How do I set my camera to shoot the moon?

To get a great Moon shot and little else, set your camera to ISO 100 or ISO 200 and the aperture to between f/5.6 and f/11, and adjust your shutter speed to between 1/125sec and 1/250sec.

What shutter speed should I use for the moon?

Luckily, because it is a mean distance of 238,855 miles, it doesn’t streak overhead at more than three times the speed of sound. However, it is moving, and shooting with a slow shutter speed will cause the moon to blur in your images. A good rule of thumb is to keep your shutter speed at a 1/125-second minimum.

Can you photograph the moon with a camera?

DSLRs, Mirrorless cameras or any interchangeable lens cameras are suitable for taking pictures of the moon. Cameras with smaller sensors make it tough but they can still be used. Recent cameras with small sensor sizes have better low light performance. Use the camera that you have in hand for a start.

What is the best aperture for moon photography?

f/11
Choose a small aperture like f/8 or f/11 to get the sharpest performance out of your lens and start with a shutter speed around 1/125. This might be too dark, depending on your location, but you can adjust as you see fit.

How do I shoot the moon with my phone?

On Android: This is a little bit trickier!…Get the shot:

1. Set up your phone on your tripod of choice.
2. Open the camera app.
3. Turn off your flash.
4. Start to think about photo composition.
5. Zoom zoom zoom!

How do you shoot the moon with clouds?

The trick I use is to wait until some cloud passes in front of the moon to dim it a bit, then increase the exposure of the darker clouds by some combination of widening the aperture, decreasing the shutter speed (keeping it fast enough to freeze cloud movement), and bumping up the the ISO.

How do photographers make the moon look big?

Photographers can simulate the Moon illusion by taking pictures of the Moon low on the horizon using a long lens, with buildings, mountains, or trees in the frame. In other words, the Moon looks bigger in those photos because it’s a zoomed-in view.

How do you make the moon look big in pictures?

Depending on the idea you have, you can use a teleconverter (for example, a 2x) to increase your focal length and capture a giant moon. By using such a long focal length, you’re reducing the angle of view so much that you’ll only capture the moon and the subject in the frame, neglecting the landscape.

Why can’t I take a good picture of the moon?

The reason the moon is hard to photograph is that it’s actually very bright, but surrounded by very dark sky. That confuses the iPhone camera, because it tries to get the background bright enough to see – which it can’t do. The result is an over-exposed moon (usually a white blurry blob) with a grainy background.