8"x8" Solar Filter Sheet for Telescopes, Binoculars and Cameras

Works , I was looking for a white light type filter . I don’t care for the color this leaves . I used it for months and didn’t ever find a film that wasn’t the orange color. Today looking at my gear and installing a solar finder scope ( I highly recommend) seen my eyepiece filters . I felt kinda silly when I put in the blue and it left me with a white color sun . The orange shows a lot and the yellow was nice , I prefer the blue and may pick up different shades of filters to see leaning to blue for solar. I have been ignoring filters and it was like a new toy . The film is thin , I put mine between plexiglass so it won’t get messed up and just use it as a dust cover . I just drille n d an hole in the end of existing aluminum dust cap for my refrigerator I couldn’t find a 102 cap until after I did the mod of course . ( I don’t know if putting it between the plexiglass was a good idea or not but works great for me I recommend following manufacturers safety guidelines ) , it’s my plane and solar scope mainly. I use a sct for most other viewing, Works great thin film I used my wife Cricut machine to cut the size I needed but it would cut easily with scissors . If you don’t like the color this leaves the sun try using eyepiece filters. I was 100% happy with the product function, with using filters it’s like getting a whole lite more . I am sorry I run on when I’m reviewing something, I’m not fancy I just tell it how it is . So this is just my user opinion nothing technical about it . Use filters to change look but not needed for the function if filters are pointed out in other reviews I missed it and wish I had known sooner. Take care everyone and stay safe.

Work great and you get the same filter quality as solar eclipse glasses. Used them to make filter lenses for my camera ahead of the Apr 8, 2024 solar eclipse and you can easily see sunspots with them as well!

I've been using these filters for more than 10 years, they are great value for money and do a nice job. You have to store and treat them carefully, keeping the surface clean and free of fingerprints, dust, smears, and defects, but if they are damaged the cost is so low you can replace the filter many times for the cost of a similar glass filter. They work very well for infrared photography with an infrared-converted camera, the Sun is more clear at IR wavelengths since the 'seeing' or atmosphere is much better at long wavelengths. Here's an image I took with a Canon M200 converted to full-spectrum, with a 900mm lens and R72 infrared filter with the Thousand Oaks film.

I'm taking one star out of it just because it collects way too much dust from the air, although it's package includes very clear cleaning instructions. The filter itself works pretty well and does the job. I made myself a proper adaptor (out of cardboard and hot glue) to securely attach it to my 130mm aperture telescope (I spent nearly 30 minutes to make it) and its very effective. I strongly advice doing the same instead of using any rubber bands or cutting the filter. I'm also attaching a couple pictures of the adaptor I made, the filter usage on the OTA and a nice first pic of the sun (taken w/ iPhone X, celestron's 24 to 8mm zoom eyepiece and a phone adapter).

I used this for the Ring of Fire Solar Eclipse that passed through Texas (and other places) and it worked very well. It was exciting to watch up as the moon passed in front of the sun, while knowing my eyes were safe! For the next Solar Eclipse in April 2024, I'm going to use this again, but will fit it over a telescope we have and a camera we have. I probably will be buying more of this for another project too! Item was excellently and safely packaged! And it arrived quickly! I highly recommend this item and this seller!

After looking at the prices of filters designed for photographing the sun (yikes!) I decided to make my own. There are several helpful suggestions in the reviews, so here's mine. First, I ordered two inexpensive Amazon Basics UV filters. AmazonBasics UV Protection Lens Filter - 58 mm These fit my Canon Ef 70-300 4.5-5.6 lens. (I only use high quality B W filters on my lenses, but that's not needed here.) I then cut the Solar Filter Sheet while it was still between the cardboard protectors. This will not be precise. Using white gloves (as a photographer you have some, right?) I carefully trimmed the cut-out filter sheet until it just fit inside one filter. I then screwed in the other filter. The result: the filter sheet is protected between two optical glass filters. It can be removed quickly when the eclipse goes into totality, then quickly screwed back in when totality ends. I've posted pictures of the process, plus a resulting picture of the sun which I've cropped to enlarge, but with no other post processing. (EF IS 70-300mm, @300mm, on Canon 6D, 1/60 second, f.11, ISO 100) Let me know if you have any questions. I hope the pictures explain most of it. Be sure to order the correct filter size for your lens. UPDATE: Someone asked if this could be used on an iPhone, so I did my best to show what would happen using an iPhone 7. I have my phone in a case so it was easy to slip a small piece of filter material between the case and the lens, adding a bit of tape for security. What was not easy was getting the exposure correct, since the basic camera allows very limited control. (Remember, when you cover the lens, you cover the exposure meter.) I could only get overexposed blobs. However, there's a $2.99 app called Camera+ that gives you much more control over exposure. I set the Camera+ app to manual mode, cut the exposure to -6EV, as low as it would go, and I still couldn't get the exposure quite right. The last two pictures I've posted show what the sun looks like through the solar filter uncropped, then a 100% crop from Photoshop. The results are not terrific. (If you have the iPhone 7+ you can optically zoom in a bit more, but not much.) My suggestion: Don't count on an iPhone to record an event that will only occur once in several lifetimes. There has not been a total solar eclipse where I live since 1806 and there will not be another here for several more centuries. Even if you can get your exposure somehow satisfactory, you'll still only get a very small spot in the sky with the brightness of the sun probably overwhelming the edge of the moon. Bottom line: When all your friends are showing you crummy phone pictures of the eclipse, you'll want to whip out your iPhone and show them a picture you took with a real camera (sent to your iPhone, of course).

Worked great for eclipse pictures with my telephoto. I cut out a circle from the filter, and glued it into a cylinder that fit over my lens so there was no chance of it falling off.

Work great - cut it to size and have fun.