Photographing the 2017 Total Solar Eclipse

[@micetrail]

Yes! Best advice to remember from this video is don't spend the whole time worrying about the photography and pause to experience the partial eclipse & totality! Awesome!

[@hptkev6571]

My birthday is on the solar eclipse August 21

[@CoconutPete]

Totally agree... I ended up putting my camera on video and just tried to experience as much as I could. 2 minutes went by quick!

[@TheMrWilson]

This is easily the best/most informative video i've come across so far. Thanks for all tips. I'd barely even go so far as to call myself a hobbyist photographer, but I really really love and look forward to seeing my first total solar eclipse, and hopefully capturing a few pics at the same time.

[@hotdrippyglass]

I really can not express how much I appreciate your sharing your expertise on this event with the community at large. It is folks like you that share their knowledge that really make a difference in the world these days and I want you to know some of thought of how grateful we are to have the benefit of it. Thanks Again.

[@tyroneousassault7091]

When I was young I watched one and saw the moon in the opposite side of the sky. something to ponder. Can't wait to see your footage. I will definitely be out with my Nikon P900. Super excited!!

[@aprilsteve]

Could not be more thankful for this work you've done. For us amateurs , you've really laid it out we'll. Best, Stephen, Cary ,NC

[@pcelf]

I was one of the lucky ones that got to see totality of the eclipse in 79, on a hill at St. Martins Colege in Lacey, Wa.

[@janetgriffiths7200]

I saw that eclipse too. I was in Billings, MT.

[@jimbonner6847]

Great info Henry, I'll be in Northern Kentucky during the eclipse, so we'll be in the path of "Totality". Thanks for all the great tips! Have ordered my ND filter.

[@MichaelNNguyen]

Awesome tips and tricks. Thanks for the great video.

[@Kingloui10]

Please do a follow up video showing your photos! Thanks for the info!

[@jkspinalchoice]

Hudson, Great video! Thank you for sharing this dynamic information! Well presented. You are an excellent teacher! Cheers, John

[@marianasaassy4355]

thank you soooo much for putting this info out there for us. I'm an amateur and have no expectations of getting a good photo and love that you are reminding us to enjoy the magic!

[@NikonJax]

This is the first video from you that I watched. I was researching how to shoot the eclipse and I loved your video. Been a fan ever since :)

[@riawaugh7615]

Thanks Hudson. I was interested in your workshop, but it is sold out and I'm sure the waitlist is a mile long. Sooooo, I just booked a flight to Portland anyway as my sister lives there. I am going to follow your suggestions about scouting a location a couple of days ahead and with the tools you have suggested in the video I hope to photograph my first solar eclipse!

[@yasaisony]

I've got a room in Boise ID. I plan on watching it somewhere near the Oregon / Idaho border area along the blue line.

[@lynneftw]

Asa Ellison - great! I might head into Stanley, Idaho to get the Sawtooth mountains in the shot. Ontario, Oregon is far closer, as I live in Boise, but I'm going for drama if the skies are mostly clear!

[@guachito33]

I'm in Florida so I won't get to see totality , but I saw it once in South America back in the 90's, it's was spectacular

[@frankzayas3103]

Thank you for a great video. Best and most informative one I've seen yet on the eclipse.

[@sennsir]

Wow! You're an awesome teacher! Thanks for the informational video! 👏👏

[@craigieb]

Brilliant presentation! Thanks for this!

[@Martin-nu6ym]

I have only gotten through 9 minutes of this video. When I get a chance, I will get back to this. I live in the path of this eclipse here in the Willamette Valley (15 miles west of Salem). I will be receiving the Firecrest Solar Filter for this event this week so that I can practice for several weeks with my Fuji cameras. I will not be focusing on a landscape shot because I want to capture my family reactions to the eclipse. Plus the way the shadows across my property and light through the trees occur.

[@JonHowardPhotos]

Exceptionally well done. Thanks for the great information.

[@gdibble]

Fantastic information and video - thank you for this

[@dmcubing6342]

Thanks for the video. My brother lives just south of Columbia, MO and the center of the predicted path is going to be less than a 1/4 mile from his ranch out in the country!!!! I hope I can make it up there for this historic event!

