John,
First of all, thank you for bringing attention to this event.
Even though we will get only a partial one, it is a great experience for
the kids. I just marked the calendar.
I would assume you want to use a long telephoto lens (for the moon).
But if you google for e.g. "photographing solar eclipse", you will find
plenty of pages discussing this in great detail.
Nikon-USA did a good job, I think:
http://www.nikonusa.com/en/learn-and-explore/a/tips-and-techniques/how-to-photograph-a-solar-eclipse.html
including the link to the exposure guide at the end:
http://www.mreclipse.com/SEphoto/image/SE-Exposure1w.GIF
There are other pages with various degree of hype and large red letters in
your face for emphasis.
I would point out one very useful resource for figuring out the time of
the different stages of the event:
https://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEgoogle/SEgoogle2001/SE2017Aug21Tgoogle.html
If you click on the map and make a marker for where you live, - it will
show you information for the eclipse for your place. Don't get it mixed
up: the time is in UTC, so you'd have to subtract the difference according
to your time zone.
Cheers,
Igor
On Apr 5, 2017, at 11:04 PM, John Sessoms wrote:
The Great Solar Eclipse is coming to the U.S. in August. Does anyone on
the list have prior experience photographing eclipses?
I'm planning to use my K-1 & K-3, but I'm wondering which lenses would
be my best choices?
The pool of lenses I can choose from (full frame):
D FA 15-30 f/2.8
Sigma 24-70 f/2.8
FA 77 f/1.8 Ltd
SMCP-A 100 f/2.8 Macro
Tokina ATX Pro 80-200 f/2.8
Sigma 300 f/2.8
Additionally, I have the SMC Pentax-DA L 18-55mm F3.5-5.6 AL &
SMC Pentax-DA L 18-55mm F3.5-5.6 AL WR APS-C kit lenses.
I need to figure it out now so I can go ahead and order the appropriate
solar filters for whatever lenses I'm going to use.
I have a viewing spot south of Great Smokey Mountains National Park
picked out, but I'll be looking for other options as the date draws
nearer based on weather forecasts. If anyone knows long term weather
trends & where I will find the highest probability of clear skies, chime
in as well.
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