Is there any risk of damaging your phone/camera by pointing it directly at the sun? Or is it dim enough during the eclipse to not matter? The article doesn’t say how long you would need to point it at the sun, maybe a few minutes to an hour.
Nearly every photographer that comments on this issue says it is OK if you do it very briefly such
as when you are taking a scenery photo and the sun is in the picture. The argument for it not being safe
is that some of the more recent smartphones use larger and faster lenses (f/1.7 to f/2.0) to get better
resolution, and that can be a problem.
Most digital cameras have an Auto mode in which they will automatically reduce the exposure
speed and increase the f/stop to take the photo, and this will not harm the camera
Is there any risk of damaging your phone/camera by pointing it directly at the sun? Or is it dim enough during the eclipse to not matter? The article doesn’t say how long you would need to point it at the sun, maybe a few minutes to an hour.
A camera isn’t your eyes, you could point it at the sun all day.
Source: NASA(PDF warning)