Solar Eclipse 11 August 1999

These photographs were taken in Ashtead, Surrey, England with a hand held Olympus OM4Ti with an Olympus 200mm lens set to f32 with an Olympus x2 and a Hoya x3 converter. Giving approx 1200mm f180 1/1000s !!!

Film was Fuji 100ASA print, D & P by Photo Plus, Barnett Wood Lane, Ashtead
Other than a standard Skylight filter no other filters were used
Focus was set to infinity and the camera was 'aimed' at the eclipse. The viewfinder was covered to prevent even accidentally looking at the sun.
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