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Re: Which diameter of the sun in digital photos ?
From: Marcel Tschudin
Date: 2009 Aug 21, 22:38 +0300
From: Marcel Tschudin
Date: 2009 Aug 21, 22:38 +0300
Greg, thank you for your suggestions. For this exercise I'm using always the same camera having always the same lenses.The sun's diameter is measured in a photo-program after removing all colours except green and in some cases even removing all but blue. I fear to put an other hand-held filter in front since I have to measure the distance to the horizon which still must be visible, since the main purpose is to measure the sun's distance to the horizon. I have so many only faintly visible sun pictures confirming the obtained scale that I'm fairly confident that the value corresponds to what the camera 'sees'. Have you ever tried with the same lenses to compare the pixels per degree you obtained for the sun with those of landscape features? Marcel --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ NavList message boards: www.fer3.com/arc Or post by email to: NavList@fer3.com To , email NavList-@fer3.com -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---