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I took a trip over to Vancouver Island and caught some rays. I don't know if it's bad for the camera to take pictures of the sun but I did it anyway.
Sun on the water and halos around the sun. The sky was a wild shade of blue with bright sunlight shining through streaks of ice crystals in the atmosphere above the ocean and creating the halos.
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Other than potentially hurting your eyes, taking photos of the sun won't harm a digital camera.
I had heard of the halo effect that occurs when ice crystals are in the air, but I haven't been able to capture a shot... yet. Thank you for giving us a view of what they look like!
I havent heard of anyone damaging a sensor but i can understand if the focused heat off the mirror or thru the lens causes a heat sensitive part to fail....
look at what we used to do with a magnifying glass letting the sun pass thru a glass lens.....
i think chances are slim a fraction of a second will do anything but i just prefer not to do it
Warptman, that is a very cool shot! And such a contrast to mine.
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Originally Posted by RUNYYfan
Other than potentially hurting your eyes, taking photos of the sun won't harm a digital camera.
I had heard of the halo effect that occurs when ice crystals are in the air, but I haven't been able to capture a shot... yet. Thank you for giving us a view of what they look like!
RUNYYfan, look for them if you are ever near very large bodies of water when there's a bit of a streaky, milky haze in the sky high above any clouds. That haze is the ice crystals. They are a common phenomenon here on the west coast even on hot summer days but most especially in spring and autumn. Sun-dogs on either side of the sun are another common sight in the late afternoon just before sunset.
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