Safe to photograph welding?

[anonymous-user]

Probably a bit of a daft question, but is it safe to photograph welding at fairly close proximity (couple of metres or so) without damaging a camera sensor?

I'm guessing it is as there are many welding photos out there, but you never know...

[covboy]

NinjaPower said:

Probably a bit of a daft question, but is it safe to photograph welding at fairly close proximity (couple of metres or so) without damaging a camera sensor?

I'm guessing it is as there are many welding photos out there, but you never know...

I might be a bit more worried at that distance about protecting the lens from weld spatter.

[Simpo Two]

I read that as:

NinjaPower said:

'Safe to photograph wedding?'

Probably a bit of a daft question, but is it safe to photograph a wedding at fairly close proximity (couple of metres or so) without damaging a camera sensor?

[K12beano]

Simpo Two said:

I read that as:

NinjaPower said:

'Safe to photograph wedding?'

Probably a bit of a daft question, but is it safe to photograph a wedding at fairly close proximity (couple of metres or so) without damaging a camera sensor?

+1

Having done one recently, "no it's not safe!"

[baz7175]

covboy said:

NinjaPower said:

Probably a bit of a daft question, but is it safe to photograph welding at fairly close proximity (couple of metres or so) without damaging a camera sensor?

I'm guessing it is as there are many welding photos out there, but you never know...

I might be a bit more worried at that distance about protecting the lens from weld spatter.

Just shoot from somewhere behind the main hand doing the welding, and then the chances of you getting spatter on the lens will diminish greatly...


Welding by www.bazpics.com, on Flickr

[beancaker]

I'd be more worried about my eyeball sensor - arc eye ain't nice.

[droopsnoot]

I'd imagine your eyes would be fine as long as you compose the image using live view on the LCD rather than through the optical viewfinder. That said, I always find it strange that when welding is shown on the TV I try to shield my eyes, even though it's only an image shown on a CRT (yes, a CRT).

[Moonhawk]

covboy said:

I might be a bit more worried at that distance about protecting the lens from weld spatter.

UV filters are relatively cheap - good lens protectors.

[tim-b]

droopsnoot said:

I'd imagine your eyes would be fine as long as you compose the image using live view on the LCD rather than through the optical viewfinder. That said, I always find it strange that when welding is shown on the TV I try to shield my eyes, even though it's only an image shown on a CRT (yes, a CRT).

I was amused to read on the BBC News website that whilst you shouldn't look directly at the eclipse, it is safe to watch a recording of it on tv