bino filters

[ripkirbyqld (Rodney)]

I have a set of Orion 25 x 100 binos and was wondering if anyone has made or purchased coloured filters similar to those used on a telescope eyepiece. I have made a solar filter with Baader film. do you think some thing could be done the same.

[astroron (Ron)]

Originally Posted by ripkirbyqld

I have a set of Orion 25 x 100 binos and was wondering if anyone has made or purchased coloured filters similar to those used on a telescope eyepiece. I have made a solar filter with Baader film. do you think some thing could be done the same.

Are the eyepieces interchangable or fixed
If not, there is no reason you could not spread the colour film?
across the primary lens's
It may inhibit the sharpness of the view,but not to a great extent.
Trial and error is the way to go.
Try a piece of Orange film to look at Jupiter and see what you think. ?

It shouldn't be too expensive as the filter material is really only
coloured glass in eyepiece filters except for moon filters which is a
specific light wave throughput.
After all binoculars are just small telescopes that you can look through with two eyes.

Cheers

[dannat (Daniel)]

some of the 25x100 eyepieces are threaded for filters, most are not -a light yellow #8 on just 1 eyepiece will cut down some CA, you used to be able to get photogrpahic filter film, you can then make your won [it was sold as squares]