Originally posted by Steve.Ledger Interesting you chose ½ sec exposure when all the experts tell you anything slower than 1/30th will be useless as the earth's rotation will blur the moon.
I used 1/60th for the shots of the super moon in July (with the K-7's Live view)
1/2 second is necessary when it's really, really dark due to eclipse and you won't get detail in any case. A full Moon is an easy exposure and Norm is right. You can set your exposure before you go outside. On a clear night, it's EV 14 at ISO 100, one stop less than as a sunny, hazy day or Sunny 16. And faster shutter is better, even with tripod and MLU with 2 sec delay, reduces any jitters and Earth rotation.
This from 2012. Full Moon. clear night, K-5 + Sigma100-300/4 + Kenko 1.5. So
f8, 1/250 sec and ISO 200. Here's the arithmetic: Started with EV14 so
f11.
F8 is sweet spot of lens and +1 stop but TC eats a stop so we're even. Increase shutter to 1/250, so about minus -1 stop, bump ISO to 200 so plus 1 stop and we're even again.
No mysteries here. When it starts getting dark, you have to start adding stops, either shutter. aperture or iso.