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10/23/2014 11:40:34 AM · #1 |
This might sound like a dumb question but I am going to ask anyway. We might actually get to see the solar eclipse today and I want to take a picture of it. I figured I'd use the digital display to watch and not the viewfinder. So the question is this: Could I damage the camera sensor by taking a picture of the solar eclipse? I plan on using a telephoto lens.
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10/23/2014 11:42:05 AM · #2 |
| Yes. You can. You need a 10-stop ND filter. |
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10/23/2014 11:42:25 AM · #3 |
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10/23/2014 11:44:19 AM · #4 |
| ugh - no filter. But I am glad I asked! |
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10/23/2014 11:46:57 AM · #5 |
Our partiality starts at 5:52pm and the sun sets at 6:15pm.
Bummer
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10/23/2014 11:56:53 AM · #6 |
| Not gonna get it here... Just outside the curve. |
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10/23/2014 12:03:21 PM · #7 |
If the sun is really low on the horizon you may get lucky. There can be enough haze obscuring things that you could watch it with 2-4 stops of ND filters. It all depends.
We are in prime position to see 60% coverage, but it's October...in Oregon...in October. Not gonna happen. |
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10/23/2014 12:04:13 PM · #8 |
Originally posted by LN13:
Our partiality starts at 5:52pm and the sun sets at 6:15pm.
Bummer |
If the horizon isn't too hazy this could be much prettier than the normal view, which is just a white circle with a notch taken out of it ... |
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10/23/2014 12:07:18 PM · #9 |
Oklahoma is supposed to be able to see it, but it's pretty cloudy today.
This is my first autumn here - supposed to be 90 degrees this weekend and the trees are barely changing, and it's almost Halloween. What the heck? |
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10/23/2014 12:09:50 PM · #10 |
Originally posted by GeneralE:
Originally posted by LN13:
Our partiality starts at 5:52pm and the sun sets at 6:15pm.
Bummer |
If the horizon isn't too hazy this could be much prettier than the normal view, which is just a white circle with a notch taken out of it ... |
Oh, I'll be watching out the bus window. If I remember. (Edit -- oh, wait, that's not a good idea...is it?)
This is a cool site:
//www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/list.html
Message edited by author 2014-10-23 12:10:49. |
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10/23/2014 12:10:14 PM · #11 |
Originally posted by MadMan2k:
Oklahoma is supposed to be able to see it, but it's pretty cloudy today.
This is my first autumn here - supposed to be 90 degrees this weekend and the trees are barely changing, and it's almost Halloween. What the heck? |
Check this out :-) |
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10/23/2014 12:34:55 PM · #12 |
Originally posted by Bear_Music:
Originally posted by MadMan2k:
Oklahoma is supposed to be able to see it, but it's pretty cloudy today.
This is my first autumn here - supposed to be 90 degrees this weekend and the trees are barely changing, and it's almost Halloween. What the heck? |
Check this out :-) |
Interesting... so next February 12th, it could be either -17 degrees, or 84 degrees. |
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10/23/2014 01:35:54 PM · #13 |
Originally posted by MadMan2k:
Interesting... so next February 12th, it could be either -17 degrees, or 84 degrees. |
Yup. The moral of the story is, it's Oklahoma, the butt-end of the great plains, and anything can happen weather-wise. |
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10/23/2014 03:03:39 PM · #14 |
Originally posted by Bear_Music:
Originally posted by MadMan2k:
Interesting... so next February 12th, it could be either -17 degrees, or 84 degrees. |
Yup. The moral of the story is, it's Oklahoma, the butt-end of the great plains, and anything can happen weather-wise. |
Including tornadoes at Christmas.... Take good care.... |
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10/23/2014 05:56:48 PM · #15 |
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10/23/2014 08:29:14 PM · #16 |
Originally posted by LN13:
Overcast. |
It was behind some thin clouds here, but I found that with the right exposure the sun would "burn right through" ... I want to post a time-lapse, but won't be able to process them tonight ...
Here's a still from about the maximum coverage point -- 100% crop but otherwise unadjusted ...
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