[@janetgriffiths7200]

I'm going there too. I have a friend in Columbia, and she invited me. Thank goodness I'm my own boss, and can get away for the event. We have family in TX that live close to centerline for the 2024 eclipse, and will be staying with them a couple days for that event. After 2024's eclipse, I will have seen 5 total solar eclipses in my lifetime. Not too bad, since I never went out of the country.

[@keithcradic279]

Best solar system video! Thanks

[@shanesmaineshop]

I am going to try this with my 10 stop filter. but I am in Maine so we will not see the best of it. thanks for sharing.

[@rileybri]

cant wait flying from VT to Greenville SC and will be shooting 3 cameras. Should be pretty automated so I can enjoy it with my eyes as well.

[@janetgriffiths7200]

I'll be in Columbia, Missouri. That's almost on centerline. I have a friend who lives there, and I'm spending a couple days with her family. I have all my filters on all the cameras, (2 still cameras, 3 video). Very informative video, and I did get the proper filters, which will be removed during totality. This will be my 3rd total eclipse, and have plans already to attend the eclipse in 2024 as well. My state (AZ) gets cheated both times. I hope to capture shadow bands as well, on video.

[@janetgriffiths7200]

As well as the arrival of the shadow from the west, as well as totality.

[@CoconutPete]

Just wanted to say thank you for this video series... helped a lot! Do you plan to have a follow up video now that the eclipse is over? Would love to see what you came up with. P.S. If you haven't already, you should take a look at the Nikon P900. It is amazing for some astrophotography.

[@chessmith5043]

Hi- Thanks for sharing your expertise- yours is the best advice I've seen concerning the eclipse. I would like to use an intervalometer to capture the gradual eclipsing of the sun; generally, what should the time interval be between shots assuming I wanted about 8-10 total images? I appreciate your advice! Ches Smith Columbia, SC

[@berghoutcful]

From professor to professor: Awesome! Instructive. Information overload! I've re-winded this video a zillion times and I'm googly-eyed trying to sort through where to begin with the equipment at my disposal. I have a Nikon d3400 with a 500mm telephoto lens. (i can convert to 2x with converter) I want a super close-up with detail of the sun's surface. I have a UV filter and and an nd2-1000 filter. I plan on practicing as you've suggested. Do I need to use a UV filter with the NDX filter? Is that even possible? Any advice for a place to start when practicing on the uneclipsed sun? Thanks again! You rock!

[@sgeorgiev]

Excellent video! Question: how we shoot the transitions? I believe the filter will do it almost entirely to the totality, but what about just seconds before it - when the "ring" appears? should we remove the filter at that point? or wait for the totality?

[@WTDProductions]

my grandparents house in Redmond, OR is less than 1 street block outside the edge of the line

[@Swansong40]

Wow, thanks so much for this video. I am getting very excited about this event. I do have a question that does not have specifically to do with the eclipse, though it will affect my practicing. I see a lot of shots of sun stars in people's photos (and the examples you used above). Is my assumption correct that I should be using a solar filter WHENEVER I point my camera at the sun, including for this effect? Thanks for all the great information!

[@sjurick]

Excellent tips! Thank you. Can you recommend the Panasonic GH5 for enough dynamic range? Also, is it possible to video the eclipse? What would be involved in doing that?

[@rvboondocker2559]

Hudson, thanks! I'm new at photography but like all type, Astro, landscape, street....(not people) and have booked ahead near St Louis. Can you suggest what settings I might use on my Canon 5 DSR during totality including length of exposure? Also, I have a 16-35mm 2.8, 25-105mm 4.0, 50mm 1.2, 100-400mm to choose from. I prefer to shoot manual and raw. Any specific directions would be a blessing... Thank you. I am so excited! I have a 16.5 stop but is that too much during the partial?

[@HeavensEchoUWEC]

What do you suggest planning for cloud coverage? For instance, I'm renting a 400mm lens, I'll have my 11-24mm, buying the Lee filter solar filter, driving Sunday night probably 10 hours. If there's heavy cloud coverage what would you do? Try and drive somewhere else last minute? Thanks for the video, great job!

