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Will the solar eclipse damage the iPad camera?

Can the iPad camera be used to shoot the solar eclipse, or will the radiation damage the internal components?

It won't if you don't keep the Sun in exactly the same position for mor ethan, say, a minute. Absolutely no damage will arise if you point your iPad in the direction of teh Sun for, say, 10 seconds.

This is why you can safely shoot teh Sun with any current CCD / MOS camera out there. Unless you make a long-time shot (more than 2-3 minutes) with the aperture and shutter open and the Sun being in the same position, there won't be any problem.

Thanks a lot!  I'm looking forward to shooting it!  I just won't hold it still for long.

How long should you wait between shots to allow the detectors to recover?

Here's a good read: https://eclipse2017.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/Photographing%20the%20Eclipse%2 0with%20your%20Smartphone.pdf

The light from the eclipse is no different then the light from the sun at any time. So no, it will not harm your camera.

It damages peoples eyes (a biological effect causing a medical condition named solar retinopathy) because with the sun partially obscured someone actually can stare at the sun.  When you try to do that on a normal day, it hurts, and you look away. But on a normal day should you continue to stare at the sun, you’ll suffer the same damage as you would staring at an eclipse.

Bottom line is staring directly at the sun for a longish time may cause retinal damage. It’s just your normal reaction is to not do that but when the moon covers most of the sun, you don’t get the same painful reflex to look away when you should.

But your camera isn’t bothered by it under either situation as the incident light arriving from the sun is the same light either way. An eclipse does not produce any specific or unusual solar radiation of any kind. It’s just normal sunlight.

I would suggest that you pick up a pair of solar glasses to put in front of the lens. THe sun is bright and will be just a big bright blur if you try to shoot it too closely. ALthough with the zoom on an iPad you can't get too close.

But if you want to see a defined circle hold the glasses over the lens, really close as in touching the camera lens.

even if you dont' use them for the camera, you'll want them for yourself.

Thank you for this helpful information. For a very comprehensive posting, refer to Esquared's NASA link, below.

NASA begs to differ with you.

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