Makes sense. I'll be switching lenses in full (12 seconds to be back in focus on my last practise run) as I want to be closer pre totality and a bit further out during totality itself.
More light is reaching the viewer's retinas because THEY ARE LOOKING DIRECTLY AT THE SUN in a manner not generally done in everyday non-eclipse situations.
In the case of telescope and (SLR) camera users almost all the light that hits the front lens (much much larger than your eyeball) is being concentrated down into the smaller area of your retina.
Neither of these concepts should be difficult to understand.
Do NOT do this. There is (near as makes no difference) zero UV protection from old floppy disk interiors, unless you leave them in their covers and don't open the metal flap.
I use cokin filter adapter rings (not the filter holder, just the adapter ring) and just glue a circle of the filter sheet to the flat front of the ring.
Normally in full sunlight there would be solar film on the "front" of the telescope. There was no such film in this case because it had been used for viewing during totality.
I'm not sure how much simpler I can make this for you.
This was a telescope that had been used to look at the corona during the Eclipse totality. Immediately after totality it was left pointed at the sun. During totality no filter was used as you'd expect. A cap was put on the eyepiece to prevent anyone looking at unfiltered sunlight. Said cap was melted by the focused sunlight as the coverage waned.
And for anyone using telescopes, binoculars or slr cameras...
Set a loud damn alarm for ten seconds before the end of totality, and do not leave unfiltered devices on tripods pointed at the sun. At best you'll wreck your camera. At worst some idiot kids (or adult) will try to sneak a peek.
I've seen the eyepiece cover of a Celestron kids telescope melt fully into the eyepiece itself on a scope left mounted after totality in China 2009.
It's the kids whose parents are careless that I fear for. Any adult who purchases safety gear for something this vital from sunny_eyeseller69 on amazon/eBay or from a roadside vendor kinda has it coming.
I'd give the ones buying offline slightly more sympathy. The first group are proven to have Internet access.
Looking at the sun hurts. People glance and look away.
Looking at the sun through a bad filter that does not block UV does not hurt. People look and keep on looking. Then days, weeks or months later they find they have huge blind spots in their vision which spread outward over time and far to often are permanent.
Anyone buying eye protection from random amazon sellers at this late stage doesn't really deserve to have eyes.
Sadly all reliable sources of actual good gear (Thousand Oaks; if it's good quality solar film without their logo on it then it was bought from them and rebadged) have notices on their sites that essentially come down to "too late now".
Good times ahead for the American eye-care industry.
I can't speak for the Americas, but in Ireland, the UK and China the general practise is not to bother bringing the parcels out, but instead to just bring the (lying) notes and leave those in the box/doorframe if there is no answer. Or more often, without even knocking.
We managed it pretty effortlessly in Ireland, and from direct and extended experience of the roads in every corner of the British isles I can confidently say that we Irish have the least capable, least educated and least competent drivers of the set.
We manas it pretty effortlessly in Ireland, and from direct and extended experience of the roads in every corner of the British isles I can confidently say that we Irish have the least capable, least educated and least competent drivers of the set.
>> if a UPS van drove across your property while delivering packages to other people's houses, you'd shoot it too.
No. No I would not, and neither would any other sane person. If you weren't actually "amusingly" exaggerating or parodying someone/something there then you need psychological help, and should not be trusted with any weapon more potent than a rubber spoon.
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Piracy. It's always the damned pirates!
Never attribute to benevolence (in a Republican) what can be adequately explained as utter fuck-botching incompetence.
Makes sense. I'll be switching lenses in full (12 seconds to be back in focus on my last practise run) as I want to be closer pre totality and a bit further out during totality itself.
More light is reaching the viewer's retinas because THEY ARE LOOKING DIRECTLY AT THE SUN in a manner not generally done in everyday non-eclipse situations.
In the case of telescope and (SLR) camera users almost all the light that hits the front lens (much much larger than your eyeball) is being concentrated down into the smaller area of your retina.
