I spent today testing hardware and making sure I'm completely ready for the eclipse on Oct. 14th. My plans are to shoot it with my Lunt 80mm Double Stacked
Here's a sequence I composited together from the May 2012 annular eclipse that took a very similar path about 3 hours north of our home. This was shot with a Canon 600mm telephoto lens and Canon 5D MarkII. You'll notice I did not change my exposure during the sequence so it ended up getting a bit darker as the Sun was setting when this eclipse took place. In fact, in the final frame you may notice a tiny chunk of the sun missing from the moon but also the horizon taking a larger chunk out at the bottom. October's eclipse will begin in the early morning and end near noon so I expect the problem to be reversed for this eclipse. I'm hoping I remember to adjust exposures...
