Photograph the eclipse through the eclipse glasses

WARNING: DON’T LOOK AT THE SUN WITHOUT THE ECLIPSE GLASSES.

The sun is bright, but if you have a compact camera with a small-diameter lens, you may be able to use certified eclipse glasses as a filter to photograph it. You might be able to use your phone too, particularly if it has an expert/manual mode.

Before you try it yourself, eclipse glasses aren’t certified for use as camera filters. They’re designed to protect our eyes. I was comfortable trying this with my compact camera because its lens is tiny and the eclipse glasses completely cover it, with no gaps. I’m not suggesting doing this with a large or telephoto lens.

This is the sun from a few minutes ago. The eclipse is due to start later this evening so I want to be prepared.

Important: the eclipse-glasses filter must completely cover the camera lens, with no gaps, and must be undamaged. Never look at the Sun through an optical viewfinder.

I used the rear screen and tilted it so I wasn’t looking towards the sun while taking the photo.

This was taken with a Sony RX100 IV at its maximum 70mm-equivalent zoom, so the sun was tiny in the original image.

Settings: Manual mode, ISO 100, f/2.8, 1/200 second. I used manual focus, set just short of infinity.

Finally, because the Sun occupied such a small part of the image, I cropped it heavily and enlarged it using Lightroom Classic’s Super Resolution.

The final image is still only 1099 × 733 pixels, but if I can replicate this later it’ll be a nice record of the eclipse.

Meanwhile, how do I tag a photo of the sun? Is it a tag describing where it was shot (Blarney) or the position of the object in space (Milky Way, the Local Group, Virgo Supercluster, Laniakea Supercluster)?

Aperture	ƒ/2.8
Camera	DSC-RX100M4
Focal length	25.7mm
ISO	100
Shutter speed	1/200s

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