With roughly five days left to go before the North American Total Solar Eclipse, how ready are you to experience and photograph it? If you’re still doing some fine-tuning to your preparations, today’s gear deals and recommendations should be right up your alley.
In case you missed it, B&H has a selection of solar eclipse gear that you might want to get if you want to take your eclipse photography up a notch. Whether you’re planning to take photos of this celestial event or just content to spectate its splendor, these gear recommendations that should fit your needs. Some of them also come with discounts, so it’s also a good time to invest in gear that you can use for future eclipse events.
To complement their solar eclipse gear lineup, B&H also shared their own tips on how to photograph a solar eclipse, as well as a guide for viewing the solar eclipse with your family.
Double-check your solar eclipse gear with these B&H recommendations
ND filters
- Tiffen Solar ND Filter (95mm, 18-Stop, Special 50th Anniversary Edition): $169
- Tiffen Solar ND Filter (77mm, 18-Stop, Special 50th Anniversary Edition): $109.95
- Hoya ProND-100000 Neutral Density 5.0 Solar Filter (77mm, 16.6-Stop): $149.90
- Hoya ProND-100000 Neutral Density 5.0 Solar Filter (82mm, 16.6-Stop): $99 (Save $60.95)
- NiSi Solar Filter Pro Nano UV/IR Cut ND100000 Filter (77mm, 16.5-Stop): $99
- NiSi Solar Filter Pro Nano UV/IR Cut ND100000 Filter (67mm, 16.5-Stop): $85
- Marumi 58mm DHG ND-100000 Solid Neutral Density 5.0 Solar Eclipse Filter (16.5 Stops): $64.95 (Save $15)
Solar viewing binoculars
- Celestron 10×25 EclipSmart Solar Binoculars: $31
- Celestron 10×42 EclipSmart Solar Binoculars: $54.95 (Save $33)
- Celestron 12×50 EclipSmart Porro Solar Binoculars $71.99
Telescopes
- Sky-Watcher Virtuoso 90mm f/13.9 Maksutov-Cassegrain Multi-Purpose Motorized Mount with Solar Filter: $375
- Celestron StarSense Explorer LT 114AZ Reflector Telescope and EclipSmart Solar Filter Kit: $219.90 (Save $8)
- Celestron Travel Scope 70mm f/5.7 AZ Refractor Telescope and EclipSmart Solar Filter Kit: $118
- Celestron EclipSmart 50 50mm f/7.2 Alt-Az Solar Telescope with Backpack: $99.95 (Save $30)
- Celestron NexStar Evolution 6 Schmidt-Cassegrain Telescope and EclipSmart Solar Filter Kit: $1,538 (Save $180)
