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Old 14-07-2010, 05:55 PM
Rob_K
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Thanks all!

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Originally Posted by h0ughy View Post
fantastic results - please fill in the blanks with exposure settings and such for each shot - i am very interested.
No probs Houghy! First two were shot from tripod at 200mm, 1/2000 sec @ ISO 400, F/9 (Canon 400D, Sigma 55-200mm zoom lens). Last was 1/40 sec @ ISO 400, F/9. Because It was my first total, I wanted to absorb it all visually - when the first diamond ring was imminent, I just whipped the filter off & kept clicking with the same settings I'd used for the partial (1/2000 sec etc), so it was completely hit or miss as to what I got. Wasn't about to fiddle about with settings with all that going on!! Later I did just adjust the exposure time to get more of the solar corona, but not the other settings.

Couldn't go very long before the ship movement interfered (not more than 1/40 sec at 200mm or 1/8 sec at 55mm).

While I got masses of shots of totality, I missed hardly any of it visually - consider myself lucky to get these results considering I didn't have a clue what I was doing!!

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