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<blockquote data-quote="Dave_W" data-source="post: 67052" data-attributes="member: 9521"><p>No, that would be the opposite direction. I have to under expose in a massive way to keep from over exposing the image. That's the problem, I expose the moon at the suggested shutter speed and the moon is way blown out, no detail at all. So I keep raising up the shutter speed to the point that the little arrow that shows how many stops under it's suggested exposure speed starts flashing. I think the problem is the auto exposure meter is designed to give exposure X based on some average amount of light. And since everything else in the frame is black except the moon, it crank's up the exposure in order to achieve some desired average. So my problem has been one of just trial and error on how much to underexpose the image in order to maintain some level of detail on the moon and once you get into the &quot;flashy&quot; point you can no longer count the number of stops below you have gone. Does that make any sense?</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="Dave_W, post: 67052, member: 9521"] No, that would be the opposite direction. I have to under expose in a massive way to keep from over exposing the image. That's the problem, I expose the moon at the suggested shutter speed and the moon is way blown out, no detail at all. So I keep raising up the shutter speed to the point that the little arrow that shows how many stops under it's suggested exposure speed starts flashing. I think the problem is the auto exposure meter is designed to give exposure X based on some average amount of light. And since everything else in the frame is black except the moon, it crank's up the exposure in order to achieve some desired average. So my problem has been one of just trial and error on how much to underexpose the image in order to maintain some level of detail on the moon and once you get into the "flashy" point you can no longer count the number of stops below you have gone. Does that make any sense? [/QUOTE]

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