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Old 13-01-06, 16:38
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Could anyone advise me on what settings to use for pictures of the moon and what if any filters to use to tone down the glare.

I've tried before and just get a big white dot glaring back..

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Old 13-01-06, 16:53
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I have a mental note to myself to have a go at the moon, I expect to use the following settings:-

Spot metering
- xx EV exsposure compensation
Single point auto-focus in the centre
ISO 100
camera counted on tripod.
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Old 13-01-06, 17:02
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All you need to know in this thread. http://www.worldphotographyforum.com...read.php?t=129 The last shot I took was on AV F8, 25th sec
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Old 13-01-06, 17:31
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Last time I did some moon shots it required shutter speeds of over 1/250 Sec.
I would be inclined to stick the camera in manual mode at f8 ISO 100. Start with a shutter speed of 1/125 Sec and keep increasing the shutter speed until you get a good exposure.
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The moon moves surprisingly quickly.
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Trial and error. From my experience, there are no hard and fast rules for the moon regarding exposure. Some suggested do's and don'ts (contradicting previous statement immediately!)
DO take lots of shots at a variety of different exposure settings.
DO use a big lens, a very big lens if you want any real detail.
DO use a tripod.
DON'T worry about tweaking the aperture, your subject is so far away D o F is pretty immaterial.
DON'T take a shot when the moon is full, there's simply too much glare and all the detail gets burnt out.

As greypoint says, it all moves remarkably quickly.

Sample is f/5.6, 1/80th, ISO100, digiscoped.

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Agree with Yelvertoft's recommendations above. This one was also digiscoped and I put everything to manual and kept playing until I got it about right. Seem to recall this was ISO 100, F4.5 and had to go up to somewhere between 1/600th and 1/800th to stop it from being blown out.
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Seem to recall this was ISO 100, F4.5 and had to go up to somewhere between 1/600th and 1/800th to stop it from being blown out.
The EXIF data says f/4, 1/640th, ISO100.
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If the lens is not top quality it is worth stopping down to f8 or so the improve definition and reduce lens flare from such a bright subject.
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The full moon is actually a very easy target. It´s nothing more than a sunlit landscape.
The fact that its 380 000 km away makes no difference since thats very small compared to the distance from the light source (the sun).
So I use exposure f:16 and the time is 1/asa. So an 100Asa film would need 1/100 th s.
Standard exposure for a sunlit landscape. You might even go one step higher as the moonsurface is quite reflective.

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