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Using my nikon d80 w/ the 18-135 lens kit, how do I take a decent picture of the moon?
I am using a tripod, and have it on the night scene setting at 135mm, but it is just bright ball with no definition. We have had a dark sky with a full moon…
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You can’t take a good night shot using automatic or program exposure modes, you need to go full manual, camera and lens.
Zoom your lens out to 135 and open it far as you can. You have a handicap than you wides lens opening for that particular lens in only 5.6. Okay for daylight shooting, but not good for extreme low light shooting situations.
Set you ISO sensativitiy to no more than 800, 400 would be better. Higher than that and you’re going to get a lot of noise. If you don’t have a remote trigger (what we used to call a cable release) for you camera you’ll need to use the selftimer. Set you shutter speed to 15 seconds and take a shot. Check your histogram to see if you’ve got a good exposure, just looking at the image on the viewscreen won’t tell you much. If the histogram shows an even exposure then fine. If not adjust your shutter speed either up or down.
I’m not too familiar with the D80, so I don’t know if you can program a longer shutter speed or not. If not, you will need to get the MC-DC1 Remote Release Cord that allows you to remotely release the shutter or hold the shutter open for longer than 30 seconds.
The biggest problem you’re going to have is your lens. 135mm is a decent general telephoto, but not too effective when shooting sky scene at night; it’s just not long enough. You really need a 200mm minimum a 300mm would be better. If you can afford it, and really want some good night shots of the moon, I would suggest you take a look at the AF-S VR Zoom-Nikkor 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6G IF-ED.
The other thing you need to address is your tripod. I know you said you were using one, but you need to be using a good one. The least bit a camera shake while you shutter is open will ruin your photograph. If what you is a $25.00 special the weighs in at under a pound, replace it. I would recommend a Bogen-Manfrotto or a Tiltall. If you can afford it a Gitzo. You camera need to be rock solid while the shutter is open.
Hope this helps. Good luck and good shooting.
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