finding the sun
Apr 3, 2024 12:59:01 #
MCHUGH wrote:
I am going to try to take a solor eclipse picture ... (show quote)
I hope this setup works.
Apr 3, 2024 19:21:06 #
mikey12654
Loc: Vancouver, WA
MCHUGH wrote:
Fully manual. Still trying different things. The way the weather man is forcasting it seems like we may have stormy weather, which is nothing unusual for East Texas at this time of year. Not for certain of course.
Yes I've shot the sun on manual before with the RF 800 f/11 (fixed), maybe you can try jacking up the ISO to make the sensor more sensitive to the light coming in. Then once you find the sun you can reduce the ISO assuming you can stay locked on to the sun, tripod helps for sure. That's a shame about your weather forecast, that happened to me with the last annular solar eclipse, I was in its center pathway but it was too cloudy. I hope your weather gets clear!
Apr 4, 2024 08:20:21 #
MCHUGH
Loc: Jacksonville, Texas
mikey12654 wrote:
Yes I've shot the sun on manual before with the RF 800 f/11 (fixed), maybe you can try jacking up the ISO to make the sensor more sensitive to the light coming in. Then once you find the sun you can reduce the ISO assuming you can stay locked on to the sun, tripod helps for sure. That's a shame about your weather forecast, that happened to me with the last annular solar eclipse, I was in its center pathway but it was too cloudy. I hope your weather gets clear!
Thanks The weather man says probably cloudy but hopefully it won't be solid clouds.
Apr 4, 2024 18:08:03 #
mikey12654
Loc: Vancouver, WA
MCHUGH wrote:
Thanks The weather man says probably cloudy but hopefully it won't be solid clouds.
That's the same weather forecast we have lol. I'm near Portland, Oregon so I'm pretty sure it really will be cloudy. If it's clear skies here I'll only be able to see 20% of the eclipse but I'll set up for it anyway and hope for the best.
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