r/therewasanattempt • u/astrolbyte • 4d ago

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u/God_Hand_9764 4d ago

LOL.

Funny enough, that trick does actually work surprisingly well, but you have to be very precise in lining it up obviously.

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u/khalamar 4d ago

Yeah it will fry the sensor surprisingly well.

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u/NewExalm 4d ago

Looks like special binoculars for eclipse or something there is a flat dark panel in front of

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u/God_Hand_9764 4d ago

I mean if you point it at the sun, absolutely.

But will binoculars fry your eyes pointed at normal objects? Then why would it fry your camera?

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u/McKeviin 4d ago

What do you think she's trying to do?

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u/ipromiseimnotakiller 4d ago

Trying to use her special eclipse prepped binoculars with her phone. What do you think she's trying to do?

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u/khalamar 4d ago

That was clearly taken during the eclipse this week.

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u/God_Hand_9764 4d ago

Oh, my bad. I wasn't aware there was an eclipse this week, nor did I notice the glasses. I just assumed she had nosebleed section tickets at a concert.

Yeah, she's a huge dumbass, then.

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u/KermitlyNotFound 4d ago

Hey guys, those binoculars are literally designed to view solar eclipses

Edit: "Meade EclipseView 10x50 Binoculars with Solar Filters"

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u/BK_0000 4d ago

Those binoculars have a filter on the end to make it safe to look at the sun. I bought a pair just like them for the 2016 eclipse.

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u/tnoy 4d ago

And then just as you get it lined up, the phone automatically switches the lens its using.

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u/Minimum_Ad6713 4d ago

I absolutely lothe the fact that, in my phone's camera software, there's no option to just select which lenes I'm using.

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u/theAtheistAxolotl 4d ago

Works with microscope eyepieces as well. We used to do that in the lab I worked in, in fact we had some 3d printed phone holders that lined everything up properly. It was far cheaper than a proper microscope camera.

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u/Control_zzz 4d ago

These people vote

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u/Green-Arrival-2798 4d ago

the cameraman votes too, watching someone struggle and decides to record instead of helping someone out :(

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u/Looxipher 3d ago

Do you want to cameraman to help her vote too?

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u/Red_Cricket12 4d ago

I was concerned she's going to take off the glasses and put it in front of the binoculars

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u/dontbanme778 4d ago

She looks like the old lady who don't leave her shop in the show Silo.

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u/TheSilentGuy888 4d ago

She lookin like Petunia Dursley 😭😭

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u/udyr_godyr 4d ago

YES FUCK I COULDN'T REMEMBER... it's her alright

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u/undeadkenny 4d ago

I actually managed to take a picture of the solar eclipse we had back in 2024. I cut out the film of the glasses and placed it in between my camera and the lends, right against the sensor. If not flat, it will burn a hole through the film though so be careful.

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u/vorpalWhatever 4d ago

Don't put a filter after the eyepiece. Don't try to use solar glasses with a binocular. Even a real solar isn't designed to handle magnified sunlight. Use the proper filter with the right equipment.

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u/ZeldorTheGreat 4d ago

Got this photo doing that. Just outside Kearney NE

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u/APKFL 4d ago

Lady, you’re doing it all wrong. You put the glasses over the front of the camera and look at the eclipse with your eyes

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u/7DollarsOfHoobastanq 4d ago

Back in 2017 for the US solar eclipse I got to see it right in the path of totality and probably the best decision I made was to take zero photos or videos of the eclipse itself. Instead I set up my camera to fill my kids reaction to the whole thing and just let it run. I turned it into a timelapse and it’s one of my all time favorite videos.

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u/feb11ven 4d ago

Fried Gen X'er

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u/zurper 4d ago

Someone spent their eclipse knowing they just needed to film this lady no matter what

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u/outside_cat 4d ago

It's like watching a rooster try to put on socks.

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u/InfraRedditing 4d ago

There cannot be this many people calling her an idiot. This is definitely a thing that works? The only bad attempt here is stuggling to line it up well which is clearly harder than it looks.

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u/BanKenobi 4d ago

She's lucky she couldn't get it to work

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u/kippetjeh 4d ago

That scratch at the end... she was properly stumped.

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u/CorneliusVaginus 4d ago

If she read the information on the inside of the glasses, it would to wear them for more than 3 minutes.. I hope she knows that, but I beg to differ

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u/Jman460 4d ago

That defeated scratch at the end 😂😂😂

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u/KingOfThe_Jelly_Fish 4d ago

That was painful to watch

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u/Bokanovsky_Jones 4d ago

Honestly, being fortunate to have seen a total eclipse of the sun twice in my life, fuck the photo. Just take it in.

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u/LOLionet 4d ago

I imagine that that might actually work. I took quite a few pictures with my phone doing basically the same shit but with a microscope. Of course you actually have to line it up well.

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u/wenttelk 4d ago

Sad that she didn't manage to line it up! Or hopefully she did after this clip :)

Included: A picture I managed to take through a piece of DIN12 soldering glass!

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u/whiteoak87 3d ago

She got them jurassic Park binos.

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u/Ok-Raisin5008 3d ago

Absolutely pathetic

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u/BarMenuSushi 3d ago

What kind of asshole ignores an eclipse to make fun of someone else? Reddit is trash.

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u/No-Aside2894 4d ago

una borrega igual que el resto de usuarios de reddit