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Hello group
Looking for some advice. I am hoping to capture some photographs of the approaching solar eclipse and I am slightly confused as to which equipment will offer the best chances of success to an inexperienced hand. Option 1 and the easiest to travel with would be an old 35mm film camera with a 200mm lens and a 2x tele-converter but I imagine the size of the solar image would be small with this? Another problem is I have no solar filter for this arrangement? Option 2 is the most portable scope I own: an 80mm refractor (a quite bulky skywatcher) I do not have an easily transportable EQ drive for this so it would have to be somehow mounted on a yet to be purchased photo tripod? I have a home made baader solar filter with reduced aperture for the refractor would this be any good? I could then either buy an adapter to couple the 35mm camera to the scope (difficult to focus?) or I could use eyepiece projection (bracket) to a small digital camera. I do not want to get too distracted by all the equipment and so miss the once in a lifetime event but I would like to capture some photos, any advice? many thanks Darren |
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