Re: Taking a picture of the bright Moon

On 04/07/2010 06:15, Man-wai Chang wrote:
I don't see why you would. Just set the metering so it's not washed
out into a glowing blob of light if you want to see craters.
IE: center object exposure, or whatever.. On my camera, if I set

That's exactly what I got: a blob of light when zoomed into the room. So
I need to adjust reduce ISO settings?

The moon is a very bright object over a very dark background, with which most auto-exposure systems have a hard time.

If you use "spot" auto-exposure, the "spot" may be reduced enough to cover only the moon if your zoom is powerful enough, which would lead to correct exposure.

If you have no control over the measure (or spot leasure doesn't work for you), cameras usually have an exposure correction control, to achieve a darker/lighter picture.

If you can use manual settings, just use trial and error. My good pictures of the moon have been taken à 100ISO, 1/100s, f/8 (or equivalent combinations, such as 1/25s & f/11).

You have plenty of time, the moon won't go away...

--
Bertrand
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