As you probably know there is a solar eclipse in the UK on Friday. As I can't justify spending money on a solar filter which would hardly ever get used I decided to have a go at making one. I purchased a cheap empty filter frame on eBay and some solar filter sheet on Amazon. The problem I had was the solar filter sheet is extremely thin and the retaining ring of the filter frame would not tighten down enough to grip the solar filter sheet. I therefore had to cut a ring from thin card to take up the slack. This morning the sun was visible through thin cloud and I decided to try out my DIY filter for some test shots as I've never done any eclipse shots before and I needed to get some idea how to do it. I didn't bother to go outside, I just set the camera up in my kitchen and took some shots through the window. The window is double glazed, hence the slight reflection, obviously that won't happen when taking shots outside. I'm not sure how shots of full sun will turn out and going by this test shot I think a better result could be obtained by there being thin cloud at the time of the eclipse on Friday. I'm just keeping my fingers crossed that it's not thick cloud. I can just make out a sunspot at about 4 O' clock.