Safe to use AVP to Look at Eclipse?

[Born Again]

yes ? No?

 

[chabig]

I wouldn't. It's certainly safe for your eyes because just looking at a picture of the sun. But you might burn out (ruin) the Vision Pro cameras.

 

[waw74]

anything other than during totality it will be really bright things next to really dark things, which will blow out the image, so you're likely to just see a bright blob. and not the defined shadow you're probably hoping to see.

You'll be focusing sunlight directly on the camera sensor. which depending on focal length could conceivably do damage.

It's not a gamble I would take with a several thousand dollar piece of gear

All of the video and images you've seen of past eclipses have used a camera lens with a filter similar to what's in the eclipse glasses.

 

[3goldens]

Why don’t you try and look directly at the eclipse and get back to us with the results?

 

[martens]

I don't think it could damage the AVP (you can point iPhone or any digital camera at the sun for example without 'blowing out the sensor') but you probably won't get a good image. It's not designed for it.

 

[falainber]

Why would you want to do it? That would be an equivalent of watching eclipse on TV vs watching it live.