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The verdict is out on daytime Venus CN using a SLR digital camera and it works. Two photos were worked out with the first being just before sunset and the second just after sunset. As a check the upper limb of the Sun was timed on the horizon.

Image 9553 shutter 1/100 sec ISO 800 F22 infinite focus
Pixels 2857 moa/px .37505 Hs 17°51.5'
H.E. 7ft. Lat. 34° 9.7' N Lon. 119° 13.8' W
UT 9/13/2010 2:01:50
Azimuth 234.2°
Intercept 0.4' A

Image 9569 shutter 1/60 sec ISO 800 F22 infinite focus
Pixels 2664 moa/px .37533 Hs 16° 39.9'
H.E. 7ft. Lat. 34° 9.7' N Lon. 119° 13.8' W
UT 9/13/2010 2:08:57
Azimuth 235.4°
Intercept 0.2' A

Upper Limb Sun on horizon
UT 9/13/2010 2:07:54
H.E. 7ft. Lat. 34° 9.7' N Lon. 119° 13.8' W
Azimuth 275.3°
Intercept 0.0

Sight reductions performed with Pilot Navigator Software Version 6.9

The photos were grained as the result of using an ISO of 800 . Venus was not visible against a hazy sky 30 minutes before sunset. It was just before sunset that Venus emerged from the haze.
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