Sun damage

[tobey bilek]

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The angry photographer on You Tube says never point a mirrorless into bright light or you risk sensor damage.  True??  I don`t want one any way so will never find out.

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[jaapv]

Not true for normal use. I suppose you could get the sun to damage just about anything if you put your mind to it, but a sensor is far less fragile for heat damage than film and certainly even less so than a cloth shutter.

If you are going to take specific photographs of the sun, like of sunspots, then you will have to use special filters.

 

TAP is a bit controversial, to say the least:

 

http://www.engdahlphotography.com/blog/2016/1/27/the-angry-photographer

 

And from a more doubtful source, but still...:

 

http://www.chuckjines.com/the-angry-photographer-busted-claiming-other-peoples-work/

[Bill W]

TAP did a You Tube video trashing the Hasselblad X1D as a POS simply because the price was lowered. I believe he had used one for about 30 minutes to make his evaluation. He also has video's where he debunks relativity and quantum mechanics but I have not watched them.