Solar eclipse do's and don'ts
May 19, 2012 11:44:27 #
May 19, 2012 15:02:23 #
Welcome to UHH. I had heard to get a welders lens or glass to put in front so sun won't hurt your eyes or the camera's sensor.
May 19, 2012 15:47:39 #
May 19, 2012 18:52:22 #
May 19, 2012 18:55:14 #
Use only #14 welders glass, or other filters specifically made for solar viewing.
Don't use CD's, neutral density filters, sunglasses, or a telescope or camera that doesn't have a filter on the big end.
Your vision is too important to risk.
Don't use CD's, neutral density filters, sunglasses, or a telescope or camera that doesn't have a filter on the big end.
Your vision is too important to risk.
May 19, 2012 19:32:40 #
You can always make a pinhole camera and shoot the image it makes. Take a piece of aluminum foil and poke a hole in the center with a pin. Make sure it is a good, round hole.
Get a piece of rigid white board, foamcore, or white paper taped to a piece of cardboard, and practice focusing the sun. You might even see sunspots.
Then, for the eclipse, except if you are in the path of totality, you use your pinhole camera and shoot the image it makes with your DSLR or other camera.
No risk to your sight, and you will see the moon covering up the sun comforably.
Just a thought... having been there and done that.
Richard Brown
Get a piece of rigid white board, foamcore, or white paper taped to a piece of cardboard, and practice focusing the sun. You might even see sunspots.
Then, for the eclipse, except if you are in the path of totality, you use your pinhole camera and shoot the image it makes with your DSLR or other camera.
No risk to your sight, and you will see the moon covering up the sun comforably.
Just a thought... having been there and done that.
Richard Brown
May 19, 2012 20:02:08 #
do you think a #11 welders glass would work for the "Ring of Fire" when the moon is in front of the sun or still too risky?
May 19, 2012 20:34:09 #
snogost67 wrote:
do you think a #11 welders glass would work for the "Ring of Fire" when the moon is in front of the sun or still too risky?
Too risky. The sun will not be completely covered by the moon, so there will be enough light to damage your eyes permanently.
May 19, 2012 21:26:30 #
May 20, 2012 01:17:09 #
snogost67 wrote:
do you think a #11 welders glass would work for the "Ring of Fire" when the moon is in front of the sun or still too risky?
#14 is the minimum
May 20, 2012 08:11:25 #
May 20, 2012 09:12:58 #
Reed Q wrote:
I've been using a #12 wedding lens for about 40 yrs.....
Must have been one ugly bride.
May 20, 2012 09:19:34 #
May 20, 2012 09:55:54 #
redandgreen4 wrote:
What are the issues surrounding the Solar eclipse Sunday.
Do's and don'ts?
Do's and don'ts?
http://www.mreclipse.com/SEphoto/SEphoto.html
we will be clouded out.. I live in OR. Bummed.. It will be right over us..
May 20, 2012 10:04:13 #
bullfrogs wrote:
Your link took us to photographing a LUNAR eclipse.
Same site, but try this one: http://www.nikonusa.com/Learn-And-Explore/Photography-Techniques/h20zakgu/1/How-to-Photograph-a-Solar-Eclipse.html
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