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  1. @siliconchef That works for children as well as cats.
  2. @TheElisabethC Here you go: i.imgur.com/1pAKd.jpg
  3. Step one: google "eclipse viewing film". Step two: google "eclipse viewing film -twilight". #sigh
  4. @marcoarment maybe the difference is phase related and requires a stereo recording #thinkingoutloud #probablywrong #noideawhatimtalkingabout
  5. @siracusa @allthingsd they had a podcast of the full Steve Jobs video a few years ago
  6. @CanSpice on the other hand, it blocks visible light really effectively, AND it passes infrared - makes a great infrared filter for a camera
  7. @CanSpice you are welcome. (Slide film is made to pass infrared really efficiently, which is why it's a bad idea for solar viewing...->
  8. @canspice to expose the film, just pull it out of the canister in sunlight and wind it back on the spool
  9. @canspice thelabvancouver.com to have them develop it, explain what you want and ask for 1-2 stops overdevelopment
  10. @canspice alright, if you want to anyway, call up a camera store, ask for some ilford FP4 black and white film, then go to these guys ->
  11. @canspice hmmm NASA says B&W film is safe though... eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEhelp/safety.…
  12. @canspice you is the infrared and UV, there's no way to tell how safe it is without specialized equipment
  13. @canspice you know what, I take that back, how safe the B&W films is depends heavily on development and film type, and since what harms ->
  14. @Sargent "At least I got THAT over with" -- thats the best part
  15. @CanSpice And do not use your B&W film glasses with telescopes or binoculars! Naked eye viewing only!
  16. @CanSpice Do not use regular film OR slide film for your solar viewing glasses! Use double-thickness fully exposed and developed B&W film.
  17. @Sargent are you doing research into sleep deprivation? Because that would be awesome or impossible depending on how you look at it
  18. Scanned Kodachrome is amazing. There is nothing else like it in the world and it's all I want to shoot right now.