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Originally Posted by Bassnut
I took an LX90 on a cruise ship once, for the hell of it, we had an outside balcony, fantastic for visual, sunsets and looking at shore lines etc, but a complete waste of time for photos, at anytime, parked or not, constant movement, and this crusie ship was "stabalised". Eclipses with a DSLR would be possible with very short exposures and stock lens.
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Yep, pretty much sums it up in view of my recent experience with the July 11 eclipse. Limited to short exposures. Attached frame shows serious movement even in a 1/8 sec exposure, at 200mm. 1/40 sec was pushing it, but just OK. The ship I was on was small compared to the big cruise liners, but it wasn't exactly a tinnie either. My ship, the Aranui 3, and similar ships used by others to view the eclipse (eg the Paul Gauguin), just aren't stable enough for anything other than short exposures.
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