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<blockquote data-quote="Danno_RIP" data-source="post: 725315" data-attributes="member: 34269">I do it all in manual with the the metering set at spot metering and using AF focus.&nbsp; The D7200 is a DX body as Brent mentioned.&nbsp; You can hand hold or place on a tripod.&nbsp; I do both depending on how I am feeling.&nbsp; I start out at ISO 100 usually and a shutter of 500 and f8.&nbsp; If the moon is too dark I will first slow open the f-stop and slow the shutter a bit.&nbsp; You can watch it in the view finder, and the moon itself is bright enough to focus.&nbsp; It will appear underexposed, but you will be able to pick out detail in the view finder. If I am taking the shot hand held I will hold the shutter down for a second or two in order to get a number of shots in case I move at all.&nbsp; If I am on the tripod I will still take 2 or 3 shots.&nbsp; I than import into Light Room.&nbsp; In there I often simply adjust the exposure and contrast first and than give the shadows, highlights and haze a look.&nbsp; Much of the time I do convert to B&amp;W.&nbsp; It is a bit of trial and error, but it is a fun learning tool.&nbsp; You can play with the f stop and really see how that affects light and depth of field, as well as shutter speed.&nbsp; It is a chance to learn your camera a bit buy adjusting the manual settings to target a set exposure.&nbsp; You do not want to blow out the highlights by overexposing the moon.&nbsp; Underexposing it is OK because the majority of the sky you want to leave black anyway and the detail in the moon should be fine even with the image seemingly underexposed.&nbsp; I have taken a lot of different moonshots, and not all of them have the same settings, but they all kind of started from the same point.&nbsp; I know I did not want too shallow a depth of field and I did not want to blow out the highlights when I took the shot.&nbsp; I wish you well on this endeavor.&nbsp; Don't get to wrapped up in the details, just make one adjustment at a time until you get the clarity you are looking for.&nbsp; It should look very close to this image in the view finder.&nbsp; It may be a bit more underexposed, but that is ok.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Danno_RIP, post: 725315, member: 34269"] I do it all in manual with the the metering set at spot metering and using AF focus. The D7200 is a DX body as Brent mentioned. You can hand hold or place on a tripod. I do both depending on how I am feeling. I start out at ISO 100 usually and a shutter of 500 and f8. If the moon is too dark I will first slow open the f-stop and slow the shutter a bit. You can watch it in the view finder, and the moon itself is bright enough to focus. It will appear underexposed, but you will be able to pick out detail in the view finder. If I am taking the shot hand held I will hold the shutter down for a second or two in order to get a number of shots in case I move at all. If I am on the tripod I will still take 2 or 3 shots. I than import into Light Room. In there I often simply adjust the exposure and contrast first and than give the shadows, highlights and haze a look. Much of the time I do convert to B&W. It is a bit of trial and error, but it is a fun learning tool. You can play with the f stop and really see how that affects light and depth of field, as well as shutter speed. It is a chance to learn your camera a bit buy adjusting the manual settings to target a set exposure. You do not want to blow out the highlights by overexposing the moon. Underexposing it is OK because the majority of the sky you want to leave black anyway and the detail in the moon should be fine even with the image seemingly underexposed. I have taken a lot of different moonshots, and not all of them have the same settings, but they all kind of started from the same point. I know I did not want too shallow a depth of field and I did not want to blow out the highlights when I took the shot. I wish you well on this endeavor. Don't get to wrapped up in the details, just make one adjustment at a time until you get the clarity you are looking for. It should look very close to this image in the view finder. It may be a bit more underexposed, but that is ok. [/QUOTE]

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