I was going to ask if my mini 2 would be able to record the upcoming eclipse. I googled the question first and it led me to a post made here concerning the June 2021 eclipse.
Thank you Patrick Bergeron and the others who commented.
Why would you do this? whats the benefit of using a drone? Effectively, the sun & moon are at infinity so whether you photograph it from 0' alt or 400' alt, it will look the same. Plus if photography is your thing, then you're using an inferior camera to capture an amazing event. Use a full format camera on a tripod with a long lens 500 or 600 mm, capture in RAW format with approx. ISO 100, f8 1/200 with the appropriate full solar filter. I have solar filter mylar to cover the lens hood and my ski goggles.
Seems like the reason for doing it is to capture the landscape as well as the sun. I'm not sure how easy this would be since the sun will be quite high in the sky, but maybe worth trying.
I was going to ask if my mini 2 would be able to record the upcoming eclipse. I googled the question first and it led me to a post made here concerning the June 2021 eclipse.
Thank you Patrick Bergeron and the others who commented.
I'm going to a campground south of AutstIn,TX and plan to put my M3P up in the air and using timelapse. Shouldn't be hard using the 4 minute , 125 shot mode. It will only last 2-3 minutes. I hope to get the whole horizon in the frame. I'm sure to get the landscape turning from light to dark and then to light again. I'm looking forward to it and been practicing taking footage of storm clouds rolling by. Should be a fun experiment.
I'm a full-time RVer and plan to observe from somewhere along totality, probably around Uvalde (!) Texas. My intention is to fly video (Mini II) 400' up, pointed in the direction the shadow's coming from. The shadow moves about 1500 MPH over the ground and I'm curious to see if this is an interesting video. I need to think about whether I should use automatic exposure or a fixed setting, possibly opening up once the shadow is over us. Probably the latter. Suggestions?
I did get a 100% in the last one south of Maryville, Tennessee before my droning days. It was worth the effort, but my family doesn’t want to face the drive and traffic again.
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