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Solar Eclipse 2026

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35 minutes ago, Joshua757 said:

Can I look at it through my Cannon EOS cameras LCD display without worrying about the glare/UV?

A solar filter is essential to cut the visible and UV light down to safe levels. Fogged film is one possibility if you have access to somewhere that sells it.

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    I did a dry run today with a newly acquired solar filter attached to a 200-500mm lens on my Nikon D7100. A few sunspots are visible. For the technical minded it was 1/100th at f8 with ISO of 400. Trip

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    Great quality for a DSLR set up. We have a guy in the Astronomy Society who has Lunt Solarscope with a Calcium-K filter. It's an amazing - and expensive - bit of kit. Simply put; you see the sun in Ca

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    You will still notice the dimming, and strange light effects.

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26 minutes ago, Christopher Low said:

I am looking forward to the large partial solar eclipse on Wednesday. I have also mentioned next year's eclipse to family and friends, hinting that we should all go to see totality together 😎

Where did you have in mind? Luxor is the best location but temps in August will be brutal.

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I was thinking southern Spain/Gibraltar. I do not need to see the maximum 6m22s of totality. It will still be over 4 minutes from Gibraltar.

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11 hours ago, Ray Proudfoot said:

ND filters need to be extremely strong.

To be clear, im not meaning a basic photographic neutral density filter, or several stacked together, im talking about a specific solar filter. Like the one I mentioned in the pack I bought.

5 hours ago, Joshua757 said:

Can I look at it through my Cannon EOS cameras LCD display without worrying about the glare/UV?

Do not look at the sun with your naked eyes, camera, telescope or anything else. You risk eye damage if you do.

Only view the eclipse with a proper pair of eclipse glasses or sun filter!

"Eclipse Eye SafetyViewing any part of the bright Sun through a camera lens, binoculars, or a telescope without a special-purpose solar filter secured over the front of the optics will instantly cause severe eye injury."

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Eclipse Viewing Safety - NASA Science

Here are some important safety guidelines to follow during a total solar eclipse.

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54 minutes ago, martin-w said:

To be clear, im not meaning a basic photographic neutral density filter, or several stacked together, im talking about a specific solar filter. Like the one I mentioned in the pack I bought.

Do not look at the sun with your naked eyes, camera, telescope or anything else. You risk eye damage if you do.

Only view the eclipse with a proper pair of eclipse glasses or sun filter!

"Eclipse Eye SafetyViewing any part of the bright Sun through a camera lens, binoculars, or a telescope without a special-purpose solar filter secured over the front of the optics will instantly cause severe eye injury."

NASA Science
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Eclipse Viewing Safety - NASA Science

Here are some important safety guidelines to follow during a total solar eclipse.

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Oh thanks for the heads up ! @martin-w Much appreciated 👏

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1 hour ago, martin-w said:

To be clear, im not meaning a basic photographic neutral density filter, or several stacked together, im talking about a specific solar filter. Like the one I mentioned in the pack I bought.

That’s fine. Similar to the one I bought. 👍

Ray (Cheshire, England).

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8 hours ago, Ray Proudfoot said:

That’s fine. Similar to the one I bought. 👍

Yep, it was a bit misleading when I said ND.

The one I have is silver on the side facing the sun and black on the other side.

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