Re: [APML] Monday's Eclipse (redux?)

[Jerry Lodriguss <jml@astropix.com>]

If it's at sunset on the horizon, he probably won't need any filter at all, 
depending on the amount of atmospheric absorption.

Jerry


At 09:20 AM 6/10/2002 -0500, you wrote:
>Scott, according to a chart I have recently acquired you can shoot at 
>f/8.0 on 100 speed film using a solar filter with a ND rating of *5*, 
>exposing for 1/1000 sec or ND rating of *6* at 1/125 sec.  Good Luck, 
>we'll be clouded out here in the midwest.
>
>Stan Richard
>
>
>>From: NightwatchMan <night@manetheren.net>
>>Reply-To: astro-photo@seds.org
>>To: astro-photo@seds.org
>>Subject: [APML] Monday's Eclipse (redux?)
>>Date: Sun, 09 Jun 2002 07:09:31 -0700
>>
>>According to CNN there will be a partial eclipse at sunset on Monday for
>>those of us on the west coast
>>(http://www.cnn.com/2002/TECH/space/06/06/solar.eclipse/index.html) and
>>I'm kind of curious as to how you all would recommend "shooting it".
>>
>>I have a 600mm F8, but I don't think my camera has a fast enough shutter
>>speed at F8 to shoot the sun. Even if I stack the two neutral density
>>filters I have on it. (it would take it down 8 stops) I could probably
>>expose it with my 80-400, with the ND filters -- that one stops down to
>>F32.
>>
>>I've never shot the sun before -- Do you have any ideas?
>>
>>Scott
>>
>>
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