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Written August 1, 2008 in Blarney, Canon 20D, Canon 75-300, Cork, Ireland, Look up, Photography, Photos, Sky, Sun
I went searching and found a few pages describing how to shoot the sun during a solar eclipse. All warned against looking at the sun directly.
So, I ignored all that advice and got out my 75-300mm lens and grabbed a couple of shots of the sun with a chunk bitten out of it by the moon. Thankfully the clouds provided a bit of a filter but my eyes are still watering a bit. Worth it?
With hindsight, what the hell was I thinking? I’m lucky my eye is fine, but if you’re going to shoot a solar eclipse, don’t look through the viewfinder. Set your camera up on a tripod and project an image of the sun on a white sheet of cardboard and then press the shutter button. Much safer than actually looking..
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17 comments on ' How to (not) shoot a solar eclipse '
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Worth it (*). Defo!
* Assuming no lasting damage, or if there is the lasting damage is not *too* bad.
Written by cgarvey on August 01, 2008 at 11:06am
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Eyes are ok now. I tried hard to shoot the sun at full power by watching when sunlight streamed into the eye piece, from the side. When cloud covered the sun it was easier as you can see above. The cloud did a great job of filtering the full glare.
Must clean this lens though. I had to remove lots of dust marks and there’s a hair visible in a few other shots.
Written by Donncha on August 01, 2008 at 11:18am
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Nice shot! I took some pictures, but since it was (is) a clear blue sky, I added some filters to my lens, and ignored (of course) every warning ’bout hurting my eyes - and I’m still able to use my Mac…
Looks kinda nice
http://bloggs.be/rune/2008/08/01/solformorkelse/
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RGWritten by Rune on August 01, 2008 at 11:20am
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Rune - I replaced your blogdns url with your blog url because the blogdns url didn’t load. Great photos
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Excellent shot Donncha - but NOTHING is worth putting your sight at risk!!!
Seriously.
Written by Tom Raftery on August 01, 2008 at 11:33am
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I do agree with Tom. There are many ways of watching an eclipse. Next time, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_eclipse#Viewing
Written by Luis Rull on August 01, 2008 at 12:10pm
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nice shot - though i read one of those links on google search results and they all got me worried about my eyesight, and camera sensor. never would have thought of it damaging the sensor.
what settings did u use? tripod?
Written by Phil on August 01, 2008 at 12:23pm
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Phil - just pointed the camera in P mode. Tried to look through the viewfinder from the side. When the lens wouldn’t focus I tried manual focus but that didn’t work too well either because that meant I’d have to look through the viewfinder ..
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You’re a brave man! It’s a really nice shot but a risky one. If a magnifying glass can start a fire I shudder to think what a 300mm lens could do to an eye!
Written by Latchiko on August 01, 2008 at 1:03pm
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Despite the beautiful photo, I’m going to say it wasn’t worth it - because I suspect that the final impact on your eyesight isn’t yet fully apparent.
Written by davew on August 01, 2008 at 3:30pm
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“Set your camera up on a tripod and project an image of the sun on a white sheet of cardboard and then press the shutter button.”
Its funny how I wrote this in a comment but my comment never showed up and then you edited your post later on. Very funny indeed… hmmmm…
Written by Gamma Goblin on August 02, 2008 at 1:42pm
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GG - you know, that comment rings a bell, but I can’t find mention of it, either in the moderation emails or regular comment emails. It’s bizarre!
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