Neither of these concepts should be difficult to understand.
Do NOT do this. There is (near as makes no difference) zero UV protection from old floppy disk interiors, unless you leave them in their covers and don't open the metal flap.
I use cokin filter adapter rings (not the filter holder, just the adapter ring) and just glue a circle of the filter sheet to the flat front of the ring.
Normally in full sunlight there would be solar film on the "front" of the telescope. There was no such film in this case because it had been used for viewing during totality.
I'm not sure how much simpler I can make this for you.
This was a telescope that had been used to look at the corona during the Eclipse totality. Immediately after totality it was left pointed at the sun. During totality no filter was used as you'd expect. A cap was put on the eyepiece to prevent anyone looking at unfiltered sunlight. Said cap was melted by the focused sunlight as the coverage waned.
Think in terms of where the light is being focused...
Anonymous Troll declines to (or is incapable of) distinguishing between punishment and consequences.
Yawn.
And for anyone using telescopes, binoculars or slr cameras...
Set a loud damn alarm for ten seconds before the end of totality, and do not leave unfiltered devices on tripods pointed at the sun. At best you'll wreck your camera. At worst some idiot kids (or adult) will try to sneak a peek.
I've seen the eyepiece cover of a Celestron kids telescope melt fully into the eyepiece itself on a scope left mounted after totality in China 2009.
It's the kids whose parents are careless that I fear for. Any adult who purchases safety gear for something this vital from sunny_eyeseller69 on amazon/eBay or from a roadside vendor kinda has it coming.
I'd give the ones buying offline slightly more sympathy. The first group are proven to have Internet access.
Looking at the sun hurts. People glance and look away.
Looking at the sun through a bad filter that does not block UV does not hurt. People look and keep on looking. Then days, weeks or months later they find they have huge blind spots in their vision which spread outward over time and far to often are permanent.
Please, be careful with your incomplete advice.
And you're willing to bet your eyesight on a random eBay seller's word that it "would" pass the tests and is totally safe?
Anyone buying eye protection from random amazon sellers at this late stage doesn't really deserve to have eyes.
Sadly all reliable sources of actual good gear (Thousand Oaks; if it's good quality solar film without their logo on it then it was bought from them and rebadged) have notices on their sites that essentially come down to "too late now".
Good times ahead for the American eye-care industry.
I can't speak for the Americas, but in Ireland, the UK and China the general practise is not to bother bringing the parcels out, but instead to just bring the (lying) notes and leave those in the box/doorframe if there is no answer. Or more often, without even knocking.
And so the countdown to a headline here that contains both the terms "YouTube Kids" and "4chan" begins.
It'll be a short one.
I foresee a sudden rush of crappily made dungeon crawlers, all sporting the Unity3D free/indy badge clogging up kongregate for months to come.
Microsoft sell to people who want to use computers without learning how they work.
Apple sells to people who want to look richer than they really are.
In reality, Apple is competing with the makers of fake jewelery.
The dear leader probably tried searching Google for video of Tienanmen square military action...
We managed it pretty effortlessly in Ireland, and from direct and extended experience of the roads in every corner of the British isles I can confidently say that we Irish have the least capable, least educated and least competent drivers of the set.
We manas it pretty effortlessly in Ireland, and from direct and extended experience of the roads in every corner of the British isles I can confidently say that we Irish have the least capable, least educated and least competent drivers of the set.
>> if a UPS van drove across your property while delivering packages to other people's houses, you'd shoot it too.
No. No I would not, and neither would any other sane person.
If you weren't actually "amusingly" exaggerating or parodying someone/something there then you need psychological help, and should not be trusted with any weapon more potent than a rubber spoon.
"It was a job that had me patting down the crotches of children, the elderly and even infants"
Never make a job of what you love.
In the end it's still just a job, and you've ruined your hobby.
If the headline is a question the en answer is almost certainly "No", and the reporter unqualified for the topic.