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

["Stan Richard" <stanrichard@hotmail.com>]

The maximum eclipse time for LA is 6:22pm, several hours before sunset.

Stan


>From: Jerry Lodriguss <jml@astropix.com>
>Reply-To: astro-photo@seds.org
>To: astro-photo@seds.org
>Subject: Re: [APML] Monday's Eclipse (redux?)
>Date: Mon, 10 Jun 2002 13:05:54 -0400
>
>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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