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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Marcel" data-source="post: 425584" data-attributes="member: 3903">There are manual settings that would work better than the P mode for this. I think one thing you might have forgot is to put your metering mode to "Spot" so you're just measuring the moon itself. If your metering mode is set to "Matrix", the camera is trying to bring the black sky to 18% grey so your moon gets completely overexposed.For focus, when the camera is on the tripod, you can use the LiveView mode and by using the + button zoom in to the max to really nail the focus. Then, use the shutter delay and mirror up function to give the camera time to recover from the mirror movement before it takes the shot.I'm certain that if you give it  a bit more practice and take your time to experiment you'll nail it. Happy shooting.</blockquote>