Taking shots of the moon

[mhughes]

I have made several atempts at taking photos of the moon and although it appears realy detailed, the resulting photo is just a glowing orb with a secondary shadow which does have some detail. I have a Canon EOS 350D.
Can any one advise on settings etc?

[RTaylor]

What settings did you use?
I did one once with my Oly C750 and it came out somewhat good considering I didnt know exactly what I was doing.
But here is a link to what I did and the exif data.

http://www.pbase.com/reflectionsbyruth/image/48451254
click on the exif link if it doesnt show up at first

I know I was told to always use spot metering on moons, and a lower ISO, but you could experiment.
Also try to use a timer or remote so you dont have any camera shake

I havent tried it yet with my D70 but will eventually.

I assume you at least have a 300 mm zoom lens?

[mhughes]

Thanks Ruth. I have a 300mm lens and I had the camera on a tripod with a cable release. I used a "bulb" setting which gave me as long an exposure as i required and I triedshort & long exposures. I suppose when you don't know what you are doing it is a bit hit & miss. Had a look at yur sunrises. I get the same every morning as I look towards Sydney and have the pleasure of seeing the sun rise there every morning. I must have over 1000 sunrise shots

[Rocketball]

Using a long exposure will be tricky with the moon. Remember, it's moving, so a long exposure will cause it to blur.
It's been a while since I've done any timed exposures, but I would try using a very high ISO speed, and the largest aperature posible to reduce the exposure time, and thus reduce blur.

[radugrozes]

Originally posted by mhughes
the resulting photo is just a glowing orb with a secondary shadow which does have some detail.

You should remember that the moon is simply a huge object in full sunlight, so using long exposure times will not help at all.

Start with something 1/30 at F5.6 and bracket upwards.