Especially if this will be your first total eclipse, my advice is to go light on cameras and optics and focus on just experiencing the event. There’s a lot more to see and feel during totality than just the occlusion of the sun.
I’m planning on bringing a tripod (it gets dark!) and wide angle lens to capture the overall environment. But I’m leaving the “portable solar observatory” stuff to the astronomers.
@mattblaze I don't agree. This picture, showing a couple of prominences, is one of my favorite memories from 2017, and I did *not* see them in real-time. Admittedly, I have a very long lens anyway, for my bird pictures. (I did try setting up another camera on a small tripod to capture crowd video, but I ran into technical problems and did not succeed. Weather permitting, I'll try again this time with both cameras.)
@SteveBellovin @mattblaze May the predicted clouds disperse for you!
@oclsc @SteveBellovin @mattblaze Peter is drawing his curtains and staying inside in the true contrariness he cherishes.
@lou @SteveBellovin @mattblaze Real curtains offer more privacy than those drawn on the windows.
@oclsc @SteveBellovin @mattblaze Peter the Pedant, that is.
@lou @SteveBellovin @mattblaze Need to ping him to see how he's been.
@oclsc @SteveBellovin @mattblaze Drat - replied to wrong 'Toot'. Good thing Mastodon forbids including Toot you are replying to in the reply, or you might notice the error. Anyway, His Pedanticness is running out of live friends.
@lou @SteveBellovin @mattblaze And me.