 Alex T. Mizuno |
How to shoot the sun Can somebody tell me how I can shoot the sun any time of the day in its simple round shape? Even when I use the sunset mode of my camera, I seem to have a problem of getting the shape of the sun. If I need filters, what type of filters should I use?
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Mary Iacofano |
surf the instructors blogs. Zuckerman has some great info & classes on how to get the job done.
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Alex T. Mizuno |
Thank you for the info Mary. I'll go through Zuckerman's blogs.
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Alan N. Marcus |
Hi Alex, First be careful! Looking at the sun directly with the unaided eye will cause permanent eye damage. Go to a welding supply shop. Buy a #12 welding filter sometimes called shade 12. These are rectangular and fit as a replacement into the face masks used by welders. The replacement filter is inexpensive and the #12 is quite dark. You can’t see anything through it, because it is so dense. However you can see the sun and it will appear as a disk. You can hold this filter in front of the camera and photograph through the filter. Again be careful, Alan Marcus
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- Gregory LaGrange Contact Gregory LaGrange Gregory LaGrange's Gallery |
In front of the lens, not between your eye and the viewfinder.
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Alex T. Mizuno |
Alan, Thank you for the info about the welding filter. I didn't know it was dangerous to point the camera lens at the sun. I'm glad I didn't do that :) I will try the #12 filter. Gregory, Thank you for your helpful tip!!
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