im kinda new to taking pictures that doesn't just consist of pointing and clicking, so last night i was trying to take a picture of the moon, and when i focused the camera i could see all the detail of the moon and the picture would of looked fine it it turned out that way, but when i took the picture and then looked at it, the moon was just a very bright object and absolutely no detail could be seen, if there something i am doing wrong, or somthing i have to do or what, any help please?
o and my camera isnt a slr its just a normal Digital Camera if that changes anything
when i change the shutter speed and the apterture thing i just get black pictures
Your camera is trying to meter the whole scene, including all the dark around the moon. Because of that the moon is overexposed. You need to set the camera to manual, set your aperture, then keep changing shutter speed (or vice versa) until you get the photo you want.
Had to edit answer. My mind doesn't work right early in the am. ;)
David has covered the problem with your camera metering the whole scene, thus overexposing the moon.
The proper exposure is the same as the one you would use during the day here on earth. Remember, the same sun shines on the moon as on the earth, so the sunny 16 rule applies. 1/ISO @ f/16 or some reciprocal of that.
Try with your exposure set to 1/400th second @ f/8 with the ISO set at 100.
You're not doing anything wrong, the camera is just picking up on the brightness of the moon, and because of the earth's rotation, the picture may also be slightly blurred.
If you have a landscape and/or portrait mode, this setting usually works the best, and you'll want to leave the flash on. If you also have a nearby object. (example: tree branches, buildings, etc.) This gives a very aesthetically pleasing picture, and with that mode and a flash, you get a nice foreground picture with the moon in the background. Of course this works better when you have a zooming lens on your camera. I have the capabilities of a 3x zoom with my lens, and then about 4x from that with digital zooming. (a total of 12x when combined.)
Good luck, and happy shooting ^_^
There is a way to do it without using the manual mode, which is to change the metering mode.
Most cameras will default to matrix metering these days, though some will use centre weight metering. These tend to be flummoxed by these situations. If you use spot or partial metering the camera will use the centre point to judge exposure, thus you can precisely meter on your subject and then recompose how you wish.
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