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PAR4DCR Loc: A Sunny Place

How many do you think will be posted? We could start a pool, $1.00 a chance, winner take all.

Don

Basil Loc: New Mexico

seniormomentnw wrote:

I was lucky enough to see the last eclipse in 1979. The last thing I'd want to be doing is fiddling with my camera during the 1 minute, 40 seconds of totality I'll have at my chosen spot. However, I do plan to take pictures of the total craziness from the hundreds of thousands of my closest friends who will be joining me in Oregon.

I was right on the centerline in Feb 1979 - in the Air Force stationed at Malmstrom AFB, Great Falls, MT. My wife and I had the special glasses and just observed the entire thing. It was spectacular. This time I am going to try to take pictures - just for the challenge and to see how well I can do. It's an excuse to take a road trip to visit my sister in Wyoming.

rplain1 Loc: Dayton, Oh.

Leitz wrote:

There has been a section especially for comments, pictures and questions on astronomical photography for nearly 5 years. For some odd reason, it's called the Astronomical Photography Forum.
http://www.uglyhedgehog.com/s-109-1.html

Of course - why would they call it that? It's so confusing.

rplain1 Loc: Dayton, Oh.

SS319 wrote:

Did you not listen to radio in the 40s and 50s?

Only the Shadow knows!

rplain1 Loc: Dayton, Oh.

Mac wrote:

I wonder how many burnt out cameras there will be.

Probably not many - we take sunsets all the time and do not burn out our cameras. I do realize if you shoot the sun while it is high in the sky that is different. But if the sun is 75 or more covered I doubt you will kill your camera (assuming you are only shooting for something like 1/1000 sec. or so).

rehess Loc: South Bend, Indiana, USA

rplain1 wrote:

Probably not many - we take sunsets all the time and do not burn out our cameras. I do realize if you shoot the sun while it is high in the sky that is different.

Extremely different. The sky is red because the high energy components have been removed {filtered} from the light while it passes through the atmosphere.

rplain1 wrote:

But if the sun is 75 or more covered I doubt you will kill your camera (assuming you are only shooting for something like 1/1000 sec. or so).

Much more complicated than that. Even 10% of the light, as I hear we will get, is a powerful narrow beam. With a DSLR, all of the time it will be hitting the cells used in focusing and determining exposure.

BHC Loc: Strawberry Valley, JF, USA

PAR4DCR wrote:

How many do you think will be posted? We could start a pool, $1.00 a chance, winner take all.

Don

Do you mean here or in appropriate sections?

wesm Loc: Los Altos CA

PattyW60 wrote:

As much as I would love to attempt to photograph the eclipse, I've decided against it. I'm not experienced enough, and I don't want to make a mistake that could put my eyesight at risk. As many have stated, there will plenty of awesome photos out there to enjoy. We have our DVR set to record the Science Channel, as they are doing a live special on that day. Best of luck to all of you who will be photographing this event! I wish you much success!

Well, I'm completely inexperienced, but that has never stopped me before. I'll be in Eastern Idaho, there may be a lot of haze from forest fires to make things more interesting.

One thing I did was practice with my gear, repeatedly. I did a final dry-run this AM. I've figured out how to get the sun in the frame (that was the hard part for me), without damaging my eyes.
I pull the zoom in to 150mm, get the sun in the center using live view, lock the gimbal down, then zoom out. I'll use CamRanger or qdslrDashboard to change parameters on my phone, do the bracketing, etc. I even managed to use the phone app to re-center the sun. I also practiced removing the lens hood and solar filter for the totality period. Took me about 20 seconds, moving slowly, making sure live view was off, etc.

I have no expectations for the quality of my photos. I just want to be there and make an attempt, it may well be the last one in my lifetime that I can try.

I started taking photos of the Milky Way a year or so ago, and have gotten good enough at it to be able to sell panoramic prints, so I don't worry, just relax and enjoy.

Wes

Photogirl17 Loc: Glenwood, Ark.

I hope to see some good Photos of the Eclipse, and If it were occurring on a day I wasn't scheduled to work, I might make an attempt at it using stacked ND filters and live view. Here in Ark. where I dwell "Totality" will not be visible it will be 87% from what I can come up with..The eclipse will reach it's Max at 1:16-1:19 pm 16 min after I return from my lunch hour (such is Life)..lol We will all more than likely step outside and look at the max state at 1:17 pm. I wish those who do attempt it good luck.. but I'm just going to be a viewer..

radiojohn

In an urban area, you can get sounds of dogs howling on the video!

rplain1 Loc: Dayton, Oh.

rehess wrote:

Much more complicated than that. Even 10% of the light, as I hear we will get, is a powerful narrow beam. With a DSLR, all of the time it will be hitting the cells used in focusing and determining exposure.

Well I would use no time focusing (I am pretty sure the sun will be at infinity) and I will preset the exposure in manual mode, not try to read what the camera says. So basically nothing will happen to the camera that might not happen routinely when I am out hiking and my camera accidentally points at the sun. I certainly don't constantly watch where my camera points while I'm walking. My eyes are a different story but I'm not concerned about damage to my camera.

rehess Loc: South Bend, Indiana, USA

rplain1 wrote:

Well I would use no time focusing (I am pretty sure the sun will be at infinity) and I will preset the exposure in manual mode, not try to read what the camera says. So basically nothing will happen to the camera that might not happen routinely when I am out hiking and my camera accidentally points at the sun. I certainly don't constantly watch where my camera points while I'm walking. My eyes are a different story but I'm not concerned about damage to my camera.

This is beginning to sound like the ultimate in pray and spray {with very little spray but lots to pray about}. I believe very few stray beams ever find my cameras, and you will have to point yours directly at the sun for at least a couple of seconds. It's your camera, and you can do with it what you will.

cambriaman Loc: Central CA Coast

It was not visibly darker in Southern California!

Quinn 4

Took a nap that afternoon, Saw it on 6 o'clock news. Save my eyes, film and camera. Radio-1939 WAR of World, That had people going nuts.