Sun without flare

[Jake_82]

Does anyone know if it's possible to shoot the sun on a DV camera without just getting a bunch of glare? Like those close ups of the sun setting you always see in the movies and crap. Do you use a filter or something?

[Jeremy Blackman]

It's really easy to screw up your lens by shooting the sun for more than a second or two (I did it once on a cheap camera... permanent glare). So definitely get a sun filter.

[Ghostboy]

A real heavy neutral density filter, plus an ultraviolet filter for safety, should do the trick. But yeah, don't let it last too long...

[Link]

Dude, then how'd they do it in Lion King?  

[metroshane]

We were always told the sun will eat your ccd chips in a heartbeat.  We'd get spanked for letting the camera tilt toward the lights.

[Cecil]

i tried to film the sun with the schools camera once, shot it for several minutes but couldnt get anything good because it was too bright. the camera was fine afterwards. it mustve been a festivus miracle

[Alethia]

Dude, then how'd they do it in Lion King?  

a question that has burned me since it's release.

[mindfuck]

Rumor has it Eisner has a few favors owed by God so they just got Him to turn down the sun a bit for those shots.

[mutinyco]

You avoid lens flares by being careful where you place your camera in relation to your light source. It's not rocket science.