getting a streak in pictures of moon

[Captainsuh]

new to using a camera but I got a canon t5 and last night I went to take a picture of the moon and each time I took a picture of the moon it had a streak of light go down it idk what's up exactly but I would like to know so I can fix it,

[Waddizzle]

Did you use a tripod?  Where's the Moon?  

That photo looks like motion blur of the Moon, due to a very slow shutter speed.  You need to set the exposure manually, because the camera will be fooled by the high contrast of the Moon and the night sky.

Use these exposure settings 1/100, f/11, ISO 100.  Use a tripod, with the center column fully lowered..  Use the shutter delay timer, too.  10 seconds.

[RobertTheFat]

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@Waddizzle wrote:

Did you use a tripod?  Where's the Moon?  

That photo looks like motion blur of the Moon, due to a very slow shutter speed.  You need to set the exposure manually, because the camera will be fooled by the high contrast of the Moon and the night sky.

Use these exposure settings 1/100, f/11, ISO 100.  Use a tripod, with the center column fully lowered..  Use the shutter delay timer, too.  10 seconds.

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If the blotchy patches of light in the background are due to motion blur, then surely that's the least of the OP's problems. The bright white figure must be in the camera or the lens and close to the focal plane, since it's in such sharp focus. If the figure were black, I'd suspect a broken shutter; since it's white, maybe it's a light leak. But that's a lot of light to be making its way in at night. Could it be that the camera is trying to look through a telescope but isn't properly attached?

[Waddizzle]

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@RobertTheFat wrote:

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@Waddizzle wrote:

Did you use a tripod?  Where's the Moon?  

That photo looks like motion blur of the Moon, due to a very slow shutter speed.  You need to set the exposure manually, because the camera will be fooled by the high contrast of the Moon and the night sky.

Use these exposure settings 1/100, f/11, ISO 100.  Use a tripod, with the center column fully lowered..  Use the shutter delay timer, too.  10 seconds.

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If the blotchy patches of light in the background are due to motion blur, then surely that's the least of the OP's problems. The bright white figure must be in the camera or the lens and close to the focal plane, since it's in such sharp focus. If the figure were black, I'd suspect a broken shutter; since it's white, maybe it's a light leak. But that's a lot of light to be making its way in at night. Could it be that the camera is trying to look through a telescope but isn't properly attached?

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Looks like an exposure that took over a second to me, and the OP lowered the camera.  Might have been standing in a dark yard.

[Captainsuh]

yes i was standing in a dark yard. and ill try using the manual mode the way u said to tonight. here's another picture I took last night.

[TCampbell]

You can use a much faster exposure on the moon... 

Manual mode

ISO 100

f/11

1/100th sec 

Or you can use f/8 and 1/200th sec... or f/5.4 and 1/400th sec.

The moon shouldn't be white (that's over-exposure).  It should be a medium gray.

While you technically don't need a tripod for the moon (you can hand-hold at 1/100th sec if you're steady) generally you'll want to use a tripod when shooting at night.

[Captainsuh]

thanks, guys I'm new to using cameras and I wasn't holding my hand steady enough if I had a tripod it would come out fine.