New Jersey

Pablo8 wrote:

I have used 1/100 @ f/11 on 100asa.and got detail using focal lengths from 400mm to 640mm. Even a higher shutter speed and/or f/16 if very clear night. Using 800asa 1/125 @f/5.6. is a formula for just getting a Super White Ball . Try it if you like wasting your time!!

Thank you Pablo.

CEJ Loc: Cresson,Pa

Cookie223 wrote:

I know I'm doing something wrong. I've been trying... (show quote)

I shoot with a Nikon df , I use shutter priority ,iso 600. speed 1/500, starting point, I do not use a tripod unless I am going to want to have a sharp for ground and a sharp moon by staking and blending in photo shop. I don't shot the full moon, full moons the edges are soft, waxing and weaning moons give the best details.

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Cookie223 Loc: New Jersey

Thanks CEJ

Shoeless_Photographer Loc: Lexington

Cookie223 wrote:

I know I'm doing something wrong. I've been trying... (show quote)

Spot metering
ISO 100
f/whatever is sharpest for a given lens...try f/8
Adjust shutter speed as needed. As was suggested earlier, try f/125. That depends largely on how clear your sky is.

I focus mine manually using LiveView at the 10x setting. If yours autofocuses correctly, that will be fine, too.

Here's an example:
f/8
ISO 100
1/60th
Tamron 70-300mm @300mm

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jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

Jackh wrote:

I've been trying ("rehearsing") in manua... (show quote)

Lots of tips online. It's very smart of you to be practicing ahead of time.

Cookie223 Loc: New Jersey

Shoeless_Photographer wrote:

Spot metering
ISO 100
f/whatever is sharpest for a given lens...try f/8
Adjust shutter speed as needed. As was suggested earlier, try f/125. That depends largely on how clear your sky is.

I focus mine manually using LiveView at the 10x setting. If yours autofocuses correctly, that will be fine, too.

Here's an example:
f/8
ISO 100
1/60th
Tamron 70-300mm @300mm

That's a nice shot Shoeless. I'm going to be busy tonight trying out all the great suggestions you folks are providing. One thing that didn't work well was my autofocus, my camera couldn't make up it's mind, and kept going in and out of focus.
Thanks

Dan De Lion Loc: Montana

Try setting your "exposure compensation" to minus 3. Your camera is looking at a black sky and trying to make it 18 percent grey. It does that by letting in more light and thus blowing out the moon.

Leitz Loc: Solms

Cookie223 wrote:

... I've tried every setting on my camera, and get a bright white ball with no detail what so ever.

You're over-exposing. A spot meter reading of the brightest part of the moon will give you a starting point. Select a high enough shutter speed to avoid camera vibration, then adjust ISO and aperture accordingly. Try to avoid noise from a too-high ISO, and diffraction from a too-small aperture. Good luck!

The experts on Astronomical Photography hang out in the Astronomical Photography Forum:
http://www.uglyhedgehog.com/s-109-1.html

Dan De Lion Loc: Montana

To make it even simpler. The moon is in full sunlight. Use exactly the same shutter speed, f stop, and ISO as you would at midday on a sunny day.

Cookie223 Loc: New Jersey

Dan De Lion wrote:

To make it even simpler. The moon is in full sunlight. Use exactly the same shutter speed, f stop, and ISO as you would at midday on a sunny day.

Thanks Dan.