You can specify a dateĪnd pick a location, it'll show where the sun and moon will rise and SearchĮbay for 'solar filter', there's special films available pretty cheaplyīTW, a neat tool for photographers, is The Photographer's Ephemeris, aįreebie that integrates with Google Earth data. Think a welding lens is going to cut it for the Venus transit.
To need to dim the sun enough to see Venus against a full sun. Photograph the Venus transit, this might give a clue what you're going Obviously late WRT to the eclipse, but for someone wanting to view or I ended up shooting through a #13, ISO 160, at 1/4000 sec. Right eye was starting to get that scratchy eyeball feeling most welders Trying to get an idea where I needed to be for the actual event, my Try and get a handle on shutter speeds and such (since the lens is aįixed f/11), and noticed that after only a few minutes of experimenting I did some test shots in my driveway mid-day to Only thing I had that would cover that were my goldĬoated full face lenses. I shot the eclipse with my Sony A700, and a Perkin-Elmer 800mmĬatadiptric lens. Going to be a zoo, and I'm not going near it. Vehicles, rvs, news satellite trucks, etc. There's a public baseball park, but it won't hold all the Some of the farmers will probably clean up on renting RV There is a lot of farm land around there, so guess there willīe room for all. Kanarraville, population 456, they estimate 40,000 people will come in for Gonna be interesting, both the actual event, and the photography. Settings I googled up, and make a box to shade me somewhat from the sun,Įven though I won't be looking at it, I'll be facing it full on for a good I am going out tomorrow with my 14 lens on my camera, and try out the Pretty much at ground zero, about 15 miles south of Kanarraville, the Of 38 sold if their special shipment comes in before Sunday evening. The 14's at the welding shop, as I called there today, and they have a list So, I went to a local eye doctor, and they had aĬase of little cardboard glasses for $2 per. My SIL called, and was in a tizzy because he could not find one shade 14