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02/19/2007 05:37:36 PM · #26 |
Originally posted by RainMotorsports:
Originally posted by noisemaker:
what about with CMOS sensors? |
I dunno what about them Grab ur camcorder zoom to 32X and point it at the sun let me know. CMOS works quite a bit differently then a charged coupled device. |
Canons mostly use CMOS sensors; the 20D does for sure.
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02/20/2007 02:30:43 AM · #27 |
My camera seems ok after this shot
if that helps? |
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02/20/2007 09:12:29 AM · #28 |
Originally posted by Derf:
My camera seems ok after this shot
if that helps? |
But is your vision ok? lol
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02/20/2007 09:46:02 AM · #29 |
This shot didn't seem to hurt the sensor. |
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02/20/2007 10:50:07 AM · #30 |
Originally posted by dmadden:
Originally posted by Derf:
My camera seems ok after this shot
if that helps? |
But is your vision ok? lol |
That is a good point.... Let me grab my soap box of a minute!
I focused on a different building after almost going blind trying to focus for about 1/2 a second... (480mm looking into the sun is PAINFULL!). I was watching the plane approaching and I started to count how long it took for the aircraft to move a certain distance...decreased the number by 1/4 because the plane will appear to move faster as it gets closer... Picked up the camera and got my position just under the Empire state building and raised the lens into the sun until I was completly blind and bang. My eye teared for about 5 min and I swore never to do that to my eyes again......and I feel as strong about that to day as I did then. I love that picture, I do not regret doing it....I WILL NEVER TRY THAT AGAIN! If I was smart, I would have closed my eyes and chanced it......
This proves I am 75 watts short of a 100 watt lightbulb.... do not risk your eyes for a picture. After that, I do not give a ratts a$$ about a CMOS sensor! ;) my .02c |
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03/30/2007 01:40:56 PM · #31 |
Just posed this question in the contre jour thread, but people are bored with the sniping about what contre jour is, so I'll repeat it here, and give this thread a bump for anyone else who is interested while shooting for that challenge.
Was out shooting and after a dozen shots into/close to the sun, my camera froze up. Wouldn't turn on or off, shutter button didn't work, and info in the top screen was frozen in time. Removing and replacing batteries fixed it, after which I realized I had stupidly left my camera set to ISO 1600 after some indoor shots at a piano recital the other day.
Any chance shooting into the sun was to blame? |
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03/30/2007 01:47:49 PM · #32 |
Take a telephoto lens (not mounted to camera), point it at the sun and try to focus the image on a piece of paper or cardboard. I used a 200mm f4.5 Soligor lens in M42 mount, burnt a whole through a piece of black cardboard before I could even focus it properly.
Due to the short shutter speeds you get when pointing a camera at the sun, I doubt it could do to much damage, I do think it will damage your eyes though. |
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03/30/2007 02:41:31 PM · #33 |
| Careful with P & S cameras. Since the path is open straight to the sensor you can burn a hole in it. |
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03/30/2007 03:30:59 PM · #34 |
If you have to compose with the sun in the frame, stop the lens down and hit DOF preview, and close the eye that's not on the viewfinder. It'll darken it a lot, but you still shouldn't stare right at the sun...
Then put it to the aperture you want and take the picture. |
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