You are going to burn up your cameras shutter or curtain if yo shoot the eclipse
Aug 18, 2017 10:02:44 #
I was at Canon getting 3 of my lenses serviced and the guy asked me if I'm going to be shooting the eclipse on Monday and I said no, I don't have the correct equipment and I don't know the right place to really do a good job of it. He told me that after the eclipse, they expect an influx of repairs, especially on new cameras, that people are going to expect to be covered under warranty. Well, they are going to be in for a big surprise when they find out that melting the curtain on you new DSLR from aiming your camera with a power magnifying glass (lens) at the sun isn't covered under warranty. He was kind of telling me that there's going to be some difficult people to deal with because they are going to EXPECT (demand) warranty coverage.
Aug 18, 2017 10:30:34 #
The way I look at it...anyone dumb enough to aim's their camera directly at the sun deserves to have their curtain melted.
Aug 18, 2017 10:34:27 #
Aug 18, 2017 10:34:45 #
Ched49 wrote:
The way I look at it...anyone dumb enough to aim's their camera directly at the sun deserves to have their curtain melted.
I'm more concerned with children peeking.
Aug 18, 2017 11:14:35 #
DaveO wrote:
Yes, so am I but that's the children's parents responsibility.I'm more concerned with children peeking.
Aug 18, 2017 11:17:59 #
Ched49 wrote:
Yes, so am I but that's the children's parents responsibility.
Yeah, it's their responsibility to keep them out of the road too, but things happen as anyone who has kids knows. Could lock them up away from the sun I guess.
Aug 18, 2017 12:26:48 #
Canon 7-d, I was going to use an eight stop ND filter (the biggest stopper I have). Mirror up, maybe a 1/3 to a 1/2 stop down. Trying to figure out what my shutter speed would be with a 300mm lens? I figure f-5.6. Am I in trouble of hurting my camera?
Aug 18, 2017 13:08:03 #
hdfilmnoir wrote:
There is at least a week of threads addressing this issue. An ND filter will not work. You need at minimum something using #12 welder glass or a filter certified for solar use.Canon 7-d, I was going to use an eight stop ND filter (the biggest stopper I have). Mirror up, maybe a 1/3 to a 1/2 stop down. Trying to figure out what my shutter speed would be with a 300mm lens? I figure f-5.6. Am I in trouble of hurting my camera?
Aug 18, 2017 13:41:21 #
Aug 18, 2017 13:47:39 #
I going to sit inside and see it on the tv. Let some other fool damage his eyes and camera for a picture.
Aug 18, 2017 13:49:46 #
Aug 18, 2017 17:35:07 #
I collected a bunch of articles on my blog, including one doc with recommended f-stop settings. www.WhereDoesThatRoadGo.com
I shot with a goPro yesterday, and my android. no filters, no problem.
See the blog for samples
I shot with a goPro yesterday, and my android. no filters, no problem.
See the blog for samples
Aug 18, 2017 17:45:29 #
BebuLamar wrote:
You use mirror lock up? How do you burn the shutter curtain?
Was this means as a
?With the mirror locked up the light is hitting the shutter except during exposure.
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Aug 18, 2017 20:08:19 #
People have the sun included in their shots all the time, and their cameras don't get fried. Photographing the eclipse is no different. It's still the same sun, no brighter than before. There seems to be a myth that the sun is somehow much stronger during the eclipse than normally. If anything, the opposite is true.
Aug 18, 2017 20:15:58 #
rook2c4 wrote:
People have the sun included in their shots all the time, and their cameras don't get fried. Photographing the eclipse is no different. It's still the same sun, no brighter than before. There seems to be a myth that the sun is somehow much stronger during the eclipse than normally. If anything, the opposite is true.
I've seen a number of speed lights (including one of mine) get burned by having facing the wrong way with a Better Beamer attached. I doubt that fresnel lens concentrates the light more than a long telephoto.
Nikon's warning on direct sunlight seem to be limited to live view and movie mode. They say it can damage circuitry.
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