Get yourself a good quality solar filter. A tripod is essential. My 600 mm lens (Tamron 150-600) was a good focal length.
During the last partial, I got some suspots:
Sometimes, too you can remove the filter. For the eclipse I viewed in Albuquerque, it was just about sunset at the end of the eclipse, so I could take the filter off:
But be careful, you can damage your gear:
https://www.lensrentals.com/blog/2017/09/rental-camera-gear-destroyed-by-the-solar-eclipse-of-2017/
Some other tips:
The number one tip is: Practice!
