ECLIPSE 3-29-06. How Do I Photograph That?

[SuzyView]

My son had a visitor from NASA yesterday. This is him in the space suit developed for space walking.

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There is supposed to be an eclipe tomorrow. Does anyone know how I can take a picture of the event without frying my camera or my eyes? Thanks in advance.

[dsmgirl]

The solar eclipse tomorrow will not be visible in the US: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_eclipse

I googled for tips on photographing solar eclipses and found this: http://sunearth.gsfc.nasa.gov/eclipse/SEhelp/eclipsePhoto.html

[SuzyView]

I guess I can't get to West Africa by the time the eclipse takes place. :( Has anyone ever taken pictures before here in the forum of a solar eclipse?

[DavidW]

Eclipse photography is tricky. See http://www.ast.cam.ac.uk/~ipswich/Observations/Eclipse-2002-12-04/Eclipse.htm for one amateur astronomer's story of his attempts - with links to all the previous fun and games.



David

[peterdoomen]

With your telelens, you can take two photos of this event.

One with your left eye, one with your right.

P.
PS. Sorry, it's an old one, but very true.

[Lightstream]

Sounds too dangerous. Was going to suggest that the LCD display of a P&S might be much safer than an optical viewfinder, but then the sun will just conveniently fry the P&S. Better it than you, but it doesn't make for good photos :(

[dsmgirl]

There are special mylar filters suggested on the website in my original post.