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You will. I only get 30% but still wanna see it.mistykitty said:Maybe I will get to see some of it then
You will. I only get 30% but still wanna see it.mistykitty said:Maybe I will get to see some of it then
Where are you planning on watch the lights go out?denimchicken said:I made a similar posty like this not too long ago. I'm going to take some time off work, and meet up with some friends and we will go hiking, watch the eclipse then decide what to do from there.
I wasn’t too worried, but my iPhone 12, that I plan on using with one of the lenses from the disposable glasses for protection of the its camera lens, wasn’t going to cooperate until I got your confirmation that you checked it out and it thought that it would be protected.BobbiSueEllen said:If the test report is correct, then the glasses conform to ISO 12312-2:2015 (2015 standards, no expiration date) and are perfectly okay.
That’s been my concern as well. I’ve been checking Weather Bug’s 10 day forecast for Carbondale, Illinois where I’m planning seeing it from, and hoping that it’ll be clear weather down there. Post any photos that you get and let me know about the experience.MeDisneyBaby said:I'm headed to Northern Maine to see it, I just hope the weather cooperates.
I’ve got a Tamron 70-300mm F 1.4-5.6, a Sony 18-70mm F 3.5-5.6, and a Sony 75-300mm, all 55mm. I’m not sure which I’m going to use yet, but I’m open to suggestions. I’ve got to dig out my camera bag with the Minolta in it and see what I’ve got that I might have forgotten about. I don’t need the bag as I got a hard case with the Sony when I bought it on eBay.ade said:What kind of lens is it?
Just curious by the filter size and the sun/moon (safest size-in-the-sky reference) is pretty small in the sky.
Do you have tele-converters/multipliers in your bag o' stuff?
I did a quick lens cost search for over yon and
For the sake of your eyeballs (and others'), I am worried. Last October, for the annular eclipse, it was loads of fractured cloud cover, with thin and wide-open gaps. I thought I'd be somewhat okay with occasional peeking at the sun behind high-cirrus cover or through thin gaps in the lower cloud...I was wrong. I didn't look at the sun bare-eyed for long...but nonetheless, it hurt for a few days. Eyes are okay now, no permanent damage...it could've been worse. In many instances, in today's so-called 'Age of Enlightenment', people still look with unprotected eyes. Just ask any doc, ophthalmologist or optometrist.Zeke said:I wasn’t too worried, but my iPhone 12, that I plan on using with one of the lenses from the disposable glasses for protection of the its camera lens, wasn’t going to cooperate until I got your confirmation that you checked it out and it thought that it would be protected.
Kind like getting a welding flash? Cottontail made me think about bringing my binoculars, but I don’t have filters for the binocular lenses. I thought I could do like I was going to with my iPhone and tear one the individual lens from a pair of the eclipse viewing glasses and place it over the big lens of the binoculars. I thought about just wearing the viewing glasses and looking through the binoculars but I don’t think they’d be sufficient to protect my eye(s) from the sunlight intensified/magnified by the binoculars on their viewing lenses. The Amazon listing for the viewing glasses says that you can tear one of the lenses off the glasses and place it over your iPhone’s camera lens to protect its sensor plate so it should work on the big end of my binoculars.BobbiSueEllen said:For the sake of your eyeballs (and others'), I am worried. Last October, for the annular eclipse, it was loads of fractured cloud cover, with thin and wide-open gaps. I thought I'd be somewhat okay with occasional peeking at the sun behind high-cirrus cover or through thin gaps in the lower cloud...I was wrong. I didn't look at the sun bare-eyed for long...but nonetheless, it hurt for a few days. Eyes are okay now, no permanent damage...it could've been worse. In many instances, in today's so-called 'Age of Enlightenment', people still look with unprotected eyes. Just ask any doc, ophthalmologist or optometrist.
I'm not saying you'd do it...but some reading this might be tempted. Get them specs, folks!
You can always peek below your glasses at your camera display to assure it's on-point. Using binos isn't a good idea at all, even with filters: that ingoing light is getting focused into your eyes.Zeke said:Kind like getting a welding flash? Cottontail made me think about bringing my binoculars, but I don’t have filters for the binocular lenses. I thought I could do like I was going to with my iPhone and tear one the individual lens from a pair of the eclipse viewing glasses and place it over the big lens of the binoculars. I thought about just wearing the viewing glasses and looking through the binoculars but I don’t think they’d be sufficient to protect my eye(s) from the sunlight intensified/magnified by the binoculars on their viewing lenses. The Amazon listing for the viewing glasses says that you can tear one of the lenses off the glasses and place it over your iPhone’s camera lens to protect its sensor plate so it should work on the big end of my binoculars.
Try some test shots before you go.Zeke said:I've got a Tamron 70-300mm F 1.4-5.6, a Sony 18-70mm F 3.5-5.6, and a Sony 75-300mm, all 55mm.
It is indeed possible to use welder's glass/goggles which are at least #14 and higher. It is permissible.ade said:
My self darken helmet says in its literature that it only goes up to #13 weld glass. I wonder if that’s sufficiently if I don’t view it too long?BobbiSueEllen said:It is indeed possible to use welder's glass/goggles which are at least #14 and higher. It is permissible.
I'd recommend against it. Once the sun dims, the self-darkening mechanism can fail on you. It's not worth the risk.Zeke said:My self darken helmet says in its literature that it only goes up to #13 weld glass. I wonder if that’s sufficiently if I don’t view it too long?
I've got a Canon RF 100-400mm f/5.6-8 lens I'll be using. I've been taking some practice shots of the sun with it and I'm quite impressed with the results.Zeke said:I’ve got a Tamron 70-300mm F 1.4-5.6, a Sony 18-70mm F 3.5-5.6, and a Sony 75-300mm, all 55mm. I’m not sure which I’m going to use yet, but I’m open to suggestions. I’ve got to dig out my camera bag with the Minolta in it and see what I’ve got that I might have forgotten about. I don’t need the bag as I got a hard case with the Sony when I bought it on eBay.
I don't at all feel good about you saying that. I caused my eyes a good deal of pain watching a mere annular eclipse, in brief glimpses, through cloud cover last October. Don't do it! Those concentrated infrared & ultraviolet rays are no joke. You may not go blind but you can permanently burn spots on your retinas, and those never heal. Don't do it!Cashew said:Yeah. Think I might even drive a few hours up to Burlington VT to be in the trajectory. Probably won't buy special glasses. Squinted at it last time and nothing bad happened. Regular sun glasses are probably good enough.