>>4282407and by the grace of god almighty, just after i posted this, the clouds parted enough for me to practice a bit. it seems that the teleconverter glass may have had 2 dust motes and a small crack, but it gives a perfect focal length for the sun and locating/focusing wasn't significantly harder. though i'm used to focusing on a microscope, which doesn't jiggle nearly enough as trying to focus on something directly attached to the camera. here's a first, completely unprocessed attempt, single exposure. i'd be quite excited for moonrise tonight if we weren't cucked by a new moon just yesterday
