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Topic: Question about looking into the sun

Anonymous 66c2996e028d54bb0da01030dd489530 started this discussion 3 months (2008-08-29 07:27:27 UTC) ago:

So yeah it will lead to blindness, but will looking at the sun through a digital camera with an LCD screen be dangerous?
What about looking at the sun using reading glasses? Video camera? Sunglasses?

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Anonymous 4acb8c0d7d2b3b9277851d2b8c68fa21 replied with this 3 months (2008-08-29 09:22:02 UTC) ago, 2 hours later (#55,457):

Educated guesses:
Through either camera would probably be fine, through sunglasses it wouldn't be as damaging, but still wouldn't be at all good for you, and I can't imagine that reading glasses would offer any protection whatsoever
I could be wrong though.

Anonymous 0449a6a24f2483f8fcc2abeb387d6920 replied with this 3 months (2008-08-29 09:27:03 UTC) ago, 5 minutes later (#55,459):

my sunglasses are so strong you cant use them while driving ,so i watched solar eclipse with them, dunno about the rest tho. you can watch sun through films in cameras or vcr's.

Anonymous 0c855970832b51d9b32bad19c7492453 replied with this 3 months (2008-08-29 16:36:13 UTC) ago, 7 hours later (#55,512):

Looking at the sun from a external screen is ok since the source of the light is from the screen not the sun.

Never look directly at the sun without special equipment meant for looking at the sun or you will become blind/damage your eyes.

Anonymous c8ea0f4800df12ee15604e9d726ff9cf replied with this 3 months (2008-08-29 17:32:15 UTC) ago, 56 minutes later (#55,525):

@55,512

What if you look at something near the sun, but not directly at it? Like if you were driving home at 5:00pm with out deploying the visors.

Anonymous 10ad3120f6608e2513a3d13b3f28bf75 replied with this 3 months (2008-08-29 19:37:49 UTC) ago, 2 hours later (#55,558):

@55,525

Not good for your eyes. Basic rule is if you are squinting that is your body telling you that there is too much light. This is not a Law or anything but a good rule of thumb. Post about cameras was right, pictures of the sun are not the sun itself and don't hurt your eyes, obviously.