Getting Ready for the Big Event – Solar Test the Cheap Guy Way

Yeah, it’s not much but trying out my digital camera with a sunscreen put on so I don’t burn out my sensor.  The set up is a vintage 135mm 2.8 Pentax 42mm lens on a Sony NEX-5N camera.  I cut up a NASA approved solar sunglasses (the paper kind for a couple of bucks) and fixed it over a cut piece of thin cardstock.  It’s mounted on the front of the lens using good ol’ black electrical tape.  Kind of hard to line up but seems to work correctly.  It’s a quick test below so manual focus and aperture will need to be worked on as the event occurs tomorrow.

 

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