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Author: | cloaked_wolf [ Tue Jun 05, 2012 3:36 pm ] |
Post subject: | Venus Transit |
Am I gonna be able to capture this with my G12 or is it completely hopeless? |
Author: | timark_uk [ Tue Jun 05, 2012 4:06 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Venus Transit |
What focal length is your longest lens? How much detail are you looking for? Will the sun actually be visible to you? Mark |
Author: | paulzolo [ Tue Jun 05, 2012 4:14 pm ] | |||||||||
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I think the last question is pertinent. To photograph the sun, you need to project the image of the sun onto a surface and photograph that. You can, and will, bork your eyes and equipment if you point it at the sun. Here are my shots from the last transit. http://www.paulscrapbook.com/2004/venuspassage.html |
Author: | timark_uk [ Tue Jun 05, 2012 4:26 pm ] | |||||||||
Post subject: | Re: Venus Transit | |||||||||
Mark |
Author: | cloaked_wolf [ Tue Jun 05, 2012 4:45 pm ] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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140mm - I've bugger all idea whether it will capture a projected image or not. At the moment this is all just fanciful thinking.
A little black blob on a yellow/white blob.
Dunno. It's supposed to be tomorrow morning when the 3rd and 4th contacts will be visible (ie not during night). Obviously cloud cover etc will play a big part. |
Author: | HeatherKay [ Tue Jun 05, 2012 4:45 pm ] | |||||||||
Post subject: | Re: Venus Transit | |||||||||
The others have said useful stuff. If you have a clear view to the east at sunrise (it's going to be happening about 4.50am if I recall), how about using a bit of card with a pinhole in it to project the sun onto a surface of some kind. Photographing that might be easier, and require less complex equipment like solar filters and so on. I don't actually think the G12's zoom will give a solar disc of sufficient size to actually see anything worthwhile, and you might end up wrecking the camera in the process. |
Author: | timark_uk [ Tue Jun 05, 2012 4:55 pm ] | ||||||||||||||||||
Post subject: | Re: Venus Transit | ||||||||||||||||||
I was reading the other day that at least 500mm would be the minimum focal length required. I'd probably go with that, as the last time I shot the sun with my 300mm lens it didn't give me nearly a close enough image of the sun's disc. Still, if the sun was visible to me tomorrow I'd be wanting to try at the very least. Mark |
Author: | timark_uk [ Tue Jun 05, 2012 4:57 pm ] | |||||||||
Post subject: | Re: Venus Transit | |||||||||
Mark |
Author: | cloaked_wolf [ Tue Jun 05, 2012 5:07 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Venus Transit |
Yeah I figured it'd have been a wasted attempt. I wasn't planning on pointing my camera at the sun but was going to use a pinhole to project the image. Frustrating that I need a better camera and lens so I can photo the sky but it would remain ignored and untouched for the rest of the time. |
Author: | John_Vella [ Tue Jun 05, 2012 6:13 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Venus Transit |
Just remember... if you're going to take pictures of the sun it's always safer to do it at night. Sorry. I could have resisted, but I chose not to. |
Author: | jonbwfc [ Tue Jun 05, 2012 8:02 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Venus Transit |
There's more chance of me seeing Nessie than there is the transit given the amount of cloud cover. |
Author: | belchingmatt [ Wed Jun 06, 2012 4:42 am ] |
Post subject: | Re: Venus Transit |
D90 with a 80-200mm @ 200mm, f/22, 1/4000, lowest iso setting. Oh yes, and a Mk I Cloud Filter. The lens is secondhand and is old and cheap. Looks like I might have an issue with the diaphragm blades going by this picture. I did manage to take a few shots with a 105mm lens, but that would have required even more cropping. |
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