Home made Solar filters cont. Part1.
Oct 25, 2023 11:52:30 #
My first post here is Hillbilly home made solar filter. This is a continuation of that post as I made a couple more.
The Annular eclipse photos came out good to decent for my first time at this. Some Photos will be posted later.
The first two images is where I used clear lens cover I had so I made a film cut to fit inside it and secure and seal it with a cut piece of beer carton which I used on making these. I used this to shoot the eclipse which allowed me to use the lens shield to prevent interfering glare.
We have the total eclipse coming this April and where I am we will be right in path of totality. So, reflecting on a question posed by a member here if a solar filter should be removed at totality while the sun is fully obscured.
If it will be too dark to view and shoot during totality. So, I got an idea to make a quick slip on and off filter that slips on the front of the lens shield. I will test it when the sun is out, cloudy here lately and we need the rain too.
Idea is to remove to shoot the totality and quicker to replace as the sun emerges and appears.
This is for my Nikon D300 S attaching to the Nikon 80-400mm lens.
The Annular eclipse photos came out good to decent for my first time at this. Some Photos will be posted later.
The first two images is where I used clear lens cover I had so I made a film cut to fit inside it and secure and seal it with a cut piece of beer carton which I used on making these. I used this to shoot the eclipse which allowed me to use the lens shield to prevent interfering glare.
We have the total eclipse coming this April and where I am we will be right in path of totality. So, reflecting on a question posed by a member here if a solar filter should be removed at totality while the sun is fully obscured.
If it will be too dark to view and shoot during totality. So, I got an idea to make a quick slip on and off filter that slips on the front of the lens shield. I will test it when the sun is out, cloudy here lately and we need the rain too.
Idea is to remove to shoot the totality and quicker to replace as the sun emerges and appears.
This is for my Nikon D300 S attaching to the Nikon 80-400mm lens.
solar sheet nicely cut to fit in the screw on clear filter.
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cut piece to secure the thin solar film and help seal light out.
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New filter to cover the lens shield. The solar film is sandwiched between the boards, the white paper is the proctector.
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bricks to press securly the filter sheets.
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Glueing the collar on using the lens shield to make sure the right and tight fit securly.
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Face of filter protected and cut to round to look pretty.
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I painted to mostly ensure no light leaks but there was not but hey, it looks pretty.
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