Hello. I found the web site which talks about the above event and have
seen some amazing photos. I have a digital SLR camera with a 17-58 and
a 80 to 300 lens (or thereabouts). During the 2007 eclipse I used the
telephone lens and got terrible results while a friend with 17-58m
lens got brilliant shots.

What lens should I use to capture the Feb 7th event?

Should I preset the manual focus, aperture and speed etc before the
eclipse starts and then just use the remote to click away so avoiding
looking at it?

Or can other photographers suggest a better method?

Thanks
Bruce