I can direct it towards the sun and view on the LCD. But I think it will be dangerous for the Handycam. So, can you genuinely tell me if it is possible (and safe) to view the sun this way. On the 8th of November 2006, the planet Mercury is going to pass from the front of Sun.
2006-10-24 00:38:40 · 6 answers · asked by Chummy 3 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
I suspect that you'd fry the electronics in your handycam if you tried this. And there's no way you'd be able to resolve the transit of Mercury anyhow.
2006-10-24 15:35:58 · answer #1 · answered by Dave_Stark 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you would have to get a really really dark lense... But i do not think that just having your camera glance a the sun will ever do it any damage... but if you have it stare at the sun...Well let us just say that your camera is simular to your eye, and mom always told me not to stare at the sun.
Actualy I am thinking about how a camera is made... and i can not think that any part of it would actualy break down if directed at the sun, so go ahead.
But you will need a lense to be able to see any thing else but a bright spot.
(and also ... i do not think that you will be able to see mercury with out a tellescope.... but I am not sure. Ask a science teacher [i am just a student])
2006-10-24 00:46:34 · answer #2 · answered by farrell_stu 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes you can, because the intensity of the light will be from the sun and not from the LCD screen.
Im not sure youll get a good picture though, the diffraction of the sunlight around mercury will make it invisible on a handycam.
Good luck though - if it works, YouTube it haha!
2006-10-24 00:43:56 · answer #3 · answered by Stuart T 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The brilliance of the sun may cause the circuits in your camera that control ...great I cant remember the name of it ...automatic exposure, white noise...chromiance (?) auto exposure anyway, may overload the camera and blow a circuit. Unless you can darken it down it may also washout the crossing of mercury. A reflection of the sun on a darken wall or pinhole camera would give a better watching. In the reflected image on the wall, that would make a great video.
2006-10-24 02:35:48 · answer #4 · answered by orion_1812@yahoo.com 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most digital cameras view intense light as inverted. If you point your cam at the Sun, you'll probably see a white screen with a black circle in the middle. It's a pretty cool effect but it's just a digital illusion.
2006-10-24 00:43:10 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
idk
2006-10-24 00:48:19 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