Total Solar Eclipse Photography: Get the Most Out of Your Experience!

[@BandH]

Join us tomorrow at 1:00 PM ET for A Complete Guide to this Celestial Phenomenon | The 2024 Solar Eclipse: kzbin.infoEzHBhheh9Ts

[@JGZphotography]

A careful warning - remember a telephoto lens is like a magnifying glass and will focus the sun's light beam to a spot - a very hot spot and will melt the lens aperture and damage the sensor and likely beyond. Using a mirrorless camera, and looking into the articulated LCD is no use without a solar screen will be curtains for the camera. Amazon offers a good variety of solar screen sheets and cheap. In the last solar eclipse in Austin, Texas, I used a Sigma 60-600mm Sport on a Canon R3 - all handheld throughout the eclipse removing the solar screen at the 96% totality. This April, I will get to capture 100%. For all those in the solar path, good luck and have safe fun.

[@MikeShawPhotography]

AGREED!!!

[@Applefanboy2012]

Can you explain the LCD part again? I didn’t quite understand. I can use filter on lens, and see through LCD, right? Or what did you mean by curtain? Thanks

[@thomasprovencher4611]

​@@Applefanboy2012the curtains comment was just saying you'll kill your camera without a filter. A mirror less will melt itself from the inside out without a filter.

[@recrdholdr]

I've got a 20 stop ND that will work just fine. Just have to make sure to put the lense cap back on between shots.

[@JGZphotography]

@@Applefanboy2012 - Curtains means the end of a play when the curtain falls, a metaphor for death for the camera.

[@glynnetolar4423]

Gee KZbin, could have suggested this video sooner! Never the less managed to get some good video and some pictures. I was blessed by getting to see it at all. As getting to the path of totality was a bit of a mess for me. Weather looked like it wouldn't cooperate. But the sky opened for totality! Awesome!

[@larrycooper7261]

I've been looking forward to this eclipse since I found out about it during the 2017 eclipse. I was out of the country and unable to view it, but my wife was fortunate enough to see it in totality. I will be traveling to Texas for the April 2024 eclipse. Since my photography expertise is next to none, and the only opportunity I will have for a dry run will be the day before, I will probably set up my camera and just shoot with a single setting. And honestly most of my photography will come from my cell phone. The one thing I do not want to do is spend so much time messing around with taking pictures that I miss the eclipse itself. So my priority will be to see the eclipse, and take a couple of pictures as I have time.

[@BandH]

Hope our tips help you our for capturing and enjoying the 2024 solar eclipse.

[@MikeShawPhotography]

Sounds like a wise plan

[@twohandsandaradio]

I would say there will be a lot of blind people buying new cell phones on the 9th.

[@kerryfox9398]

I am interested in shooting a wide angle shot (maybe 24mm) to include the foreground, But, if a solar filter is applied, won't the foreground be black? Does that just leave a blended shot in PS? Thank you. And I really enjoyed your talk with the Kristine Rose group.

[@jcKobeh]

Yes, everything but the sun will be black when the filter is on. That's why it's recommended to use a tripod and take a picture without the filter to make a digital composite image that shows both elements.

[@JohnEboyee]

Never point your camera at the sun when using a super telephoto lens and ND filter. Always make sure to use someone else's.

[@GarretGrayCamera]

Great tips. I'm still not sure what to do during totality. I figure with the sun filter I'll be around 1/125 F/5.6 ISO 200. Then at totality I'm thinking I'll take off the filter and keep the ISO and Fstop the same and raise the shutter to perhaps 1/2000. It's hard to tell. I'd love to get good detail of the corona. I almost feel I won't know for sure until it's actually happening and looking at what's coming out.

[@MikeShawPhotography]

Sounds good! I also plan to bracket my shutter speeds during totality from 1/8000 sec - 2 sec or so to get the full range of possibilities, and then sort it out afterwards.

[@pscyokilla]

​​@@MikeShawPhotography how do you bracket at such a high range? Or were you just saying that you set it +/- 2 seconds. Or do you manually go from 1/8000 to 2sec

[@MikeShawPhotography]

You can either do it manually, or do two sets of auto brackets, offset enough to give you the full range

[@317Media_Indy]

Can you clarify for Baileys Beads and Diamond Ring - Using a mirrorless camera... Solar filter off is ok?

[@BlueBrendan2000]

No, the solar filter (and solar eclipse glasses) only come off during totality. Any other eclipse stage where even a bit of the sun is visible requires filtration.

[@timbocracy]

SUPER HELPFUL

[@SquirrelTheBaby]

Thank you so much for the tips and the information! I feel better prepared for photographing my first total solar eclipse now!

[@BandH]

Glad our tips helped you get prepared. Thanks for watching!

