Exposure is difficult. Never trust the meter. It will try to give you a 18% grey (in average) picture.That's how meters work!
A meter is not a miraculous garantie for well exposed photographs everytime. On the contrary, in fact. When you are photographing small, bright objects (not filling the frame) - like faces on a theater scene or the moon - you MUST "underexpose" (minus correction). Two stops is a very good starting point in my experience. Or perhaps spot metering, which will give you an 18% "grey" moon. Regards Jens Jens Bladt http://www.jensbladt.dk -----Oprindelig meddelelse----- Fra: Paul Sorenson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sendt: 9. marts 2006 14:33 Til: [email protected] Emne: Re: WTB: mirror lens A good starting point for moon pix is the "moony 11" - similar to the sunny16 rule. Aperture f:11, shutter 1/ISO. -P Markus Maurer wrote: > Hi Derby > now I understand, you got too much black space around the moon and the > camera overexposed. > So a full frame moon should translate to nearly gray then... > thanks for your answer > greetings > Markus > > >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> Sent: Wednesday, March 08, 2006 11:05 PM >>> To: [email protected] >>> Subject: RE: WTB: mirror lens >>> >>> >>> Hi Markus, >>> >>> Oh, with a 500 and a 2x, the moon should be quite large in the >>> frame. So the >>> metering will be close. But if I just had the mirror without the extender, >>> normal metering will just create a white blob for the moon. Its >>> nice to have the >>> freedom to chimp, and adjust accordingly. >>> >>> D >>> >>> >>> >>> Quoting Markus Maurer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >>> >>>> Hi Derby >>>> do you overexpose moonlight shots by 2 stops or did I misunderstand you >>>> here? >>>> I would like to try some shots of full moon soon with the Tamron SP 500 >>>> mirror lens and maybe the SP 2x extender. >>>> greetings >>>> Markus >>>> >>>>>> But I still like M. It's useful if the metered exposure is out by >>>>>> more than two >>>>>> stops (happens often when taking moonlight shots, and you want to >>>>>> keep lunar >>>>>> detail). >>>>>> >>>>>> D >>>>>> >>> > > > -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 268.2.1/277 - Release Date: 03/08/2006 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 268.2.1/277 - Release Date: 03/08/2006
