Fried "Eclipse" Camera?
Aug 22, 2017 13:56:24 #
Aug 22, 2017 14:59:34 #
Aug 22, 2017 15:04:31 #
We had totality for 40 some seconds, but I do not understand how some people claim it to be life changing experience.
_8210045 by Thomas Dekany, on Flickr
_8210045 by Thomas Dekany, on FlickrAug 22, 2017 15:33:16 #
I played it safe and used my husband's camera..... Took mostly in total eclipse which was safe. Otherwise just put the eclipse glasses in front of the lens. No damage. Figure he deserved to be using his. He laid my Nikon on the trunk of our car the other day and I drove halfway across town until a lady stopped me and told me I had a camera on my trunk.....lol Very lucky it didn't fall off.
Aug 22, 2017 16:36:10 #
Cdouthitt wrote:
Anyone going to fess up to frying their camera today?
Mine's still working just fine after the eclipse...only used ND filters too.
Mine's still working just fine after the eclipse...only used ND filters too.
I did not use any filters camera is tip top!!
Aug 22, 2017 16:39:31 #
Cdouthitt wrote:
Anyone going to fess up to frying their camera today?
Mine's still working just fine after the eclipse...only used ND filters too.
Mine's still working just fine after the eclipse...only used ND filters too.
No filters used no damage
Aug 22, 2017 16:42:46 #
lmTrying
Loc: WV Northern Panhandle
jamesl wrote:
My wife & I went to Georgia to visit my brother and his wife and to photograph the eclipse. We went to Monetta, SC in a ball field to set up and shoot. Here is one shot with a Nikon D7200 with a 55-300 mm lens.
This downloaded on to my Motorola phone no problem.
Aug 22, 2017 17:02:39 #
No pictures to match those already published, but my wife got some reasonable ones during totality. We were at 7500 MSL south of Salem, Oregon. Spectacular view from there. Flew down from Olympia, arrived about 45 minutes before totality, watched the eclipse from the air and headed home. 3.5 hours on the plane well spent. Our son commented later that Google Maps was showing I-5 north and south from Salem was packed. At advantage of flying yourself - what traffic?
A major place to watch in Oregon was Madras in the central part of the state. A video shared from a Portland TV station shows the hundreds of airplanes lined up to depart. I'm glad we didn't go over there with that in mind. :-)
A major place to watch in Oregon was Madras in the central part of the state. A video shared from a Portland TV station shows the hundreds of airplanes lined up to depart. I'm glad we didn't go over there with that in mind. :-)
Aug 22, 2017 17:50:39 #
I burnt a hole in the shutter of a D7000 last time around. This time, I knew better.
Aug 22, 2017 18:15:43 #
I posted a few shadow pics on a topic called "Bring on the eclipse."
Aug 22, 2017 18:43:28 #
FRENCHY wrote:
Here's one , 
Nothing to write a book about it but my camera is not fry , and my eyes are OK !
Nothing to write a book about it but my camera is not fry , and my eyes are OK !
Not too shabby! >Alan
Aug 22, 2017 18:46:31 #
karno wrote:
No filters used no damage
Excellent! West of Boston we couldn't even appreciate our 60% due to a heavy overcast.
It got a little darker than usual, and that's all. >Alan
Aug 22, 2017 19:07:55 #
recalcitrant1
Loc: Northern Illinois
Viewed it in southern IL near Carbondale. Had no problems with an inexpensive solar filter purchased through B&H and no filter during totality. It was an otherworldly event
Aug 22, 2017 19:23:04 #
I went to school down there, but I couldn't get off work :( Saw about a 99% event from my driveway between shifts, though from the school bus company. never got dark, but it dimmed quite a bit and saw Venus (I think).
Aug 22, 2017 20:10:21 #
My camera is just fine despite the self-proclaimed experts and their dire warnings. Like you I used a 100,000/1 ND solar filter and it worked just fine. Actually I practiced weeks in advance to get a good idea of where to start bracketing my exposures and at what exposure I could clearly capture the sun spots...there were six visible yesterday. The only iffy part was during the 2-1/2 minutes we had full coverage in Irmo, South Carolina and I had to remove the ND filter. The challenge was quickly overcome with a practiced and conservative questimate and a few adjustments to the shutter speed. The only tech gear that failed was our old laptop which decided to crash its HDD once we left home...it is 12 years old...but is forcing a delay in downloading the photos. My wife and I are very glad we planned ahead and took the time to see and photograph the full eclipse.
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