You are right on! I have some pretty nice Minolta / Sony SLR / DSLR camera gear and none of it was suitable. There will be better pictures on line than I could have shot anyway. I read that many cell phone cameras have a sensitive sensor chip that is easily fried by taking sun shots. Might see a jump in warranty claims at the phone store this week...I don't think an unaided camera can do it justice.
In 2017, Barb and I thought about driving south from Spokane to Baker OR but elected not to. The road back to Spokane was a parking lot for hours and hours. After 75 years of eclipses, I have to say they are cool but not that cool. Now a good comet..........We live in a 95% totality area which was close enough. I tried putting my eclipse safety shades in front of my cell phone camera lens and that didn't work. I'm glad we stayed home and didn't try to drive to a totality zone. I'm told by those who did drive that it was a zoo.
Mike
Gotta love today's media, Always hyper-ventilating about every thing. And then they wonder why nobody pays them any attention anymore.I went outside a couple of times to peek at the eclipse, I wasn't impressed. Media is now reporting that some folks are experiencing some sort of illness having watched the eclipse. At first it sounded like a local malady confined to the St Louis area but now I've been reading that the illness is being reported nationwide. I'm lucky to have remembered to wear my tinfoil hat when venturing outside to look at the eclipse and I always make sure there are no black helicopters in the area. You can't be too careful, I always say.
Mike
Not just the media, Chuck... several states, jurisdictions within states and even the Province of Ontario declared states of emergency because of the influx of folks wanting to witness the eclipse in totality. All that was needed were a few extra traffic cops.... sheeesh.....Gotta love today's media, Always hyper-ventilating about every thing. And then they wonder why nobody pays them any attention anymore.