How do I take a picture of the moon

I want to take a picture of the moon,

I've got a fuji S5700 camera that has a 10x zoom,

What setting do i need or will it work on auto,

its got a night setting,

not right good with it :huh:so thought some one might help me

I can't be all that technical about explaining this, but i'll tell you how i did it...

I set my shutter to its longest exposure (8 seconds) (can't remember what i did with the aperture!) or jsut use nightmode and it will hopefully do it auto for you (i have a diff camera than you too!!)

then set the camera up on a steady surface (tripod is good but i didn't have one!), pointed it at the moon, zoomed as far as i could and took photos, lots of photos, probably about 30-40 in total and got a fair few out of that that were lovely and clear

Set the camera on a sturdy tripod.

Frame your picture.

Set a long exposure (experiment a bit, start with couple of seconds).

If your camera has one, use the self timer function / remote release.

Actually the moon is relatively bright, so a few seconds exposure will usually result in a white disc. f11+ 1/ISO for shutter speed is a good guide. Talking a clear full moon here.

Lots of useful info here

http://www.astropix.com/HTML/I_ASTROP/TRIPOD/TRIPOD4.HTM

If you want to get the moon and the land correctly exposed, this is how to do it.

http://www.cameratown.com/guides/multiple_exposure.cfm

On a similar note - here's some info about exposure in general and it also references the moon.

http://www.dgrin.com/showthread.php?t=30235

I've used the sunny 16 rule a lot over the years. Far more reliable than my Canon's metering - a mere 2 yr old design. Though when I used Olympus cameras [originally designed in the late 70s/early 80s] I didn't need it as much. Progress eh.

Quality links there jj - cheers. I can see myself going for a few evening trips out as the days get shorter

I normally just point, and click -- always turn out fine for me...

but then I do use a telescope camera when photographing the moon