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06/07/2004 06:10:14 PM · #1 |
Any of our stargazers have anything planned for tomorrow? I'm in work and will most likely miss the opportunity to fotog the transition but would like to see pics :)
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06/07/2004 06:39:16 PM · #2 |
What is the best way to photograph something like this?
obviously, fast shutter, slow ISO, slow aperture...
BUT:: Would it damage the sensor taking a photo??
EDIT: I'm in Sydney, and it's showing itself between 3-4pm (GMT+10)
Message edited by author 2004-06-07 18:40:08. |
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06/07/2004 06:39:53 PM · #3 |
Originally posted by wimbello:
What is the best way to photograph something like this?
obviously, fast shutter, slow ISO, slow aperture...
BUT:: Would it damage the sensor taking a photo?? |
Just your eyes me thinks
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06/07/2004 06:40:57 PM · #4 |
I tried using my 75-300mm lens to project an image of the sun onto my table outside and it concentrated down to a point and burnt the table. I wouldn't like that happening to my sensor...
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06/07/2004 06:45:06 PM · #5 |
I read a pair of binoculars and a bit of card is the way to go and photograph the image on the card?
DO NOT TRY TO TAKE PICS LOOKING THROUGH YOUR CAM!
The transition will last 6 hours.
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06/07/2004 06:56:22 PM · #6 |
You can get solar filters, which will allow you to shoot the sun directly, but DON'T try it without one.
I'm hoping the local astronomical society, who will be out in the park tomorrow, will have something with a Canon mount ; ) |
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06/07/2004 07:28:11 PM · #7 |
I did not get a solar filter for my telescope... was going to order one but waited too long. Done in by procrastination once again!
Here in the Midwest, the traisit will be visible only for an hour or so after sunrise, so I'll be up very early. I hope to catch it immediately upon sunrise, when momentary visual observation is feasible. I'll take along a faceplate from a welder's mask.
As bod posted, never try photographing the sun without proper filtration. Solar filters normally pass less than 1/100 of 1%, or one ten-thousandth, of the incident light. You can be permanently blinded if you look at the sun even momentarily through a telephoto lens, telescope or binoculars without a specially-designed solar filter.
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06/07/2004 07:37:35 PM · #8 |
Durnit kirbic. Was really hoping you'd be one of the people who would be shooting it.
For the first photos go here. There's a bunch of links on there, including a live webcast from Norway for those unlucky enough to be in the wrong part of the world. |
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06/07/2004 07:55:50 PM · #9 |
NEVER view the sun with out a proper solar filter NEVER, NEVER, NEVER
I wish I was going out to see it but I changed my mind, it may be too cloudy here in Houson and we only get to see a wee tiny bit of the transition any way.
Yes I have a solar filter for both my scopes, plus some baader solar filter film to make my own filters, Plus I have some of those eclipse shades.
James
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