Hi Feroze, On Sun, 3 Nov 2002 22:42:23 +0200, Feroze Kistan wrote:
> I don't think an eclipse last as long > as five minutes though (at least not the > total part) I've seen two total eclipses but haven't photographed any. As I recall, the entire event took like twenty minutes, counting the lead in and trail off. Totality was a lot less than five minutes. Forced to guess, I'd say it was no more than a minute and likely a lot less ... a quarter of a degree is a lot compared to the size of the sun/moon (angularly). > Also don't think I would > be able to handle a 2000mm to do it > justice. JCO must be using one hellva > tripod to get those shots of his. Yep, it's tough to handle. You have to use every anti-vibration trick in the book. I've never shot the sun, but I've shot the moon a few times. > Any idea, assuming I use fuji100, > of what the exposure time would be > on a for eg f/4.0? Short. Really short, I'd think. You're basically going to shoot a backlight, and you want the moon completely black. You might as well want it completely black, since that's probably what you'll get. You also want to try to save some of the detail of the corona (that's why the moon will be black). I think you'll end up using a smaller aperture than f/4 to get the shutter speed to a usable range. That depends, of course, on the strong filter you'll need to avoid branding your retina or shutter curtain. TTYL, DougF KG4LMZ
