Photographers: Help!
What is the proper exposure to get the face of the moon exposed correctly so you can see the “Man in the Moon”?
Everything is translatable, so give it to me in whatever form you know to be correct.
My equipment is Nikon F3HP, 300mm f4.5, with Velvia 50 on a Manfrotto 55.
If you have any advice on capturing that “face,” I’d sure appreciate it.
The intensity of sunlight hitting the moon is the same as it is hitting the earth on a bright sunny day, actually a little less due to atmospheric interference but you will have the same interference shooting through the atmosphere to the moon. Set your exposure accordingly.
Old rule of thumb with ‘film’ for bright sunny day was 1/asa at f16 as in ASA400 film would be 1/400sec at f16, round up to 1/500. Your asa50 film would be 1/60sec, bracket two up and two down.
Of course it has been a lot of years since I shot ‘film’.