[@jacksonrailfan3179]

Hey man very informative video! I will be down in Tennessee to see the full eclipse, and to photograph it. I have a Nikon d3400 which I believe doesn't have auto bracketing. Would you just recommend taking multiple shots at different shutter speeds and leaving the f stop alone? Also I am looking into renting a lens or two for the shoot, as I only have the kit 18-55 and 70-300. What would you recommend? I am going to get out and practice shooting those sun stars this week, thanks!

[@jacksonrailfan3179]

Thanks for the tips man! I'm going to try and do a wider angle shot, so the 24-70 sounds like a good choice. Thanks again!

[@titaniumsandwedge]

As a young lad, I witnessed the total eclipse in New York city. It was awesome as it was close to night time and the air temperature dropped dramatically. I plan to go south to view the August 21st solar eclipse. This time, I will have a camera to take good pictures. I have the advantage that the eclipse will occur about 2:00 pm. I plan to stay 200 miles away from the target zone and drive in the morning to the eclipse site. Just maybe I can use this strategy to choose an eclipse site just in front of clouds or just behind. This is just a thought as there will be much going on that morning. How important is light pollution to the images? If this is important, I will target a State park not close to civilization. Otherwise, I was planning an urban area such as Charleston SC.

[@moondog573]

So I watched this video months ago and purchased a 10-stop ND filter. Now I'm seeing you recommend and 16. What is the risk of using my 10 stop on the day of the eclipse? After seeing this I've been looking for a 16 stop and everywhere is out of stock.

[@beckijohnston9852]

Thank you for the great info....my husband and I are both photographers, just not our typical subject matter. We have canon equipment and will be setting one camera with the 600mm prime. Trying to find out everything I need for filters. With this being a one up photo shot, trying not to invest in expensive filters. Any help would be awesome!

[@hudsonhenry9124]

I'd grab a ND100,000 like this one. amzn.to/2t6pi3p Don't forget to frame up some wide angle scenes...

[@scadet17]

Great video! I live in Portland as well. I'm trying to think of places to go down south, it's honestly giving me more anxiety than anything else (traffic, people). Looking at the map, is anywhere within the shaded area good to go? I have a friend in Corvallis so I might stay with him, it's slightly off the center line though. Also, I've read that a 10-stop is nowhere near acceptable for photographing the sun. I have a Lee Big Stopper that I was contemplating using, but I'm not sure if I trust that alone...

[@scadet17]

Yeah, I saw the second video right after I posted the comment ;) Thanks for the update!

[@davidmeissner5010]

An also planning to mount a second camera to a 150mm Maksutov Cassegrain. Any tips for that are greatly appreciated.

[@amatore6]

Can you see through the viewfinder with a ten stop ND filter?

[@rikmeistr46]

Great vid! Question. I have a MFT system that includes an Olympus OMD E1 MkII, Oly 7-14/2.8 Pro series lens. I purchased the 'Haida' brand filter system for this lens to include their 10 stop & 6 stop filters. Hoping this will be somewhat adequate for photographing this Event? Thanks.

[@jaxplane]

any suggestions on how best to capture the diamond rings and baileys beads?

[@slee77828]

Thanks for a very informational video.....this helps a ton.

[@liquidSpin]

The 16 stop neutral density filters are too expensive for a one time occasion. Will a 10 stop ND filter be good enough? Ever heard of Daystar filters? Are they any good? Thanks for the awesome video. I hope to get some good shots of my first solar eclipse event

[@liquidSpin]

Hudson Henry I didn't know u could stack ND filters. I will try this method~ Again, thank you so much for your tips and help!

[@SomeElderMilennial]

Hi there, I am a beginner who has been wanting to get into photography for a while and am using the eclipse as the moment where I jump in(I am fortunate to live right on the total eclipse path in the midwest!). You mention that dynamic range is a very important aspect when considering a camera. I am looking at either the Nikon d3400 or d3300. All reviews I have watched have not really mentioned any appreciable difference between them with respect to picture quality, but would your point of newer cameras having better dynamic range apply here as the 3400 is the newer version? Furthermore, if not these two, is there some other camera you'd suggest near that price point($450-$500)? I will probably mostly be taking picture of nature and/or animals. Thanks for your time

[@SheridanWhiteside]

Any recommendations for a filter for the Nikon 3400 while I'm using a 70mm-300mm? Very cool video. I have zero experience in photography. Fortunately, I live in Charleston SC right in the path of the total eclipse.

