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Reddit mentions of Manfrotto Junior Geared Head (410)
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Built in quick releaseGeared head for smooth accurate movementIdeal for SLR and medium format camerasPanoramic Rotation:360
Specs:
| Color | Black |
| Height | 7.480314953 Inches |
| Length | 12.204724397 Inches |
| Number of items | 1 |
| Size | 12.2 x 24 x 7.5 inches |
| Weight | 2.69 Pounds |
| Width | 24.015748007 Inches |
>partial phases, before totality: shoot intermittently with
>camera set to C1, with a solar filter on the lens.
For long lenses where you're just shooting the Sun and not the surrounding environment:
For a given solar filter, there is one correct exposure that's good for the entire partial phase. Practice with your filter NOW and find out what that is. If you're lucky, you might see some sunspots. You can find out current activity here. It doesn't matter how much of the Sun is covered, that exposure will not change. If your camera has a spot meter function, that might give you the correct exposure.
>totality: switch to C2, remove filter, press and hold the
>shutter release to shoot bracketed exposures
Bracket like mad. There is no "correct" exposure for totality, but if you cruise around the "how to photograph eclipses" pages, you can find suggestions of where to start. Been too long since I shot one, don't recall where I started.
>I have an ioptron skytracker
You won't be able to align the iOptron, except by tedious trial and error, because you won't be able to see Polaris. And yeah, a 600mm is putting a pretty good strain on that. I would skip that part.
In the past, I have used a geared tripod head to make tracking the Sun easier. But now with the big 600mm, that's not an option. I use a big-ass Wemberly gimbal mount.
You could make an attempt at a crude polar alignment that would reduce the amount of fiddling you need to do to track the Sun. Mount the camera perfectly level facing true north, then lower the rear tripod leg so the tripod is tilted backwards the same number of degrees as the local latitude. If you managed to do that perfectly, then you would only ever have to move the camera in one axis to follow the Sun, something the geared head will do nicely. You probably won't do it perfectly, but it will still reduce the amount of 2-axis correction you'd need to do. You can practice that right now, too.