Good tips. This will be my fourth eclipse. It is important to differentiate when you use the glasses and lens filters and when you don't. Many folks mistakenly keep the glasses on during totality and can't see anything. During those 2 plus minutes of totality, no eye or camera protection is needed. In fact, I view the sun thru binoculars during totality for an even more amazing view. In past total solar eclipses, the constant media admonishments to NOT look at the sun without glasses has created some paranoia and confusion.
Thanks, Tim. Well done. Since there will be 10,000 or so photographers who have real expertise and fully appropriate equipment, I'll leave the eclipse photography to them. From a street photography perspective, this will be an excellent opportunity to make images of people engrossed in and sharing something significant.
Great video, thanks! I'm hoping to find some solar filter paper today so I can DIY a filter onto my 100-400mm lense. I'm up near Toronto, so will only see 76% coverage, so won't have the opportunity to remove the filter for any totality. But in 2024 there will be a total eclipse very close to me, so this will be good practice. I might even set up my second camera with a wide angle lense to get a shot of the neighbourhood when 76% happens. Hopefully the weather will cooperate. Thanks for those weather links as well.
Thank you Tim for all this great info. I live in Madras, OR, which is along the line of totality, and being high desert, we have an 80% chance of clear skies. As a result our little town of 7,500 people is expecting 100,000 visitors to show up. So we are all preparing for a natural disaster! Can't wait. - David Brownell
Good luck. Was coming but heard of the crowds. And everything booked. Will be going to a private lake house in N. Carolina to view. Hopefully no crowds there!
Tim, well-done video. For photographers though, what I did not hear you emphasize is precise timing. I have photographed 3 total solar eclipses and in 2001/2002 I developed the 1st ever audible timer for photographers wanting to image an eclipse. Since it "speaks" the countdowns you could be at your gear to take images without worrying about the timing. It is even more powerful with mobile devices. You have to be shooting BEFORE C2 and BEFORE and AFTER C3 to capture the diamond ring and Baley's beads. Please check out my work at Solar Eclipse Timer. I have been giving lectures on solar eclipse photography and I also have excerpts from 8 sections of my lecture on eclipse photography. Thanks, Gordon
I can definitely recommend this man's work, including his timer app, lecture slides, and videos. Very useful and detailed information that will be vital if anyone wants to get the most out of their equipment during the eclipse.
Do you have any tips for using a "manual" camera? I have a Yashica SLR with a 200mm lens. I'm just curious about film, iso, aperture, speed....anything else I might be missing for photographing at totality, not prior or post-totality.
Absolutely excellent and very educational, thorough video on the eclipse, viewing and photographing. Lots of great advise. Thanks Tim!!!!
Good tips. This will be my fourth eclipse. It is important to differentiate when you use the glasses and lens filters and when you don't. Many folks mistakenly keep the glasses on during totality and can't see anything. During those 2 plus minutes of totality, no eye or camera protection is needed. In fact, I view the sun thru binoculars during totality for an even more amazing view. In past total solar eclipses, the constant media admonishments to NOT look at the sun without glasses has created some paranoia and confusion.
Thanks, Tim. Well done. Since there will be 10,000 or so photographers who have real expertise and fully appropriate equipment, I'll leave the eclipse photography to them. From a street photography perspective, this will be an excellent opportunity to make images of people engrossed in and sharing something significant.
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Great video, thanks! I'm hoping to find some solar filter paper today so I can DIY a filter onto my 100-400mm lense. I'm up near Toronto, so will only see 76% coverage, so won't have the opportunity to remove the filter for any totality. But in 2024 there will be a total eclipse very close to me, so this will be good practice. I might even set up my second camera with a wide angle lense to get a shot of the neighbourhood when 76% happens. Hopefully the weather will cooperate. Thanks for those weather links as well.
Thank you Tim for all this great info. I live in Madras, OR, which is along the line of totality, and being high desert, we have an 80% chance of clear skies. As a result our little town of 7,500 people is expecting 100,000 visitors to show up. So we are all preparing for a natural disaster! Can't wait. - David Brownell
Good luck. Was coming but heard of the crowds. And everything booked. Will be going to a private lake house in N. Carolina to view. Hopefully no crowds there!
Tim, well-done video. For photographers though, what I did not hear you emphasize is precise timing. I have photographed 3 total solar eclipses and in 2001/2002 I developed the 1st ever audible timer for photographers wanting to image an eclipse. Since it "speaks" the countdowns you could be at your gear to take images without worrying about the timing. It is even more powerful with mobile devices. You have to be shooting BEFORE C2 and BEFORE and AFTER C3 to capture the diamond ring and Baley's beads. Please check out my work at Solar Eclipse Timer. I have been giving lectures on solar eclipse photography and I also have excerpts from 8 sections of my lecture on eclipse photography. Thanks, Gordon
I can definitely recommend this man's work, including his timer app, lecture slides, and videos. Very useful and detailed information that will be vital if anyone wants to get the most out of their equipment during the eclipse.
Solitary, that you for the nice comment and the support. I just want people to enjoy this eclipse.
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I understand 5-10 stops of filter is not enough. The filter I bought is 18 stops. I hope this video doesn't mislead anyone.
Do you have any tips for using a "manual" camera? I have a Yashica SLR with a 200mm lens. I'm just curious about film, iso, aperture, speed....anything else I might be missing for photographing at totality, not prior or post-totality.