Re: shoot the moon

On Mar 31, 1:45 pm, Gerry <m...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
the manual to my d100 sez not to shoot the sun..

Most digitals include this warning - which I blithely ignore at my
peril. Yes, you should definitely not have the sun shining down the
lens barrel for more than a second or so, but there's *no* way I am
going to restrict my photography so that I can't include the sun - in
wide cityscapes, f'rinstance. And what about at dawn or dusk, when
the IR/UV levels are much lower? Sorry, no sunsets, folks?? That's
just silly.

Anyway, I'm just curious, has anyone actually damaged their sensor, or
heard a real report (not just hearsay) of a sensor being damaged
because the sun was in shot?

There's a good forum session here - in particular read the *2nd* post
by Jeff Medkeff - he sounds like he might know a bit about the
subject.
http://photo.net/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=009ltO&tag=

There are some related issues here about using SLR viewfinders (be
careful of your *eyes*!!), and the fact that non-dslrs would be much
more susceptible to damage as the sensor is exposed continually -
before, during and after exposure..

but it's safe to shoot the moon? since it's reflective..
Yes, of course. But you should use sensible exposures - as pointed
out above, a moon exposure is about the same as exposure for a
(slightly dull) daylight scene.


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