Graeme1858 (Co-Admin) suggested I take a few 20-second clips using different settings with the camera on a tripod, then start a new thread to get comments and suggestions.
For us, Moonrise is currently in the early hours of the morning - way past my bedtime.
Today (Friday 2 April), it rose at 1.45 a.m.
As we were getting ready to go out for our walk at 6.17 a.m. today the Moon was still visible in the brightening sky, so I decided to try to get a quick shot. The Moon is about 74% illumination. I handheld the camera.
I had the camera set on Intelligent Auto, and below is the result...
The settings that the camera used are; shutter speed - 1/125 sec /
I was reasonably happy with the result, and it has given me some ballpark figures to work with to experiment with other 'manual' settings.
I would appreciate any comments and suggestions for other methods to try.
I'm not really into Astrophotography, so I don't really want suggestions for getting additional optical equipment. I just want to be able to get the occasional Moon shot when different sky conditions present themselves.