Tips for protecting cameras during a solar eclipse [Video]

ARKANSAS, USA — As you know by now, if you’re going to look up at the total solar eclipse on Monday, you have to protect your eyes.

What you might not have heard yet, is that your camera needs to be protected too. That also goes for the lens on your phone.

While the hype around the total solar eclipse has been building for months, Bedford Camera & Video in Fayetteville has been preparing for much longer.

“For the last year-and-a-half, two years we’ve been sort of on track to get ready for it,” district manager of Bedford Camera & Video, Aaron Dotson, said.

He said customers with a wide range of photography skills have been coming in to protect their investments.

“You don’t want to have your camera pointed at the sun before putting a filter on it regardless,” …