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<blockquote data-quote="WayneF" data-source="post: 438375" data-attributes="member: 12496">The moon is actually Not a &quot;low light ambient&quot; situation. It may be night, but the moon is illumined by the full sun, and the exposure is not too far from any daylight exposure.&nbsp;&nbsp; In fact, a slow shutter speed risks blurring it due to the motion of earth rotation.&nbsp; Manual focus and exposure, cannot use the camera light meter, due to the influence of all the black sky.&nbsp; A little more&nbsp; than typical daylight exposure, since the moon is actually a dark surface.&nbsp; And the quarter moon (half of it) is side lighted, and needs more exposure than a full moon.Maybe ISO 400, f/8, 1/30 second (quarter moon).&nbsp; Experiment a bit, but do not overexpose it, when all you get is a bright burnt-out blob.Focus is easier using Live View, and then zooming greatly to magnify the view for manual focus.There are many articles about it.A simpler general non-techie search is&nbsp; <a href="http://www.google.com/search?q=photograph+the+moon" target="_blank">photograph the moon - Google Search</a>A more specific search:See <a href="http://www.google.com/search?q=photograph+the+moon+exposure" target="_blank">photograph the moon exposure - Google Search</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="WayneF, post: 438375, member: 12496"] The moon is actually Not a "low light ambient" situation. It may be night, but the moon is illumined by the full sun, and the exposure is not too far from any daylight exposure. In fact, a slow shutter speed risks blurring it due to the motion of earth rotation. Manual focus and exposure, cannot use the camera light meter, due to the influence of all the black sky. A little more than typical daylight exposure, since the moon is actually a dark surface. And the quarter moon (half of it) is side lighted, and needs more exposure than a full moon. Maybe ISO 400, f/8, 1/30 second (quarter moon). Experiment a bit, but do not overexpose it, when all you get is a bright burnt-out blob. Focus is easier using Live View, and then zooming greatly to magnify the view for manual focus. There are many articles about it. A simpler general non-techie search is [URL="http://www.google.com/search?q=photograph+the+moon"]photograph the moon - Google Search[/URL] A more specific search: See [URL="http://www.google.com/search?q=photograph+the+moon+exposure"]photograph the moon exposure - Google Search[/URL] [/QUOTE]

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