i'm a TOTAL amature, and don't have a complete understanding of the phtographic technicalities yet, but i got a 75-300 lens for my birthday in august and promptly set out for moon pics. i got a whole bunch of varied results. i did get some great ones with the clouds forming a rainbow halo around the moon AND the moon was not blown out. the camera was on the night setting, and the pop-up flash was used, though i don't know if it made a difference. the ISO speed was high, maybe 800. and i took it from my porch with my elbows on the rails to steady them with a slow shutter speed, (maybe 5 or 6 seconds, i don't know what that translates to in camera speak), with beautiful results. i took about 100 pictures and came out with probably ten that i really liked. the ones i took before i remembered to remove the UV filter came out neat and artsy looking, with a double exposure-like production of the moon. it was a lot of fun.
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