[@SheridanWhiteside]

Hudson Henry will a teleconverter affect this? I'm thinking about giving my 300mm a little boost- I take it's a 58MM lens I want. I hope I'm not making a meal of this, but I don't want to miss my opportunity. Thanks so much for the advice.

[@USbachelor]

Where in OR was your farm? I am viewing the eclipse in Independence

[@Lumencraft-]

"Shooting this in a landscape"= YES!! 10 million others will be shooting a circle in a circle.

[@walperstyle]

I'm hopeful to take my boys 3 and 2 years old to the US from Canada, and get them on a semi-wide angle shot of them looking up during the actual 2 minutes of total eclipse while they are holding hands. I'll probably screw up the picture, either way, I'm excited to see it first hand, and ultimately, that is all that matters. (headed in the mtns northwest of Idaho Falls, ID.)

[@walperstyle]

Might try a quick flash too... like I say, this is my first, I'm an ameteur.

[@walperstyle]

im going to be nowhere where other people will be.

[@alexkiwala5599]

+Hudson Henry I want to do a time lapse of the eclipse. I have a GoPro Hero 5 Black and an Iphine 7 Plus. Would these work? Which settings should I use for either. Also, I got a telephoto lens (18x) for my IPhone 7 Plus with a tripod. Could I use the telephoto smartphone lens for the eclipse with my phone? What settings would be best for that?

[@chrisstadler7111]

Hey Hudson, love your content. I know that this is an older video but I’m preparing for 2024 total solar eclipse. I bought an RF 600 f4 w/ 2x teleconverter. Im having a hard time finding a solar filter. Any recommendations? Thanks and keep up the great work

[@HudsonHenryPhoto]

You may not love my answer. I would not pick much more than a 400 on full frame. The aura around the total eclipse is what makes it special. 400 was just perfect for that. I'd also suggest you need a 16 stop or solar filter out front, not a drop in on a long lens. You need to protect all that glass, the coatings, glue and resins. I'm sure NASA could spin one up for the 400 f4, but anything you slap together yourself will be lower quality than a stacked Kase 10 & 6 stop ND pair.

[@chrisstadler7111]

@@HudsonHenryPhotothank you sir. I’ll plan on using my 100-500 for majority of it then since I have filters for it. Then use 600 during totality for some close up shots on another tripod

[@ncjsgrki]

Can you use welding glass and put it in front of the lens?

[@MoroneyFamily]

Hello. I'm confused about your recommendation to compose shots using a wide angle lens with landscape or architectural landmarks. How is one to do that? With the filter the landmarks won't be visible. I'd appreciate some guidance. I won't be in a place where I'll see the total eclipse, but I'll get to about 90% coverage. Thank you.

[@ratsapple12]

I live in Atlanta, how good can I see it?

[@SJsAdv]

I'm going to my brother in laws in Rexburg. He's right in the path.

[@evelasq1]

Hey Henry! I am going to use a Fujifilm XT-10 with a Nikon 70-300mm F4-5.6 D ED lens. This is what I have available for the shot. With the crop sensor at 1.5, I am shooting at 105mm-450mm. I want that close up shot for the partial eclipse in New York City. I do have the mylar filter for the lens and my eyes. I have a ball head max. weight 17 pounds and a carbon tripod max. weight about 30 pounds. I do feel that I am all set. What do you think? Peace!

[@evelasq1]

Thanks! Should I use time laps shutter since my camera has it? Should I use daylight balance? How about aperture mode? Peace!

[@evelasq1]

Thanks!

[@evelasq1]

I got the shots and I am uploading on my youtube page. I have one of them on flickr.com under evelasq12 which is my user name. I am trying to contact NASA to see if they want my photos as part of their studies of the solar eclipse. Peace, Flood!

[@michaelfrymus]

I have a solar filter for binoculars, they just slip over the front of the lens. It fits onto the lens that I will be using perfectly. But when do I use it? The entire time or just at around totality?

