Eclipse Shot Glass

I used these glasses when I shot the 2024 eclipse. perfect aid to use.

Nikon makes the best glass and if you want the best pictures possible you go with Nikon Glass. I shot a few pictures with it so far and you can't beat Nikon.

I bought this filter last year to photograph the partial solar eclipse (as seen from here in eastern Washington).  The weather didn't cooperate, so I got no shots.  However, in preparation for that eclipse I took a lot of practice shots of the sun, using the NiSi filter.  I use a Nikon D300 (although I have both a D800 and a D850, I don't want to risk possible sensor damage to the more expensive cameras by repeated shots of the sun), a Nikkor 80-400 mm lens, and a Nikon 1.4x teleconverter, with the NiSi solar filter on the lens, of course.  I found, like other reviewers, that the unedited images, shot with normal daylight white balance, look grayish-white.  Yes, that can be changed in post-exposure editing, but I found that if I set the camera's white balance to 10000K, the resulting images look pleasingly orange right out of the camera.  I do, however, usually increase color saturation in post--just for aesthetics.  The filter works great with my camera/lens setup, and provides plenty of darkening--so that I usually use 1/2500th, f8, ISO 100, when the sun is fully in the clear (no haze or clouds).  At those settings, sunspots are sharp and clear--as are other interlopers, such as I sometimes catch (on purpose) when shooting practice shots for the coming eclipse next month.  The attached images, shot through the NiSi solar filter, show sunspots by themselves, and a commercial airliner passing between me and the sun, with a couple sunspots on the sun's surface showing.  I shot the images handheld, in both cases. Images are cropped to better show subject detail. I bought this filter because of its reviews, and because of the good price offered by B&H.  I've been totally satisfied with the filter's performance.

I used this to shot the April 8 eclipse and worked fine! Some have complained that the button locks in the on position when taking a picture. I doesn't seem that easy to do, but when your concentrating on other things it does happen now and then. I think you can train yourself to avoid it, but I chose to play safe with a small piece to tape to prevent myself from accidently pushing it up an taking a single exposure. I had no trouble at all at the eclipse. I would buy this again.

I love this lens, the 300mm is really great for many uses. Used it for a shot of the Eclipse Totality and captured a wonderful shot. The size and weight is amazing, about the same size as my 24-70 and actually weighs less. Works very well with my 2X tele-converter too.

This lens seems very sharp and clean. The first thing I shot was the recent eclipse and it did a very good job; even though the range was only 180 zoom. most lens would give problems at their telephoto end, but this one kept it's quality quite well out at it's maximum range.

Here's a shot of the moon eclipse with a 90's vintage 300MM ED, with a 1.4X extender at 8000 ASA. Was able to capture a number of stars in this 2.6 second exposure with little noise.

Best photos I've ever produced were shot through this using Nikon glass.

I have only used L glass in the past. I have shot a few portraits and one live show. The lens was awesome.

Best lens I have ever shot and best lens in my bag. I couldnt ask for a better piece of glass.