I tried a very different method last time: http://www.thrane.name/Pictures/Anythings/files/page9-1037-full.html http://www.thrane.name/Pictures/Anythings/files/page9-1036-full.html
You can use one eye of a binocular (or a monocular) and by adjusting a bit you are able to project an image of the sun on the floor, wall, etc. I simply put a sheet of paper on the floor. If you mount the binocular on a tripod you will be able to follow the passage with you own eyes. I didn´t have a tripod mount on mine so I held it in my hand (you see the shadow of my thumb in one of the pictures). Not as sharp as it would be the ordinary way, but more fun :-) DagT Den 29. mai 2012 kl. 20:32 skrev John Celio: > 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. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
