Jeff wrote: >I have not noticed that visually, however I did see something >interesting with a web cam while viewing sun spots. It was partly >cloudy and as I was watching the image on my laptop, some clouds >(thin at first) passed in front of the Sun. Suddenly I saw a couple >of fainter spots. When the clouds cleared, the spots could not be >seen. I played around with the gain settings and shutter speeds and >was able to see them in the clear. Right. The clouds cutting some light should be a clue. Faster shutter speed usually gets it. Through my Thousand Oaks solar filter on the C8, 400 speed film, my best images are between 1/250 and 1/500 second exposures. There's a lot more light there than you'd guess at first. :-) Steve and Rosie Dodder sdodder@xxxxxxxxxxx Visit my web site at http://www.stargazing.net/Astroman _________________________________________________________________ Store more e-mails with MSN Hotmail Extra Storage ? 4 plans to choose from! http://click.atdmt.com/AVE/go/onm00200362ave/direct/01/ -- See message header for info on list archives or unsubscribing, and please send personal replies to the author, not the list.