How to make a cool photo of the eclipse on a smartphone

August is rich in eclipse - solar and lunar. Layfhaker tell you how to capture them without a professional camera.

The total solar eclipse on August 21 will be visible only in the territory of North America, and in particular Russia (incomplete) will see the inhabitants of the Far North and Chukotka. Evening of 7 August will happen lunar eclipse, which, on the contrary, will be noticeable to residents throughout the territory of Russia, except the regions with the solar eclipse at the end of the month. Near total eclipse will happen in Russia August 12, 2026. A total lunar eclipse will be visible throughout the country, except for the western and southwestern regions, will take place earlier - January 31, 2018.

Such events occur infrequently and, of course, attracted the attention of photo enthusiasts. Most likely, your tape is full Instagram photos eclipses., Will have to be prepared to make a good photo.

Of course, it is better to use a digital SLR camera with a lens, but also on the smartphone can get a good shot. Keep in mind that the camera phones are not designed for shooting astronomical phenomena and the result will not be as impressive as you probably would like to have. To the full solar eclipse will surely be enough light to take a picture on your smartphone. The lunar eclipse on the night of August 8, will be visible to the naked eye, so you can try to capture him as well.

To increase the chances of a good photograph, it is better to acquire additional equipment for a smartphone: it can be Olloclip lenses, or Moment other. They will increase the focal length and allow not to use digital zoom, the picture quality worsens.

With a special filter, which can be bought in the shops of professional photographic equipment, you can take photos of partial eclipses, not so well-marked as complete. You can also put the camera points to observe eclipses. The filters will be needed in order not to spoil the eye and the camera at the solar eclipse. In order to avoid noise from the increased exposure images, you'll need tripod.

It makes sense to work out, such as removing a normal night moon. This will help you determine what exposure to use. AE and AF may be enough, but to improve the images may have to resort to manual tuning.

It is recommended to take photos in RAW format as a JPEG less visible parts, and generally reduces the quality. To do this, download the special application, such as Halide or ProCam for iOS and Manual Camera or Camera FV-5 for Android.

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Halide Camera

Developer: Lux Optics LLC

Price: 459 rubles

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Manual Camera

Developer: Geeky Devs Studio

Price: 239,00 ₽

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Camera FV-5

Developer: FGAE

Price: 119,00 ₽

Do not forget about safety precautions: look at a solar eclipse, even partial, of the naked eye is extremely harmful. It can also damage the camera. Lunar eclipse to the health and safety equipment.