[@belindasimpson7968]

Filters on whole time except totality

[@thelonepainter4760]

Can i use my drone to capture this eclipse? If so what filters should i use?

[@thelonepainter4760]

Hudson Henry cool thank you!!

[@MyCornerOnline]

Excellent. Thank you.

[@davidmeissner5010]

Question, as I'm new to this. I'm wondering, as the moon gradually crosses paths with the sun, would we have to continually make changes to our f-stop, exposure time, speed, etc? If not, what would be the best, somewhat decent settings for Mr. Amateur to set and leave alone? Best affordable sun filter? I only have one shot at this so I really don't want to hose it up. Thanks in advance.

[@billboswell7275]

This should answer any questions you have about exposure, which lens, etc. by *the* authority on solar eclipses: www.mreclipse.com/SEphoto/SEphoto.html

[@davidhopkins7526]

Hello, I'm thinking of purchasing a 10 stop Hoya filter for the eclipse, and also for other long exposure projects. My main concern is flaring from the filter ruining my shots. I need to know if the filters cause any flaring, also if 10 stops is enough to prevent damage to my sensor, thank you very much!

[@davidhopkins7526]

Hudson Henry thank you very much, I'm looking toward the eclipse this august!

[@coreybrewington2297]

Can you shoot this with a regular ND Filter?

[@DarkEnergyStudios]

Hi Hudson! Just found your channel and I really like it! I'm just up the road in Bellevue, Wa. and wonder if you know a solution to getting images into a PC faster. During totality in Oregon I'll only have about 2'08" or so and I can only get about 19 images in that time into the PC. They are bracketed at; 1/2000s, 1/1,000s, 0.5s, 0.25s, 1s, 2s, and 4s. I know that the on-board SD card would grab them virtually instantaneously, but the camera will be controlled with the laptop and the downloads into the drive take some time. During the partial phases I want to capture images every 10-15 seconds (1/4,000s exposures) or so to create a time-lapse of both partial phases with my Baader filters on. At the moment of totality (actually at the "Bailey's Beads phase"), the filters come off and the camera will start the bracketing. Filters back on after totality. Have you run into this before?

[@DarkEnergyStudios]

Hi Hudson! The main imager is a Canon 600D with the main scope at 954mm FL (f7.5). I want RAW data and the files are 18MB. To get good bracketing during totality I'm planning on shooting 3 images each at 1/2,000s, 1/500s, 1/125s, 1/4s, 1/2s, 1s, 2s, & 4s. I'll only have 2'08" to get as many as I can. The 4s, 2s, & 1s shots alone will take up 21 seconds just for the exposures. Hudson, I think the crux of the matter though is the Astrophotography program BackYard EOS is a great tool for setting ahead of time, all the exposure durations, f ratios, ISO's, etc. It takes time to take the exposure, download to the camera and store it on the drive, then take the next and so on through the list. I am tethered with a USB cable from the Canon directly into the PC. I don't own Lightroom. Perhaps THAT is the issue. Thanks so much for thinking about it. Where will you be on the 21st?

[@DarkEnergyStudios]

So I looked in the BYEOS program's settings area and there is an option to write the RAW images directly to the SD card instead of downloading them into the PC then opening the shutter for the next image. I'm testing a sequence run right now and it looks like my throughput should be substantially increased. You're a miracle worker Hudson! We're RV camping at the Farewell Bend Recreation Area over the hump on the Snake River near Ontario, Or. All the best, and Clear skies!

[@nevadaxtube]

Thank you Hudson! I got some useful info from this video, however I expected two pieces of crucial information that were not clearly explained. Namely, the camera settings for the totality phase and the settings for the partial phases. I heard you say an aperture f8-f11 for the totality, but what about shutter speed? What about the partial phase settings?

[@hudsonhenry9124]

nevadaxtube I'd love to give you a setting that would work, but it will be very condition dependant. Cloud cover, haze, angle of the sun from your location: any of those variables and the changing eclipse will affect exposure. You'll need to use your meter. At totality, you won't need neutral density or glasses to protect your eyes and sensor. Then you can use your lens's optimum quality aperture settings (f8-11) or wider of it gets dark and you need more light. Also bracket in 2 stop intervals during totality to capture the Corona. During the partial, you will need neutral density and should stop down all the way (f22 or more) to try for some sun star captures as it's occluded. Again I can't tell you what shutter speed and iso as the light intensity will be changing and conditions can affect it.

