need exposures for Moon shots ASAP

[charr5]

Hey all..good moon out tonight, and I'm having no luck with exposures on the good ol 10D.
Can anyone post moon exposures for me?
Thanks all.
CMH

[robertwgross]

First of all, start with about 1500mm or more focal length lens. Wide open aperture, whatever that ends up being (f/8 etc.) and large fractions of a second, depending on ISO.

---Bob Gross---

[SoCal69]

Here are a few older threads on the subject. Hope they help!


http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=12151

http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=13456

[RGorrill]

If you are shooting a full moon on a clear night then you really should be using an exposure close to that you would use for a normal daylight scene. If there is a bit of atmospheric haze then opening up one stop should help.

I have shot the moon many times on film and this is what has always worked - bracketing - for me using an ISO setting of 100.

Full moon - clear sky: f/8-11 @ 1/250th
Full moon - hazy sky: f/5.6-8 @ 1/250th

I usually would bracket one stop over and one stop under. The high shutter speed is necessary to overcome any possible vibration or camera shake even though it is mounted on a tripod.

Just as an aside... I had a friend who photographed an idyllic moonlit scene of a beautiful farm after a snowfall using 400 speed film. He opened his lens (f/2.8) to wide open and then, based on what his meter told him, did a 60 minute time exposure. He ended up with a virtual daylight scene without shadows as his meter simply looked at the overall picture and decided that in order to achieve a neutral gray that it needed that much exposure without giving any regard to the type of atmosphere my friend was trying to achieve in his image.

Bob

[Webster]

If you're shooting with a 10D, then you don't need help from anyone. You have a review screen and histogram to tell you when you have the correct exposure. Just keep shooting the moon, changing the exposure value until you have the exposure spot on. Takes less than five minutes.