Solar Eclipse - Something is Missing (Page 3): I just used my sturdy tripod, ball head and 80-400mm lens with solar filter. Googled all of the setting information I could find, set the...

coolhanduke Loc: Redondo Beach, CA

I just used my sturdy tripod, ball head and 80-400mm lens with solar filter.
Googled all of the setting information I could find, set the camera to those setting and whala, eclipse shots.

bwana Loc: Bergen, Alberta, Canada

Longshadow wrote:

Me neither, I just wing it.......

I'm with you on this!

But if you must practice Ol' Sol has some great sunspots at present... And with AR 3576 moving across the sun it'll be good for the next couple of weeks.

bwa

OldCADuser Loc: Irvine, CA

Yes, I saw that this morning on SpaceWeather.com: https://www.spaceweatherlive.com/en/solar-activity.html and while that would be good practice, at the moment, here is Southern California, we can't even see the Sun let alone want to go out and set-up a camera in the mud and rain

petrochemist Loc: UK

Longshadow wrote:

Not for me.....
Not losing any sleep over it.
No totality where I am located, maybe 70%?

Maybe one should shoot video and extract images......

And wait, it will probably be cloudy that day.

The difference between 70% coverage & totality is from an experience point of view actually far more than night and day. WRT camera settings it's pretty much the same as night & day, just changing much faster.

The only total eclipse I've managed to see was, at least where I'd travelled to cloudy until the moon covered about half the sun. At this point a gap opened up to allow us to see totality.

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

petrochemist wrote:

The difference between 70% coverage & totality is from an experience point of view actually far more than night and day. WRT camera settings it's pretty much the same as night & day, just changing much faster.

The only total eclipse I've managed to see was, at least where I'd travelled to cloudy until the moon covered about half the sun. At this point a gap opened up to allow us to see totality.

What's WRT?

petrochemist Loc: UK

Longshadow wrote:

What's WRT?

'With respect to', an abbreviation I thought was so common everyone would know it, but perhaps it's just Brits...

petrochemist Loc: UK

bwana wrote:

I would say "... will need to remove solar filter to see corona".

Almost certainly will need to remove the solar filter to see ANYTHING during totality.

petrochemist Loc: UK

Tote1940 wrote:

Must use solar filter! To protect eyes and sensor.

There is another option - welding glass (which I believe should be shade 13 or darker). Optically not as good, but gives suitable protection against UV, visible & IR.
Most photographic ND filters do not block IR so give no real protection, just a false sense of safety.

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

petrochemist wrote:

'With respect to', an abbreviation I thought was so common everyone would know it, but perhaps it's just Brits...

Sorry, I don't really do texting abbreviations, I try to use whole words mostly, except for REALLY standard ones, like ASA, USA, but I will use function specific abbreviations like CSS, JS, HTML, and others.

I suppose one could us SE for Solar Eclipse..... but I wouldn't.

bwana Loc: Bergen, Alberta, Canada

petrochemist wrote:

'With respect to', an abbreviation I thought was so common everyone would know it, but perhaps it's just Brits...

WRT 'WRT' Applies to Canada as well...

bwa

markwilliam1

CliffMcKenzie wrote:

Something is missing!
Currently via Search reviewing responses to questions regarding the forthcoming eclipse in preparation for speaking engagements.
No one has ever mentioned...wait for it...you can practice before the event. Gimbal vs. ball head? Degree angles? Which lens? which filter? How many stops? Camera settings? Speed bracketing? And get this...you can do it from your own backyard.

I just laid down with my Sony camera on a tripod with a Ball Head. I wore my Solar Eclipse glasses and waited for the sun to diminish. Took the glasses off and started shooting with the remote until the Sun started to get bright. No Filter on my lens. The pictures came out Great! Wasn’t to difficult for me. Good Luck!

petrochemist Loc: UK

Longshadow wrote:

Sorry, I don't really do texting abbreviations, I try to use whole words mostly, except for REALLY standard ones, like ASA, USA, but I will use function specific abbreviations like CSS, JS, HTML, and others.

I suppose one could us SE for Solar Eclipse..... but I wouldn't.

I'm pretty sure it predates texting by at least a decade!

joecichjr Loc: Chicago S. Suburbs, Illinois, USA

bwana wrote:

I'm with you on this!

But if you must practice Ol' Sol has some great sunspots at present... And with AR 3576 moving across the sun it'll be good for the next couple of weeks.

bwa

You really know how to keep the sunny side up ☀️☀️☀️☀️

Judy795

Following all this. Have my filters. Have my glasses. Going to Dallas. Praying to the Sun Gods to be happy.

wmurnahan Loc: Bloomington IN

I drove down to Kentucky for the 2017 and photographed it. This one is going right over my house, I just have to walk out the back door this year.