First let me thank all of you for your responses. I don't have any tracking gear, that will be manual. So I may get be trying to be bite off more than I can chew. After all I don't want to be so busy that forget to enjoy it. Many great suggestions! Thank you all!

Looking for some recommendations for taking pictures of the solar Eclipse.

I am thinking I will have 3 cameras going. Two dslr, both canon and my Google pixel 7 pro.

One to take a video
One to take stills say every 30 seconds, time lapsed
And possible hook the pixel to an old hand made telescope made by my father and brother some 50 years ago. It Has a 6 inch mirror and some wildly good optics with many many times more powerful that a zoom lens. Problem is there is no way to use those optics with a camera so I attach a phone holder to the focus ring adjust the focus with a choice of optics and then rotate the phone lense over the optics. It's not pretty but it works.

So here is my question s..1) For the video what mm lens would you recommend? More of a wide angle, middle of the road or telephoto?
2) for the stills how big do I need? Greater than 300mm? What intervals would use suggest between shots?
3) for those that have experience, it wise to try and remove ND100k filters while it is totally dark for a photo? I will be in the Cleveland area schedule for about 3 minutes of darkness.
4) and other suggestions is ways to use the. Telescope?

Would really really appreciate any answers, suggestions recommendations!!!

Thank you in advance!

John

Amazing... really appreciate the link!

GregS, that is my understanding as well!

John

Thank you! I am fly a DJI mini pro 3... I will upload another... The cascading falls change color to the music.

John

Which do you like better...

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I second the motion of Sedona, I can't get enough of that place!

John

Ok I just order this bag recently, I have not tried it on a trip yet, but it is holding drone, 3 batteries and charger, my canon M50, 18 to 70 zoom, 18 to 22 zoom, 50mm macro, a pancake 24 and a kit 18 to 45, plu two batter chargers and 4 batteries and various SD card holders. Plus it comes with wheels that attach and you can pull it. Plus it has a 3 inch expansion section. Cwatcun Camera Backpack Trolley Case Bag with Tripod Holder Anti-Theft Waterproof Camera Bag fits 15.6' Laptop for Canon Nikon Sony DSLR SLR Camera for Women Men Photographer https://a.co/d/4yprg2H can't hurt to look!!!

DJI mini pro 3, this was a 360 deg panorama, but I edited down to just be part of the full panorama.

No way I could get this sunset from the ground...

Looking for opinions

My DJI mini pro 3 does just a super job of the 360 panorama! Just love the feature. Looks great on my Google 7 pro! However, if I download it to my windows PC, or I share it with others it just looks like a flat photo and not that pretty. I need a little help pointing me to an app for a non Google phone app that it works with and one for windows?

Thank you in advance!

Strange it does not show for me.

Nice!

I really like that shot!

Looks like the Video did not come thru... Sorry!