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Can anyone give me some tips on how to get a clear moon shot at night,

Expose it like it is a sunny day (i.e. follow the sunny 16 rule).

Most people radically over-expose the moon because the meters average over the entire sky. Also, shoot a high-speed on a tripod. That will help against atmospheric distortion.

Brian

Thanks Brian, that is very helpful. I am going to use some of your tips and see if I can improve on this....thanks again.

Tried it myself last night. This image was taken using the "sunny-11" rule: 1/500 f.8 ISO 800.

Because it was lower on the horizon (and I had to go through more atmosphere and smog), I basically used the sunny-16 rule and added 2.5 stops.

i use the 80-80.
1/80 sec and f8.0 @ 100 iso.

tom132 wrote:i use the 80-80.
1/80 sec and f8.0 @ 100 iso.

Can you post an example, so we can compare it to Brian's photo?

I use aperture 8 or 5,6, low ISO and a time, that matches with my tele-lens (1/500 or else). For results look at my moon-gallery. Please view the photos in size original, all other sizes are not good for moon-photos

Great little tutorial here!
http://southwestperspectives.blogspot.com/