Current Events > couldn't I just take a pic of the eclipse with my smartphone?

(+) Yeah! (+)

why would I need to use my eyes at all in this age?
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your phone is a lense, that's not reality
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It will blind your phone and all of your contacts.
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i think i saw nasa say that this works...but using the reverse selfie view and pointing behind you

I don't think the pic will come out unless you use a filter
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Don't! It'll explode! Trust me I'm science
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I could even just set it to video mode then point my phone at the sky.

Then see if I got a video of it.
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I'll put the glasses on the lens of the smartphone for a pic.
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Laserion posted...

I'll put the glasses on the lens of the smartphone for a pic.

the glasses are a scam

you paid money for something when this whole time you had a smartphone that do a better job
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https://www.space.com/37891-photograph-solar-eclipse-with-cell-phone.html

You still can damage your phone
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I Like Toast posted...

https://www.space.com/37891-photograph-solar-eclipse-with-cell-phone.html

You still can damage your phone

meh

I pointed my phone at the sun before

it still works

but hey they aren't saying it will damage the camera but the literal screen

idk if I buy that lmao
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This is how a climate denier thinks.
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I Like Toast posted...

This is how a climate denier thinks.

?
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They just want you to pay for stuff.
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Partial solar eclipse photography

Tip No. 1: Use a filter to protect your screen. It is possible to damage your cellphone or tablet while photographing the sun, according to Angela Speck, co-chair of the American Astronomical Society's Solar Eclipse Task Force and director of astronomy at the University of Missouri.

first off
she is not an engineer or optics expert
RED FLAG

Speck told Space.com that the extremely bright, glowing ball could burn the pixels in the screen of a cellphone or tablet.

second
she seems to think the lens captures the actual sunlight such that it will blow out pixels
RED FLAG

oh but totally like climate change denier eh?

Like, how will it break the pixels? The lens captures the light like a camera and the phone tranforms that into digital data.
This data is then translated onto the screen.
It would make sense that the camera or the lens get messed up, but the screen?

How does she think this could ever happen?
Explain @I_Like_Toast since you seem to have bought into it
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she dumb
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Update: NASA just put out a much more detailed guide to photographing the eclipse with your phone

https://eclipse2017.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/Photographing%20the%20Eclipse%20with%20your%20Smartphone.pdf

But feel free to ignore nasa like a climate denier.
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It will blind your phone, then blind you when you look at your phone.
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@I_Like_Toast

http://www.businessinsider.com/can-you-watch-the-solar-eclipse-with-your-iphone-camera-2017-8

so basically the lady is full of bs


also it looks like you didn't even read the link


https://eclipse2017.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/Photographing%20the%20Eclipse%20with%20your%20Smartphone.pdf

The basic argument in favor of it being safe for the camera is
that the lenses are generally very small (2 millimeters or so) and do not admit enough light. Also, cameras come equipped with UV filters that cut down on some of the visible light landing on the sensor chip. Finally, they automatically set their exposures for very short
times.

Nearly every photographer that comments on this issue says it is OK if you do it very briefly such
as when you are taking a scenery photo and the sun is in the picture. The argument for it not being safe
is that some of the more recent smartphones use larger and faster lenses (f/1.7 to f/2.0) to get better resolution, and that can be a problem.

Most digital cameras have an Auto mode in which they will automatically reduce the exposure
speed and increase the f/stop to take the photo, and this will not harm the camera. However, you will need to point the camera at the sun, and you will no doubt accidently glimpse the full-on solar disk and THAT could damage your eyes if you prolong it.

more worried about YOUR eyes


and guess what, they say there is potential to damage the camera which is of course expected

but that is not what the lady said, she said the display



BI also says don't try to use the selfie mode as your will reflect UV light from the screen at YOUR eyes
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darkphoenix181 posted...

The argument for it not being safe
is that some of the more recent smartphones use larger and faster lenses (f/1.7 to f/2.0) to get better resolution, and that can be a problem

darkphoenix181 posted...

also it looks like you didn't even read your own post

Stop @ me you man child.
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I Like Toast posted...

darkphoenix181 posted...

The argument for it not being safe
is that some of the more recent smartphones use larger and faster lenses (f/1.7 to f/2.0) to get better resolution, and that can be a problem

darkphoenix181 posted...

also it looks like you didn't even read your own post

Stop @ me you man child.

can be a problem, if not for:

Most digital cameras have an Auto mode in which they will automatically reduce the exposure
speed and increase the f/stop to take the photo, and this will not harm the camera. However, you will need to point the camera at the sun, and you will no doubt accidently glimpse the full-on solar disk and THAT could damage your eyes if you prolong it.

Like I said, you didn't even attempt to read it, it seems. They literally go, "this could have issues, well except that the phone is built to prevent that from being an issue"

toast's conclusion? "it will break your phone! believe that or you are denying science!!"
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darkphoenix181 posted...

The argument for it not being safe
is that some of the more recent smartphones use larger and faster lenses (f/1.7 to f/2.0) to get better resolution, and that can be a problem

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nothing bad will happen other than you wont be able to see the eclipse

my dad tried
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Take a dick pic on your phone and send it to the sun
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experiment complete

my phone still works

no dead pixels

picture taken just fine
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Kaname_Madoka posted...

nothing bad will happen other than you wont be able to see the eclipse

my dad tried

another data point
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If you do the picture will blind anyone who looks at it.
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anyone else use your phone and it not explode\break?


many of my coworkers also took photos and no one said their phone got damaged
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DreadedWave posted...

If you do the picture will blind anyone who looks at it.

Yeah, this
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My phone is fine. I'm blind now though, the picture blinded me.
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ImTheMacheteGuy posted...

DreadedWave posted...

If you do the picture will blind anyone who looks at it.

Yeah, this

TC must now use his power responsibly.
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if I take a picture of my picture with another phone

would it blow that phone up?
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darkphoenix181 posted...

if I take a picture of my picture with another phone

would it blow that phone up?

It would destroy both phones, yes
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ImTheMacheteGuy posted...

darkphoenix181 posted...

if I take a picture of my picture with another phone

would it blow that phone up?

It would destroy both phones, yes

what if I put the special glasses over the 2nd phone first?
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darkphoenix181 posted...

ImTheMacheteGuy posted...

darkphoenix181 posted...

if I take a picture of my picture with another phone

would it blow that phone up?

It would destroy both phones, yes

what if I put the special glasses over the 2nd phone first?

You would go blind
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