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You have a couple of difficulties... Venus is small compared to the sun, so to be able to see it you will need some healthy focal length (either lens or attached telescope). At that magnification, the sun won't stay in your field of view long, so you need to be somehow tracking it. If using a long telephoto on your camera it would be possible to piggyback it on a telescope that is tracking the sun. I'm guessing that the astronomical supply places are getting a lot of orders for solar filters right now from customers who want rush shipping. : ) I don't really have the means to do this, I don't think. I do have some Baader solar filter material (mylar) mentioned by Bob. However I just sold my two longest lenses in preparation for getting a Bigma, but won't have that in time. However, I still have a Tamron SP 60-300mm and matching 2x converter that could probably be pressed into service. Hmmmmm... -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
