A number of rental camera equipment that became useless by photographing the total solar eclipse

In the big event that the total solar eclipse crosses the Americas for the first time in 99 years on August 21, 2017, there was a sight that many people look up at the sun with their own protective glasses. In accordance with this,There is a danger of burning the camera sensor for eclipse shooting at no guardAlthough the attention that was called was raised, it seems that the accident that the camera equipment is damaged due to directing the lens to the sun is also contagious among equipment rental companies.

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We are renting camera body and lensLensRentals.comBut, at the time of the total solar eclipse event many lenses were rented as rental items. And when the big event settled down, the equipment gradually began to be returned, but in that it was found that a breakdown or breakage which was apparently caused by receiving strong sunlight was found.

◆ Around the camera sensor
It is self explanatory in the event like this time that damage concentrates around the sensor where the light gathers with the lens. Among the equipment that has been returned, things that the surface of the shutter changed black like this ......


Even those with holes in the shutter. And under this ... ....


Sensor burned by sunlight, discolored white.


It takes damage at the level you notice immediately by return check.


◆ Mirror damage
For digital single lens reflex cameras, mirrors (mirrors) are used as part of the shutter mechanism. Although it is a mirror that reflects even if it hits the light, it seems that it can not be unscathed if the sunlight gathered by the lens gets hit. Although it seems that there are not many actual damage cases, there seems to be a case where some of the mirrors have melted by heat as shown in the following picture.


◆ Lens diaphragm plate
Damage caused by the lens body which gathers through the light has also occurred. Panasonic's unifocal lens "LUMIX G 20 mm / F 1.7 II ASPH", Part of the diaphragm plate provided in the lens unit has melted by heat.


This white lens like a Cannon bazooka gun "EF 600 mm F 4 L IS II USMOne of the lenses damaged by being directed to the sun.


The borrower said that we installed a filter between the lens and the body to avoid damage to the camera. Although the camera itself was safe as intended, the expensive white lens makes it impossible for the diaphragm plate to become useless.


A squeezing plate that melted and became Gagnaggia. Conversely, I also want to see what kind of "blur" is born in this diaphragm state. By the way, the new item price of this lens is 1,370,000 yen, even at LensRentals.comRental priceIt is 479 dollars (about 53,000 yen) in 7 days.


◆ Even with a neutral density filter
Even if a neutral density filter that reduces the amount of light that passes through, or "ND filter" is attached, it will not be damaged if it receives direct sunlight. Canon's cinema camera "EOS C 300 Mark II PROGRESS"Is a model that incorporates an ND filter inside the camera body, but the sensor is still damaged by sunlight.


LensRentals.com said that this blog is made public with the meaning "It is broken like this in a camera like this", not "guessing" for users who used this way. And even if the equipment actually rented at the solar eclipse time, there were not many cases where the equipment was damaged and returned. Next, the eclipse can be seen in Japan,Partial solar eclipse on January 6, 2019,Anniversary solar eclipse of June 21, 2020, AndTotal solar eclipse of September 2, 2035It is time to be tapped, so you should be prepared for equipment and techniques in preparation for that time.