24Megapixseal wrote:
Agreed, zero concern using my only cameras....once a legit solar filter of 16.5 stop or more is installed, it's perfectly fine to point a multi-thousand dollar camera at the sun all day long....and I even survived with my eyesight after using the viewfinder to look thru and focus the camera....(This is my 5th end of the world that I've survived!...lol)...if it's safe enough for my sensor, it's safe enough for my eyes
I used a K&F ND100000, worked perfectly as advertised!
The settings the OP used were way overexposing, in my experienced opinion.... And no need to wait until an eclipse to practice... I got my filter a month before the eclipse and simply used it on the first sunny day, at 1:40 pm, to duplicate the sun's altitude, to practice...
I used 1/800th, f11, ISO 100 as a starting point, and used my single point auto focus on the edge of the sun, looking thru the viewfinder, once the camera locked focus, I simply turned the auto focus off (switched to MF)... And snapped several photos and second or two apart.... removed camera from tripod, went inside, looked at the photos on the back of the camera, and was surprised to see everything I expected to see: sharp edges on the disk, sunspots in great detail (for a 300mm lens on a cropped sensor), and even the texture of the suns surface... Replaced the camera on the tripod, changed the shutter speed up and down from 1/800th, went back inside, slower ss overexposed, faster ss the disc looked too dark....so I was lucky with my initial guess
Preceding the eclipse day, I took photos on any day that the SOHO website showed a decent amount of sunspots... There was zero doubt in my mind that I could capture all photos of the eclipse pre and post totality... And I did, every one in perfect focus, with the couple of sunspots that were there the day of the eclipse, with a D3500 and a non-VR 70-300mm kit lens on a tripod
After reading much about the totally different exposure setting for the totality, I simply guessed and had to make small adjustments, settling on F/6.3 300.0mm 1/80s ISO-100 for totality.... And F/6.3 300mm 1/1600s ISO -100 for Diamond Ring and Bailey's Beads.... All of totality was handheld using a 70-300 VR lens on a D5600, using single point auto focus, focusing on the outer ring... Camera grabbed auto focus every time.
Another note I would suggest, I to NEVER, EVER simply rotate the lens to "infinity" and expect it to be in focus.... Some lens are, many are not... Use your autofocus, pre focus, then switch lens or camera to Manual Focus and don't touch the focus ring
Agreed, zero concern using my only cameras....once... (
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