Eclipse Damage

[a whitmer]

I'm curious if this also happened or happens to folks here with film cameras. Melted lenses?

https://www.lensrentals.com/blog/2017/09/rental-camera-gear-destroyed-by-the-solar-eclipse-of-2017/


alex

 

[Mark Phelan]

Had a solar filter on my setup, so no issues here. One idea that I made but never used was a cinefoil apeture mask. But it was never used, I simply thought it would still be too much heat to try. Here's a good explanation of the idea: https://www.astronomics.com/aperture-mask_t.aspx