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Evolution104

Calculating Exposures for Moonlight Photography

A potentially useful calculator on this site - for both film and digital.

I stumbled upon it and thought there might be some interest.

Calculating Exposures for Moonlight Photography
jonH

Spot metering off the moon is always a useful start, assuming your camera has one..
hil26

hmmm

Digital
Full Moon
ISO 100
F8
8 minute exposure????

or am I missing something?
creators

hil26 wrote:
hmmm

Digital
Full Moon
ISO 100
F8
8 minute exposure????

or am I missing something?


Probably detail at that exposure.  Laughing
Evolution104

I sincerely apologize. I did not make myself clear (and neither did the web page I linked to).

The calculator is for shooting moonlight photography (i.e. long exposure night pictures), not pictures of the moon itself.

Quote:
Here's a rough chart to give a starting point for estimating moonlight photography exposures. Note, this is taking a photo of an subject illuminated by moonlight and not a photo of the moon itself.


More info from the website here:
Exposures for Moonlight Photography


Check out these pictures Shocked
hil26

ahhh - the penny drops

that's better - thanks

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