Photographing a solar eclipse?

jemanner · 13th of April 2012 (Fri)

I have the good forture of being in the direct path of the May 20th solar eclipse. What would be interesting to photograph of this event? Not sure what one would need to directly photograph the sun (how much of a ND factor?). Also, I suppose one could go to manual, set for a normal exposure, and do time lapse images of the waxing and waning darkness? Any suggestions would be appreciated.

hollis_f · 14th of April 2012 (Sat)

First off - this is an annular eclipse, so there will always be some of the Sun visible. Do not attempt to shoot the eclipse without proper filtering. I posted instructions on how to use Baader AstroSolar film to make a suitable screw-in filter here.

13th of April 2012 (Fri)	#1
jemanner Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Panaca, NV Posts: 605	Photographing a solar eclipse? I have the good forture of being in the direct path of the May 20th solar eclipse. What would be interesting to photograph of this event? Not sure what one would need to directly photograph the sun (how much of a ND factor?). Also, I suppose one could go to manual, set for a normal exposure, and do time lapse images of the waxing and waning darkness? Any suggestions would be appreciated. __________________ Jim

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hollis_f Cream of the Crop Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Sussex, UK Posts: 8,253 IMAGE EDITING OK	Re: Photographing a solar eclipse? First off - this is an annular eclipse, so there will always be some of the Sun visible. Do not attempt to shoot the eclipse without proper filtering. I posted instructions on how to use Baader AstroSolar film to make a suitable screw-in filter here. __________________ Frank Hollis - Retired mass spectroscopist Give a man a fish and he'll eat for a day. Teach a man to fish and he'll complain about the withdrawl of his free fish entitlement. Gear Website

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