Someone posted a video and some stills they took using a Umax Astrapix 610 and it looks like the Sun is blocked out by a mask making it appear black. They are in alt.binaries.svcd if anyone is interested. I never dared point my camera at the Sun, so I have never seen this before. Can someone explain why it did that? I'm really curious. If anyone cares to check them out, they were posted to: alt.binaries.ftd alt.binaries.movies alt.binaries.movies.divx alt.binaries.svcd You should be able to find them in any one of these groups under the subject "Totally Weird, Pictures of the Sun through my Digital Camera (Umax Astrapix 610)" Thanks.