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Message: <blockquote data-quote="WayneF" data-source="post: 248170" data-attributes="member: 12496">The moon is a tiny spot, and the rest of the frame is jet black.  Automation assumes it needs to brighten all that black.  This can never work.So 1)  don't do that.  Only use camera Manual mode.  The moon is illuminated by sunlight, not that different than here on earth, so start at maybe ISO 100, f/8, 1/250 second (all manual). That will be close, but tweak exposure as desired.  The moon should not be too bright, its surface is darker than a gray card.Then 2) zoom in greatly on the live view LCD view, so you can see it.  Use Manual focus mode, and then after you can see it, simply focus so the craters look sharp.  Using the self timer at 2 seconds will let you get your finger off of it, so the vibrations die away.</blockquote>