Pre Eclipse pictures S23U

[Joshua Luther1]

I took some Pre Eclipse pictures of the sun with my S23U on manual mode with just holding eclipse glasses in front of the 10x super telephoto lens. I also had it on a tripod and used the sPen as the shutter.

I originally tried the 3x Telephoto lens but it was too far away.

Tomorrow I'll be completely covering all the lenses and taping the Glasses in front of the sensor.

Camera settings:

10x SuperTelephoto lens with no Digital zoom or cropping
Iso: 50
Shutter speed: 1/20
Focus: Auto
4200k

 

[Laura Knotek]

I took some Pre Eclipse pictures of the sun with my S23U on manual mode with just holding eclipse glasses in front of the 10x super telephoto lens. I also had it on a tripod and used the sPen as the shutter.

I originally tried the 3x Telephoto lens but it was too far away.

Tomorrow I'll be completely covering all the lenses and taping the Glasses in front of the sensor.

Camera settings:

10x SuperTelephoto lens with no Digital zoom or cropping
Iso: 50
Shutter speed: 1/20
Focus: Auto
4200k

Great shots! I'm looking forward to your eclipse photos.

 

[Joshua Luther1]

Great shots! I'm looking forward to your eclipse photos.

I'm hoping to get some decent ones. We are in South East Michigan, so outside of the totality area. But still about 98-99%. My kids' school will be doing an eclipse watch as it happens right at the end of the school day. They'll all be outside. Unfortunately with them being in school, I couldn't drive south about an hour or two to be able to view it in totality.

I remember in 2017, during the last eclipse, I was using the LG G6. I just found some pictures that I took in front of my house.

 

[Joshua Luther1]

Kind of a shame that I'm limited to 12mp in ST Manual mode. What's the point of having 200mp but being limited to the regular wide lens.

 

[Laura Knotek]

Kind of a shame that I'm limited to 12mp in ST Manual mode. What's the point of having 200mp but being limited to the regular wide lens.

Do you have the Expert RAW app? It's in Galaxy Store.

Expert RAW - Apps on Galaxy Store

Vividly capture your precious moments with the Expert RAW . The Expert RAW offers a wider dynamic range, letting you capture a lot more, from dark areas to bright areas, in one photo. Various add...

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[Aredubu]

Do you have the Expert RAW app? It's in Galaxy Store.

Expert RAW - Apps on Galaxy Store

Vividly capture your precious moments with the Expert RAW . The Expert RAW offers a wider dynamic range, letting you capture a lot more, from dark areas to bright areas, in one photo. Various add...

apps.samsung.com

Exactly. If using Expert Raw and a good film for the lenses, you can also toggle the built-in Digital ND filter as well.

 

[Joshua Luther1]

Exactly. If using Expert Raw and a good film for the lenses, you can also toggle the built-in Digital ND filter as well.

I had read that the digital nd filter wouldn't protect the lens from being damaged by the sun.

 

[Aredubu]

I had read that the digital nd filter wouldn't protect the lens from being damaged by the sun.

That's correct. You need a filter for the lenses. The ND filter decreases the exposure more, if needed.

 

[Joshua Luther1]

Here is a comment in a thread on Reddit about taking pictures of the eclipse that I found today.

https://www.reddit.com/r/GalaxyS23Ultra/s/ad6zYS4VtF

 

[Joshua Luther1]

I just tried getting a shot at the sun just using expert raw and the digital nd filter and the sun was still blown out.

 

[Aredubu]

I just tried getting a shot at the sun just using expert raw and the digital nd filter and the sun was still blown out.

An eclipse filter is still needed. Otherwise, the camera sensor can be damaged.

 

[Joshua Luther1]

An eclipse filter is still needed. Otherwise, the camera sensor can be damaged.

Yep. I plan on using one when I take pictures later. I'm also just second guessing whether I am going to try and take pictures of it or just watch it. I'll be at my kids' school watching it with them and kind of want to just be present in the moment instead of stressing about getting a picture that won't really be that good of quality.

 

[Joshua Luther1]

It'll be 99% and there will be plenty of other people with standalone cameras who will capture some great pictures of it. I know I could take some of it and get passable pictures of it. But I don't know how rewarding it will be.

I'll probably take my tripod with me and an extra pair of glasses that I can tape in front of the sensors and just play it by ear. If was at home by myself and just had that to focus on, I'd definitely do it.

 

[Deke218]

Over the Bronx. Placed the eclipse glasses over the lens 30x zoom auto..

 

[Joshua Luther1]

Ann Arbor, Michigan.

I took around 80 pictures. The last two were taken at the darkest point where I was at. All of them were taken with the glasses in front of the lens and using Pro mode. Manual focus. I had to adjust the iso as it got darker. I'm not going share all of my settings as I had to dial them in on the fly.

I took about half of the pictures using auto focus. Eventually I switched to manual focus and got better results. Which ones I took that are the best is obviously subjective. I kept the color temp at 4000k because that's what closely matched what I saw with my eyes with the glasses on.

I haven't edited any of these.

 

[Joshua Luther1]

This one is actually the one that looks like it was taken at the darkest point. 3:12pm.

 

[Joshua Luther1]

It was interesting that several parents and teachers at my kids' school where we were watching it came up to me asking how I was able to capture the eclipse with my phone. Surprisingly I was the only person with a tripod capturing it.

 

[Laura Knotek]

It was interesting that several parents and teachers at my kids' school where we were watching it came up to me asking how I was able to capture the eclipse with my phone. Surprisingly I was the only person with a tripod capturing it.

You got some awesome photos!

 

[Del1701]

Great photos

 

[spARTacus]

...I'm also just second guessing whether I am going to try and take pictures of it or just watch it. ...kind of want to just be present in the moment instead of stressing about getting a picture that won't really be that good of quality.

This^.

Would be nice if we had more eclipses. I think it takes at least one for anyone to realize all of what happens and unfolds, and then potentially how to think for how to best experience and observe, let alone also capture the moments. I had my phone, a small HD video camera, a drone, and a DIY binocular projection arrangement. The projection arrangement was awesome and very useful. I didn't end up flying the drone (wish I had as there is now some really neat drone footage out there on the internet). I never even took out my phone (but someone else with me did capture a few neat pics during the event using their phone). I grabbed the video camera as totality happened, but suffered from the binoculars being on the tripod. I am happy enough with a few stills I was later able to cut from a very shaky short video, of the actual moon/sun at totality, but none of them are even close to the sharp pics that some were able to capture as a result of being more experienced and better set up arrangements.

Overall, the experience was awesome, we got very lucky for how the clouds just happened to thin as totality approached, and the "crappy" pics we took ourselves are more than good enough to help us remember the moment (but the real good pics are elsewhere on the internet).