Will Photographing the Eclipse Actually Damage Your Smartphone or Camera?

John Frizoli : Aug 21, 2017
FaithFamilyAmerica.com

Professional photographer Joe Lopinot says you can get solar filters for your smartphone or make one for yourself by cutting a circle out of a pair of solar eclipse glasses and sticking it over your lens. You can even remove that the moment the moon is entirely blocking the sun, which you might want to do if your camera is having a hard time focusing in the darkness...

[FaithFamilyAmerica] For people who care little for the moon's passage in front of the sun on [Monday], August 21 as it makes its path from coast to coast across America, the phenomenon might only warrant a glance out their window as the sky begins to darken in the middle of the day. For others who live in the path of the eclipse and don't care, they're dreading the massive influx in traffic as hoards descend upon their quiet hamlets. (Photo: via FaithFamilyAmerica.com)

But then there are those traveling hundreds of miles or who already live near the prime areas and want to see what the hype surrounding the Great American Eclipse is all about. And in today's day and age, if you don't capture a photo of the eclipse yourself—especially a selfie—how can you expect anyone to believe you were actually there?

There have been numerous warnings against photographing the eclipse...

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