[@nevadaxtube]

Thanks for your reply Hudson. It will be my first total eclipse (weather permitting) and I was hoping to get a starting point for shooting the totality. For instance, I shoot the full moon at f8 1/250 sec, but will change it as conditions warrant. I have no idea where to start to shoot the total phase on a clear day in Wyoming.

[@hudsonhenry9124]

It'll be constantly changing as the sun gets more occluded. Try going out in the weeks leading up and practice shooting the sun at the same time as it moves behind a building or mountain from your perspective..

[@nevadaxtube]

Won't the sun be completely occluded during totality? How do I practice shooting totality?

[@chrisroach8385]

I'm in totality here in Kentucky !! Will have my cannon in hand !

[@Cristian-zf7pc]

Where can I get this jacket ? Thank You

[@lindseymccarty5467]

Do I need to leave my ND filter on for the diamond ring effect? I've read that it's the beginning of totality so I'm unsure...

[@lindseymccarty5467]

Hudson Henry thank you!! I hippie the weather is clear! I've got an 800mm and a 5dm3... I'm super pumped!

[@xkratosxxxx7426]

HEY CAN YOU USE A IR FILTER ?????

[@KarthikDasariVideos]

How about fourth third lens ??

[@toddroy9558]

Hi, I have a 10 stop filter for my d810 with the 14-24 lens. Will that be to dark and it stay open to long?

[@billboswell7275]

I have the same setup but it is not dark enough. Check this for settings: www.mreclipse.com/SEphoto/SEphoto.html

[@AlexJenkins]

Do you think using a ND16 filter on a drone would shadow our the eclipse too much? I'm not shooting the sun, but I'm going ot hover 400 feet and just film the the valley.

[@hudsonhenry9124]

Go pros and drones are designed to shoot all day into the sun without damaging them. The wider the angle of lens the less of a worry this is for bigger cameras too, and the drone and gopro cameras are very small. :-) You'd not be able to see anything but a tiny tiny dot with a 16 stop filter on there. ND16 is a four stop filter. The numbering is very confusing.

[@AlexJenkins]

Sweet. Thank you. I think I may use my ND4 or just the UV filter then. I mostly want to get a short timelapse of totality covering the valley. I figure I have 20 minutes of flight time, that'll give me a short but fun little hyperlapse. Thanks for the advice. I'm definitely subbing!

[@orionm4254]

Capture the eclipse, don't worry much about light palution, take a star-landscape photo, and merge the images. BE CREATIVE! : )

[@krismeaney2841]

What settings would you recommend for capturing the diamond ring? f/16 I know you mentioned, but what about shutter speed and ISO?

[@HudsonHenryPhoto]

It's in the download. Bracket from your fastest speed down 9 frames. Yes bracket for sure. The entire bracket in continous high speed should take far less than a second with a held down cable release.

[@krismeaney2841]

@@HudsonHenryPhoto Thanks - What do you think about turning on the silent shutter live view?

[@esgee3829]

Cool video. i'm trying to find an android tool to calculate bearings between my location (via gps) and a waypoint i can manually enter on a cached map. any suggestions? using it for some telephoto work. features on sun surveyor are cool for wider angle shots. particularly with long lenses, can't agree with you enough on using a fluid head because you can be so much more precise with smooth tripod head and long arm to move it!

[@esgee3829]

re: app i'm seeking...something like this phone www.movable-type.co.uk/scripts/latlong.html but app-based so I can use offline and also automatically recognizing my locaiton via gps on

[@esgee3829]

Hudson Henry does it happen to allow waypoint to thousandths and waypoint to hundredths?

[@marilynrn711]

awesome video!

[@hudsonhenry9124]

Thank you!

[@randallarana7429]

So if you live in Florida can you still see it??

