Do not I repeat do not point your camera directly at the sun, it will do
the same thing to it's sensor that it will do to your eye. No filter
you can afford will work. There are methods of using something like a
pinhole camera taking the photo of the back reflecting surface, (and by
reflecting I mean a white surface, not a mirror, that only makes
achieving blindness more complicated.
On 5/29/2012 2:32 PM, John Celio wrote:
I want to try photographing the transit of Venus across the sun on
June 5th, but I've never tried shooting the sun before. Any of you
guys have tips you can share? Is there a special filter I should use,
or would a polarizer or ND filter be sufficient? I'm planning on using
my K 500mm f4.5, so I'll probably need to special order a large enough
filter, and I'll need to do that soon.
Thanks,
John
P.S.: Hey Aussie PDMLers, I loved your country! Just got home last
Friday. I hope I get to go back to Australia soon, especially to see
the outback and more of Tasmania.
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Don't lose heart! They might want to cut it out, and they'll want to avoid a
lengthily search.
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