The moon

[fedster]

Tried some shots of the moon just now 1700 gmt

am using a fuji finepix hs20exr

settings iso 400 F5.6 4 to 7 second exposure

now when i get a full shot (wide angle of the whole sky the moon is their)

But when i zoom in it fills about a quarter of the view screen and can see some details but once ive taken the shot the photo shows as just a white background

can someone point out where ive gone wrong please

Cheers Tony

[JamesF]

Some examples might help?

James

[fedster]

good idea BG

that throw clouds (not exactly great still messing with zoom focus)

the next one is full zoomed

its as if it hasnt even taken the shot.

[JamesF]

I think it's possibly just massively over-exposed. When I'm imaging the moon I use exposure times of 1/1000th of a second, so I think you may need to drop the exposure time quite a bit.

James

[fedster]

Cheers BG mate

still trying to figure out the lighting settings on this think am going to have to read up on that now.

i did how ever notice my best shot above compared to a few others, seemed to get a better shot with a tiny amount of cloud in front of it, so can you get a filter for this.

Thanks again BG

[JamesF]

That's much better, but I'd say it's a little out of focus.

If it were possible to get a cloud filter, they'd all be sold out

James

[fedster]

think it worth getting a decent camera first tbh it was a present for the OH a upgrade to her first bridge slr

should have spent the extra and got a good slr instead of another bridge (dont get me wrong she has had some stunning shots with this one) just its not to user friendly (well idiot proof for me)

the manual focus ring is way to sensitive.

[Pete Presland]

thats better