[@MikeShawPhotography]

🙏 and best of luck!

[@pscyokilla]

Can someone please assist me? It's insanely difficult to find wide angle lense settings suggestions for a solar eclipse. Most of the information out there is all about telephoto. Thankfully this video mentioned the settings for when in totality but not when in the partial stages

[@nyla2408]

I think my comment was removed because I provided url from another KZbinr for you. So, here it is without the other source. Start practicing now just by photographing the sun as it is, BUT with a filter to protect your camera and more importantly, your eyes >> ISO 12312-2 Certified Solar sheets. This setting will work for all the partial stages: f/5.6, 1/1000, ISO 200.

[@pscyokilla]

@@nyla2408 thank you so much

[@padraic8873]

@padraic8873 6 minutes ago I have a question for you. I'm new to eclipse photography and I have 2 camera bodies a Canon EOS D7 and Canon EOS M3 with both I will be using the same Canon 75-300mm lens. I am wondering which camera I should use? The D7 has 18 megapixel and the M3 has 24 megapixel. Thank you

[@MikeShawPhotography]

I'd go with theM3

[@rkarlson0083]

I am having trouble understanding how to use my star tracker for the event. Polaris is not visible in the day and I will not be able to setup at night.

[@Bonzi_Buddy]

Here is my tip…. Someone else will take better pictures than you. 😂 Enjoy the eclipse and save time to live in the moment instead of through the lens, photographer or not.

[@jfgotlib]

I love this guy saying that if you aren't in the path of totality, don't bother shooting it. Well sir, a lot of us either have 9-5 jobs and can't drive to a place where complete totality is happening or money is simply a factor. How about just saying that photographing a partial eclipse is still cool, but not as cool as a total eclipse.

[@Dartheomus]

Canon R5 in combo with an RF 100-500mm and a 2x extension tube. I was planning to use a Kase ND100,000 filter. Is this acceptable or do I risk damage leaving my camera focused on the sun. If this is no good, what do you recommend?

[@BandH]

Only a solar filter is recommended. Using a regular ND filter still has risk of damaging and frying your camera sensor.

[@Sawlon]

Can I use one of the paper solar glasses over my camcorder?

[@BandH]

A solar filter is recommend.

[@Sawlon]

@@BandH Okay, I'll just wear them to protect my eyes. Thank you!

[@Mike0193Azul]

Appreciate the tips 💚

[@MikeShawPhotography]

🙏

[@williamcollins4373]

What exposure do I use for the Diamond ring and Bailey beads?

[@akamaikiwi]

I have this same question, i got my filter and tripod from bh

[@GarretGrayCamera]

I'm thinking you remove your sun filter when in totality, keep all settings and maybe increase your shutter speed a few stops faster and set your bracketing a few stops either way. For example, I'm thinking I'll be at 1/125, F/5.6, ISO 200 with the filter. Then during totality, take off filter and I'll go up to 1/2000 and leave everything else the same. But you won't really know for sure until the moment of, but with 4 minutes of totality, that's time for trial and error.

[@MikeShawPhotography]

With ISO 100 and f/5.6, I'd go with 1/8000 sec - 1/4000 sec. A shuttle speed of 1/125 sec might lose detail in the glare

[@williamcollins4373]

Do I remove the solar filter so as to get the image?

[@GarretGrayCamera]

@@williamcollins4373 Yes. I imagine we won’t see much with the filter on. Once totality hits, I’m taking the filter off, then put it back on when the sun comes back out.

[@EsteVatoLoco]

Rapture time! Meetup at Walmart parking lot. Jesus meet and greet! Be there or get left behind!❤

[@glynnetolar4423]

A shame that what happened to the prophets in the old testament that predict things wrong doesn't happen today. Stoned.

[@olschool1963]

Can you recomend a glass solar lens for my ef-70-300 canon?

[@BandH]

Here are some filters that will fit your lens: bhpho.to/4cFF8ru

[@SL-jo4om]

Thanks for the tips. Would using a CPL filter add anything useful during totality?

[@MikeShawPhotography]

I don't think so since you're looking directly at the sun, and there is no directionality to any polarization

[@bluered3228]

Here's my tip. Allow the professionals to do the photography and you just enjoy the show.

[@gregm6894]

I do appreciate the tips. However, at 10:00 "Through one of nature's most amazing coincidences..." Add that to about a bazillion other amazing coincidences in nature, and the probability statistics start getting a bit ridiculous -- as in impossible.

[@Tinman_56]

No way a coincidence! Y can't ppl just accept truth⛪️?

[@naik4633]

Hi what settings Shou we use for a timelapse

[@brentolsenthanksformaking2528]

Thank you please read Romans 10:9-13❤

[@Dili832]

Bug off