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If you're planning on watching the upcoming solar eclipse....
PLEASE make sure you have proper ISO-rated protective glasses! You can buy them at Staples office supply for $3. The ones that I looked at today had an ISO number on the side and are the same ones that my wife's observatory was giving out to their employees, and they're good for three years.
Even if you're not in the path of totality, it should be a good show. I'm hoping for some good pix, and have a brand-new camera to play with! It also has a proper filter which cost a cool hundred bucks and drops the incoming light SIXTEEN f-stops! The new camera, a Canon R6 Mark 2, has an LCD viewing screen that tilts and pans, so it should be fairly easy to aim the camera without looking through the viewfinder - which is the recommended method - I won't even have to look up to photograph the sun! I also got a new quick-release shoe for my tripod, we'll see how that works out. Sadly, my new tripod hasn't shipped yet, I'm hoping that'll be here in the next month or two - it's a nice carbon fiber jobby!
Even if you're not in the path of totality, it should be a good show. I'm hoping for some good pix, and have a brand-new camera to play with! It also has a proper filter which cost a cool hundred bucks and drops the incoming light SIXTEEN f-stops! The new camera, a Canon R6 Mark 2, has an LCD viewing screen that tilts and pans, so it should be fairly easy to aim the camera without looking through the viewfinder - which is the recommended method - I won't even have to look up to photograph the sun! I also got a new quick-release shoe for my tripod, we'll see how that works out. Sadly, my new tripod hasn't shipped yet, I'm hoping that'll be here in the next month or two - it's a nice carbon fiber jobby!
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True. But the rear panel tilts and swivels, so you don't have to look up at all to operate it. My Panasonic Lumix has a similar panel, it was really nice for photographing last year's eclipse.