No view here in South Central PA; I was looking forward to it, but it rained all day, starting well before eclipse time.
Eclipse!!?? It's Started
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Here's a collage of Eclipse photos taken through a 780nm IR filter.
Notice the sun spot. There's another smaller one that shows up at different brightness setting.
EXIF data listed in link.
CLICK PICTURE IF YOU DARE
That is awesome! Thanks.
I was working and wasn’t close to a welding helmet to look at it. Perfect sunny morning for it, felt like someone had dimmed the lights with high lines and trees making impressive shadows.
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Mexican Eclipse yesterday.
Mexican Eclipse yesterday.
Since I posted some sun images, I would like to offer some caution tips for shooting at the sun.
I used a Panasonic Super Zoom FZ80 (NOT one of my expensive cameras).
It has an electronic eyepiece not an optical one.
I set it in Manual to a high F stop and electronic shutter speed and lowest ISO setting.
(f/8, 1/13000sec, and ISO 80)
Before pointing at the sun with the filter in place I zoomed in some to keep the image from being a small hot dot. With the camera on a tripod I swung it around towards the sun, found it and zoomed in more.
Maximum zoom with this camera is 35mm equivalent 1200mm.
The image was initially blurry and quickly autofocused on the sun. Snapped a couple images and swung away from the sun to view results. Over the course of the eclipse I went back out and did the same thing.
Image was still too bright. The built in IR cut filter over the sensor plus the 780nm add on seems to have prevented any sensor damage. Limiting time pointed at the sun kept the camera internals from getting overly hot.
But, I suggest buying a real solar filter.
Next time I'll try both a UV-IR cut filter and a IR pass filter together. Should get a few percent through.
I used a Panasonic Super Zoom FZ80 (NOT one of my expensive cameras).
It has an electronic eyepiece not an optical one.
I set it in Manual to a high F stop and electronic shutter speed and lowest ISO setting.
(f/8, 1/13000sec, and ISO 80)
Before pointing at the sun with the filter in place I zoomed in some to keep the image from being a small hot dot. With the camera on a tripod I swung it around towards the sun, found it and zoomed in more.
Maximum zoom with this camera is 35mm equivalent 1200mm.
The image was initially blurry and quickly autofocused on the sun. Snapped a couple images and swung away from the sun to view results. Over the course of the eclipse I went back out and did the same thing.
Image was still too bright. The built in IR cut filter over the sensor plus the 780nm add on seems to have prevented any sensor damage. Limiting time pointed at the sun kept the camera internals from getting overly hot.
But, I suggest buying a real solar filter.
Next time I'll try both a UV-IR cut filter and a IR pass filter together. Should get a few percent through.
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