Has anyone ever used a dedicated solar telescope for solar videography/photography?

[Xx123456xX]

Though it's certainly not on my immediate wish list, I've been considering getting a dedicated solar telescope eventually. Is there anyone on here who has tried one on a MFT camera for photo or video? If so what was your experience?

 

[MadMarco]

I don't have a dedicated solar scope, just an ordinary solar filter. This is what I got from from sunspot AR2192.

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[AllanG]

You need a dedicated solar scope, a fast camera such as the ZWO 120mm and a good laptop with at least 2Tb of space on it. A friend of mine on iceinspace.com.au does some excellent continuous imaging of flares, sunspots and general mayhem.

 

[Xx123456xX]

You need a dedicated solar scope, a fast camera such as the ZWO 120mm and a good laptop with at least 2Tb of space on it. A friend of mine on iceinspace.com.au does some excellent continuous imaging of flares, sunspots and general mayhem.

I just saw some images there, I'm not sure if any were your friend's. They were quite impressive.

Also, are all the NASA video feeds of the Sun real time? I know that solar material erupts quite quickly, but seeing something that large move at such speed doesn't look natural. Could a dedicated solar telescope and MFT camera get me similar results (if, of course, I happen to have my GH5 attached at the right time)?

 

[AllanG]

There are a number of individuals that do excellent solar imaging but be warned it's expensive at the top end of that stick.
The chap I was referring to has a current post some woeful solar from 17 September 2017 - IceInSpace
And would be worth contacting as he really has an impressive set up and can give you excellent advice

 

[longviewer]

Like @MadMarco I have shot through a filtered telescope but not a dedicated narrowband scope. I used my gx1 on an 8" Newtonian for the August eclipse. Worked great for the partial phases.

 

[eteless]

Why not just take pictures of the sun at night? that way you don't need a fancy filter or scope /s