I am in the direct path here in central Indiana ( exiled here until we can move back to Jacksonville).I have been practicing and I am using my filter I use for the sun. I am also wearing my eclipse glasses to help determine where to point my camera. On April 8th, I believe we will have about a 1 1/2 before and after the total eclipse. I will shoot with the filter during that time, but during the 3+ minutes depending on where you are of total eclipse, I will be removing the filter. I have been trying different settings to see what gives me the best results.

I use a hot shoe mount on mine.

Thing is, you need to find the sun first time in order to align the Sol-Searcher with the optical axis of your camera. For that, I use a wide angle lens and a tripod. I put the sun in the center of the image, line up the Sol-Searcher so the sun is illuminating the back side, and then swap with the telephoto lens.

You can make something similar with a toilet paper roll, dark paper or tape on the front, and wax paper taped to the back, and the roll taped or otherwise mounted on something you can stick in the hot shoe. Line up the camera iwth the sun using a wide angel lens, mark the sun location on the wax paper with a magic marker, and away you go.

Warning: use a solar filter on the wide angle as well, just to be safe.