topic Re: Best lens for solar eclipse in EF & RF Lenses

Best lens for solar eclipse

LesinGVegas — Thu, 18 Jan 2024 14:13:59 GMT

Greetings all,

I'm looking for your recommendations on the best lens to use with my Rebel T7 for getting closeups of the solar eclipse and full moon. What have been your experiences? Tips?

Re: Best lens for solar eclipse

kvbarkley — Thu, 18 Jan 2024 14:17:19 GMT

One of the 150-600mm third party lenses work well. I have the Tamron, but the Sigma's are good, too.

Other than that, anything bigger than 400mm should be fine. I already shared my eclipse images.

Re: Best lens for solar eclipse

ebiggs1 — Thu, 18 Jan 2024 15:21:42 GMT

More importantly is the filter you use and need. Never point a camera/lens toward the Sun with out proper filter.

Re: Best lens for solar eclipse

LesinGVegas — Fri, 19 Jan 2024 12:19:07 GMT

Thank you.

Re: Best lens for solar eclipse

LesinGVegas — Fri, 19 Jan 2024 12:20:02 GMT

Thanks

Re: Best lens for solar eclipse

Waddizzle — Fri, 19 Jan 2024 15:28:42 GMT

B&H and Adorama have published tutorials on YouTube. The filter is the most important piece to the puzzle. The bigger the lens, the expensive the filter.

You will also want a good tripod. A baseball cap can work as temporary lens cap between shots.