Adorama has a large selection of solar lens filters on sale ahead of next month's total solar eclipse in North America on April 8, 2024.
Solar filters can also be used as very dark ND filters, as they typically range from 16-stops to 24-stops.
If you don't plan to photograph the event, it's still advisable to protect your eyes with solar viewing glasses.
Check out solar filters at Adorama
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Took this with the R5 and RF 100-500.
Here is a crop of it.
These are SOOC, so for cheap filters the results are better than I expected.
Now we'll just see if the weather cooperates.
I used the R3 with the EF 600/4 II + 1.4xIII, and a Baader ASTF 140 solar filter, except during the totality. I pre-set a 7-shot AE bracket covering a 12-stop range, and triggered with the BR-E1 remote.
Looking forward to processing and posting some images. Some quick chimping after the totality (when I was back to taking a set of shots every 5 min), captures some nice prominence and diamond ring shots.
Since one press of the remote fires the full bracket series, I was able to enjoy the totality with family and others around – it was very cool. Dark enough that the town street lights came on.
(Cropped edge of a family shot with the iPhone UWA camera, thus the distorted 600/4.)
240408 solar eclipse (totality)