[@HarshPatel27]

www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/in/usa/tampa?iso=20170821

[@ReVox77a]

Hello, I like to use that low-speed black & white analog film (the silver halide stuff, not the C-41 "monochrome"). Do you have any additional advice for using something like that? It's 100 speed. Will that be too slow?

[@hudsonhenry9124]

Hey Bruce, I haven't shot film in years and when I did, I was a color transparency guy primarily. I'd look for someone more familiar. I will say that I think 100 speed will limit you during totality. It will be low light. i'd want something 400 or better with a fast lens. Be sure you don't look through the viewfinder right at the sun during the partial phase without a very dark (16-stop) ND filter to protect your eyes.

[@ReVox77a]

Hello Hudson, thanks for the advice. I invested in an ND400 filter, and I'm going to see it in Westmoreland Tennessee. Hope for good weather!

[@billboswell7275]

You might want to reconsider using an ND filter. Both Nikon and Canon recommend against using anything other than a solar filter. Check out Baader or Thousand Oaks optical.

[@ReVox77a]

Thank you for the tip. I'll look into that!

[@lynneftw]

I looked for the Hoya Solas and its advertized as an Infrared filter?

[@lynneftw]

Good to know. I wasn't sure if it would affect the image in some strange way that I wasn't intending for, especially if I want to get some mountains in the foreground in color.

[@lynneftw]

Excellent, thanks for the tip. I have a Sony A series and excited to try this being that I live soooo close to the center line of the eclipse! Fingers crossed for agreeable skies!

[@BuddyBullwinkel]

I live on the east coast and wondered if I could set up another camera placing the sun at the left of the frame... with out budging the camera would the sun still be in the frame at the end of the event? Diagram bottom of this page puppydogparkphotos.blogspot.com/2017/08/solar-eclipse.html

[@davidrothschild8913]

Any tips on shooting eclipse on film?

[@davidrothschild8913]

hey thanks for your thoughts. In general I've found film to have more dynamic range, excluding HDR techniques of course. I have the protective glasses and will likely just use a Polarizer. My goal is more to capture the whole light and atmosphere and not so much the Eclipse itself. My Nikon F3 has a waist level viewfinder so maybe I will use that to protect my eyes. I kind of want the eclipse to possibly burn the film just to see what happens.

[@davidrothschild8913]

Yeah I know what you mean about the shadows for sure.

[@greg1563]

Watching this in February 2024 in anticipation of April 9 🌞

[@HudsonHenryPhoto]

I'll do another video soon.

[@JedJacobi]

How in Gods name are you supposed to get stars when you've got the sun 'corona' which would clearly overexpose the shot, even if bracketing? I've done several astro shoots and I typically use 14mm at 2.8, ISO 3200. This, I don't think, would work, right? I'm guessing shooting (my 24-105 L series Canon lens) at about 50mm, ISO 100 or 200, at F8 or F11...and just wildly modify the bracketing to account for a variety of shutter speeds and hope that one of the longer exposures catch stars to stitch in post? lol sorry for the novel. Advice greatly appreciated and thanks for the video!

[@JedJacobi]

Left out shutter speed. Astro shots 14mm, 2.8, ISO 3200, 30 sec

[@JedJacobi]

Great, thanks! Will definitely practice this. I'm guessing that my ISO will still have to be fairly high, and also use a slower shutter speed? 1600 ISO at 20 seconds and just play around with it? Thanks again.

[@JedJacobi]

You're absolutely right. Thanks again :)

[@toddroy9558]

The eclipse is happening where I live at 2:34pm. Will I be able to shoot it with the 14-24 when it's that high in the sky? Or should I just use my 300mm lens?

[@hptkev6571]

My birthday is on the solar eclipse August 21

[@belindasimpson7968]

Solar filters aren't that expensive, I buy a sheet of solar film and make multiple filters myself using UV filters off eBay and tracing the glass to measure the size and putting the film in the filter.

[@HudsonHenryPhoto]

Very old video now. In the wake of shooting that past total eclipse, I'll simply be taking my Kase magnetic kit to Mazatlan next spring and bracketing 5 frames three stops apart. The 10 and 6 stop filters stacked are plenty to track the partial eclipse and you pull them for totality. :)

[@artin5146]

Nice vid

[@artin5146]

no probs man