Lightroom has a nice rename feature. In the Library module, select all of your photos and hit F2. You get options for renaming and you can make your own scheme. I use something like yyyymmdd-hhmm-customtext-number. If your cameras are not synched, then you need to adjust the capture time, using Metadata>adjust capture time first.

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A feather touch focuser would be great, but they’re very pricey. I simply don’t use that scope enough to justify it.

This my composite from 2017. The effective focal length was 768mm. For 2024 I’m trying to decide between a 714mm APO telescope or a Canon 100-500L lens with a 1.4x teleconverter.
The scope is bigger and stresses my equatorial mount.

I have the mylar-type filters for both. I shot the 2017 eclipse in Wyoming with an 80mmF6 Carbon fiber APO and a crop sensor Canon 7D2, for an effective fl of 768mm. I was pretty happy with the results. Now I have a larger, heavier scope and a heavier camera, so my mount isn't as happy. Hence the idea to use the camera lens. I'm going to see if I can tune up the gears on the mount.
I've been doing visual astronomy for over 20 years, but I prefer night-time stuff. I have looked through dedicated solar scopes, and it's fun for a few minutes, but not worth the investment for me. And, except for wide field milky way stuff and the occasional eclipse, I don't do any astrophotography.

For next year's solar eclipse, I’m trying to decide which optics to use. My choices are an Explore Scientific 102f7 carbon fiber apo (700mm fl). or a Canon 100-500L f4.5-7.1 with a 1.4x teleconverter (also 700mm, but at ~ f10). I’ll be using a Canon R6 on an Ioptron ZEQ25 GT equatorial mount. I want to capture filtered photos of the partial phases and unfiltered photos at totality. Baileys beads, prominences, corona etc.

Telescope Pros.
Better optics designed for astronomy??
Faster focal ratio.
Focus may not drift as it warms up. (It’s carbon fiber).
I can use it for visual astronomy on the nights before and after the eclipse.

Lens Pros.
Smaller, lighter (my mount struggles with the scope and camera combo).
Less to transport. (We will be making a long driving trip to get to Texas.)
Easier to focus. (I’m not that impressed with the scope's focuser.)

What are your nights or opinions?
(FYI. I posted this same question on cloudy Nights, for those that use both forums)

To actually answer the question, isn’t it just a matter or reassigning the shutter button to engage autofocus?

If Live Photo is on, turn it off.

Very nice.

We got up to image sunrise along the shore of Lake Superior. We knew that the sun would shine through the hole in the rock. We were lucky to get a sliver of mostly clear skies for awhile and some nice wave action and even some sea smoke. It was 19 degrees Fahrenheit.

Perfect. You gotta love it when a plan comes together. Great image!

Really cool to see those beautiful old lenses put n that modern camera.

I would really appreciate this feature when shooting youth hockey. I end up with either hundreds and hundreds of photos or I get gots of the puck in the net, but not the kid while he’s taking the shot.
Canon, if you’re reading this, I would LOVE this as a firmware upgrade to my R6!

Very good, balanced review.

The new masking features in the last couple of versions are amazing! It is absolutely worth the $10/month for me.