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Title: The Eclipse from Bromley
Post by: JohnP on Oct 03, 2005, 13:09:29

Hi All,

Guess I had the same idea as Mike - I didn't bother getting all the kit out but just held some Baader solar film in front of my EOS300D with 135mm lens - most exposures around the 1/2000 sec at F10 - all hand held. Not the best images but worth the effort... The only mistake I made was not deciding to do it until Eclipse was just past max...... oh well!

Cheers, John.

(http://homepage.ntlworld.com/john.punnett/graphics/oas/partial_eclipse.jpg)

Title: The Eclipse from Bromley
Post by: Mike on Oct 03, 2005, 13:12:16

Nice one John.

Title: The Eclipse from Bromley
Post by: JohnP on Oct 03, 2005, 14:24:08

Cheers Mike - I was suprised at how well the images came out - Digital SLR's are great...

Title: The Eclipse from Bromley
Post by: Mike on Oct 03, 2005, 14:50:32

Yeah, If I could manage to get a decent focus on mine whilst trying to do DSO's I would give it a go as they give a nice wide field. I have seen some fantastic images done with the Canon's on the UKAI website. They look like they have been done with high end astro CCD's.

Title: The Eclipse from Bromley
Post by: psg_dragon on Oct 03, 2005, 16:24:02

Good pictures John.

Orpington Astronomical Society

Astronomy => Astrophotography => Topic started by: JohnP on Oct 03, 2005, 13:09:29