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Old 08-05-2006, 01:18 PM
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Originally Posted by ving
hey andrew, is it safe to do that? (a pick of the sun unfiltered thru a scope)
Usually it's not safe David, but because the sun was so low and I used a very fast shutter speed (4000th/sec) and ISO 100, it was ok.
Mind you I didn't look through the view finder for too long, just enough to frame and focus. Also I didn't have the finderscope attached to the main scope nor looked through the main scope directly.

I don't recommend anyone try this if they're not sure of what they're doing.

Thanks for that David.
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