Ray Proudfoot

Then you would have noticed it assuming you were outdoors.

The sun and moon didn’t bypass East Midlands. For the second time what time were you there?

Oh yes it did. 😉 Eclipse started at 18:15 with maximum at 19:10 or thereabouts. The light at that time would be significantly reduced from normality. Where you there at 19:00?

Back in March 2015 I used a light meter to record the ambient light. Look at how much it reduced. This was my post back then… Got up at 6am and drove down to lay-by on A5 just west of J12 on M6. Well worth the effort as skies were mainly clear. Didn't have suitable filters for direct photography so recorded several sequences of video to show (hopefully) the light reduction. Will give links to that later. Used a Gossen Lunasix F light meter to take light readings. Here are the results. Each whole number reduction of EV is half the amount of light so EV -3 at greatest eclipse is only 1/8th of the light at the start. Despite sun shining it was a strangely gloomy and eerie light. Back in Cheadle Hulme because of the cloud cover the temperature didn't drop much but it was a very noticeable change where I was.

@simfan1983 , these are the instructions given to me by @virtuali for backing up your existing installation and reverting if necessary. These are the instructions for backing up the whole Addon Manager folder. ROBOCOPY "C:\Program files (x86)\Addon Manager" "Z:\Addon Manager" /MIR And to restore from that backup use this.. ROBOCOPY "Z:\Addon Manager" "C:\Program files (x86)\Addon Manager" /MIR Save as BAT files and run with Admin Privileges. Change the destination of the backup location as required.

Here’s a couple I took yesterday. But for those who thinks the light doesn’t change much I’m also showing two photos with the settings unchanged from before the eclipse started and how it looked at maximum eclipse at 19:10. Your eyes are very good at adapting.

All FSDT airports require Couatl64 to be running. If GSX is working there’s no reason why any FSDT airports won’t display correctly.

I and several others have tried repeatedly to help you. I have no professional experience of dementia but your replies seemed coherent except for the last one - “I now consider further action not wanted”. I’ve no idea what that meant. Be aware that you won’t be able to install P3D on another computer unless you cancel the license on the original.

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Please explain what that means.

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

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

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.

ND filters need to be extremely strong. Then there’s the problem of connecting them. At least with a smartphone you’re not looking directly at the sun.