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03-14-2017 03:11 PM
going to be directly in the path of the total solar eclipse in Aug. shooting with a 500f4 lens. will Baader film taped to the hood, be strong enough to shoot partial> full eclipse without harming the lens?
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03-14-2017 03:45 PM - edited 03-14-2017 06:01 PM
I don't know what Baader film is, but I had good luck with these:
http://thousandoaksoptical.com/solar.html
If you are lucky, you might not need a filter:

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03-14-2017 03:50 PM
did you tape this on?
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03-14-2017 06:01 PM - edited 03-14-2017 06:02 PM
The thousand oaks filter comes with a metal ring that I slipped over the lens hood of my 150-600 and secured with tape.
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03-14-2017 06:21 PM - edited 03-14-2017 06:25 PM
@MichaelLichtman wrote:going to be directly in the path of the total solar eclipse in Aug. shooting with a 500f4 lens. will Baader film taped to the hood, be strong enough to shoot partial> full eclipse without harming the lens?
Do a web search for "solar photography filters". They sell threaded filters that screw on your lenses in many standard sizes. An 5.0 ND filter is what I have found.
"Enjoying photography since 1972."
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03-15-2017 12:04 PM
For $3 or $4 bucks you can buy welding glass. You need to shoot RAW because the welding glass has a green tint which must be corrected in post. Easy to do.
You will probably need to tract the Sun, too.
EOS 1D, EOS 1D MK IIn, EOS 1D MK III, EOS 1Ds MK III, EOS 1D MK IV and EOS 1DX and many lenses.
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03-15-2017 01:26 PM
If you need to track, you have too much filter. Both my filtered and unfiltered exposures were reasonable. You do need a tripod, though.
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03-15-2017 02:20 PM
@kvbarkley wrote:If you need to track, you have too much filter. Both my filtered and unfiltered exposures were reasonable. You do need a tripod, though.
My favorite NYC online superstore has a small selection of "solar eclipse" [5.0 ND] filters, including "clear" filters.
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03-15-2017 03:28 PM
@kvbarkley wrote:If you need to track, you have too much filter. Both my filtered and unfiltered exposures were reasonable. You do need a tripod, though.
And you probably wouldn't want to track. You're not photographing some distant galaxy. Eclipses happen fast, and a tracked image would be blurry and confusing. Maybe OK as a work of art, but not as an accurate record of a once in a lifetime astronomical event.
I hope you'll be luckier than I was. I was literally at the best possible location to view the total solar eclipse of 1964. The American Astronomical Society was there too - invited by my uncle, who was head of the Astronomy Department at the University of Maine. Clouds obliterated the entire event.
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03-15-2017 04:23 PM
@MichaelLichtman wrote:going to be directly in the path of the total solar eclipse in Aug. shooting with a 500f4 lens. will Baader film taped to the hood, be strong enough to shoot partial> full eclipse without harming the lens?
Harming the lens? I'd be a little more concerned about going blind. If you are going to bet your eyesight on a piece of tape, then I wish you the best. If it were me, I'd be using a proper solar filter.
