[peter_4059 (Peter)]

I picked up a solar filter this week as I was keen to have a go at the transit of Venus next month. Got it all set up for the first time this morning with the 10" Newt and the Canon 400D. I found I needed to use the Paracorr to achieve focus but don't think this will be an issue as there is nothing in the corners of the field in any case and the focal length means the sun is almost the full frame of the Canon.

Focusing is really tricky and I resorted to trial and error using the sunspot - appreciate any advice on how to do this better.

Still need to play with the exposure - this was 1/125 sec at Iso 100.

Thanks for looking - any tips appreciated so I'm all set to go on 6th June!