Timeline for Can the sun damage the camera sensor? Under what conditions?
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| Sep 4, 2017 at 21:45 | comment | added | JerryTheC | ...and the Baader solar film is also guarenteed to block dangerous UV / IR wavelengths by a similar factor; that isn't necessarily true for normal ND filters. If you're observing directly, then go for known safe filters. If you're using an electronic viewfinder, at worst you'll trash the sensor; with an optical viewfinder you could trash your eye - so it's not worth the risk. | |
| Jan 25, 2016 at 4:01 | comment | added | scottbb♦ | If the sun is more than 10° – 15° above the horizon, this is potentially dangerous advice. Baader filters are around 17 stops (100,000x reduction), and are safe for direct viewing. You would need to stack 2 ND400 filters to get similar safe reduction. | |
| Jun 7, 2012 at 1:38 | history | edited | Itai | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Oct 17, 2010 at 16:10 | history | edited | Alan | CC BY-SA 2.5 |
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| Oct 17, 2010 at 2:25 | history | answered | Itai | CC BY-SA 2.5 |