Jonathan, to avoid the problems you indicate, and the risk to your eyesight,
why don't you project the sun's image onto a sheet of paper, and photograph
that?

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Bernard Burton
Wokingham, Berkshire, UK.

Satellite images at:
www.btinternet.com/~wokingham.weather/wwp.html
"Jonathan Stott" wrote in message
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I'm taking photos of the eclipse at 5 minute intervals and collating
them together on http://www.jstott.me.uk/temp/eclipse.jpg

Unfortunately, to get an OK shot of the sun and to avoid blinding myself
requires several extra pieces of glass in front of the lens, so there's
quite a lot of extraneous reflections and stuff.

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Jonathan Stott
Canterbury Weather: http://www.canterburyweather.co.uk/
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