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Originally Posted by philiphart
thanks paul. not seriously shot a solar eclipse before but i have done a little bit of photography  . have seen a solar eclipse in africa so not too worried about compromising the visual experience a little this time, although will certainly not be touching the cameras during the two minutes. if the laptop/eclipse orchestrator control etc don't work so be it.. i won't be trying to fix it during totality! (or even five minutes beforehand).
had about six cameras running during a lunar eclipse last year so ok with planning/prepping a lot of gear and doing a lot of running between them (much slower timescales of course, but a lot less automated as well).
interested to hear tales though from experienced eclipse photographers. assuming you check focus and settings half an hour before totality, remove filters one minute beforehand etc, does eclipse orchestrator work reliably so that you don't end up touching much during totality?
Phil |
Phil, not suggesting that you have not done enough photography mate
. I will not be using any automation like that. Things like that are prone to failure. Manual all the way myself. I have the bracket settings already sorted with the coronal exposure shots. Should shoot about 150 frames during the eclipse if the sky is clear. If not I will sit back and have a drink in the dark.