April 8th will bring a near total eclipse in my area . Everybody is getting eclipse glasses to view it. What are the safety rules for shooting the eclipse?
Hydro47 wrote:
April 8th will bring a near total eclipse in my area . Everybody is getting eclipse glasses to view it. What are the safety rules for shooting the eclipse?
Here is a link to Fred Espanek's Mr Eclipse, whom I met at the 2017 Eclipse in Casper, WY;
https://www.mreclipse.com/SEphoto/SEphoto.html
It's all about protecting your eyes first and your camera second.
* Never look directly at the eclipse without protective glasses.
* Always use a high value ND filter on the camera, designed for eclipse shooting. (typically an 18-20 stop ND filter - EXPENSIVE $$$.)
* Keep the lens cap on the camera when not shooting - will prevent internal burns during long exposure to the sun.
* Use live view on the DSLR - don't look through an OVF at the eclipse!
* On a mirrorless, of course you can look through the EVF or use the screen.
billnikon
Loc: Pennsylvania/Ohio/Florida/Maui/Oregon/Vermont
Hydro47 wrote:
April 8th will bring a near total eclipse in my area . Everybody is getting eclipse glasses to view it. What are the safety rules for shooting the eclipse?
To answer your title question, YES, if you wear the proper protection. Didn't your mother tell you that.
wdross
Loc: Castle Rock, Colorado
Hydro47 wrote:
April 8th will bring a near total eclipse in my area . Everybody is getting eclipse glasses to view it. What are the safety rules for shooting the eclipse?
If you have a telephoto and a DSLR without a proper filter, and try viewing the sun, your eye will be either severely damaged or blind in that eye. Only during totality, the 3 or 4 minutes the moon covers the sun's disk, will no filter be needed. And unless you get a proper filter that stops both light and UV rays for your DSLR camera, you cannot use the DSLR for viewing the sun before totality. With a mirrorless camera, you will still need a filter to protect the camera. But since you are only viewing a screen with a mirrorless camera, there are no UV rays to damage or blind your eye. If you do not get a proper filter to block the sunlight for your camera and a proper filter to block the sunlight and UV rays for your eyes, damage and/or blindness will occur. Those are the rules.
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