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Re: [OM] Upcoming total solar eclipse in US

Subject: Re: [OM] Upcoming total solar eclipse in US
From: Tina Manley <tmanley@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2017 15:49:00 -0400
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Tina

On Mon, Aug 14, 2017 at 3:45 PM, Piers Hemy <piers@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Not too difficult:
> http://www.hemy.me.uk/Eclipse.html
>
> The eclipse images themselves have all been cropped from the original full
> frame size which was 5200×3500 (as in some of the 'environmental' images).
>
> Fuji Velvia 50 if I remember aright, using an OM-3 (of blessed memory).
> With Thousand Oaks solar film for the eclipse itself.
>
> Piers
>
>
> On 14 Aug 2017 8:19 p.m., "Piers Hemy" <piers@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Dean, please heed what Charlie says, ND filters are useless, risking at
> best a fried sensor, at worst irreparable eye damage. Thousand Oaks is the
> one to go for, also sold as Baader Solar film. Like Charlie, I used a sheet
> to make a filter for my Tamron 500mm mirror lens, as well as for the DV
> camera. Yes, 500mm was about the minimum needed on 35mm, 1000mm would have
> been better for the solar disk. But the wider perspective is equally worth
> documenting, for which aidw angle could be appropriate.
>
> I will look to see if my 2006 totality images are online somewhere....
>
>
> Piers
>
> On 14 Aug 2017 6:47 p.m., "Charles Geilfuss" <charles.geilfuss@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
> > Yes, something like the macula of your retina resulting in central
> > blindness. By all means get a solar filter, ND won't work, needs to be at
> > least 1/10^5 filter.
> >
> > Charlie
> >
> > On Mon, Aug 14, 2017 at 1:35 PM, Steve Troy <sctroy@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > > If you can borrow a #14 welder's mask, that will work - but it has to
> be
> > a
> > > #14.  It will make everything green-ish.  Don't use a filter that's not
> > > rated as a solar filter or damage to something can result.
> > >
> > > Steve Troy
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: Tina Manley <tmanley@xxxxxxxxx>
> > > To: Olympus Camera Discussion <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > Sent: Mon, 14 Aug 2017 13:29:25 -0400 (EDT)
> > > Subject: Re: [OM] Upcoming total solar eclipse in US
> > >
> > > I have lots of dark
> > > filters but the actual solar filters are sold out everywhere and way
> too
> > > expensive.  I may just watch.
> > >
> > > Tina
> > >
> > >
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