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ripkirbyqld
20-04-2017, 12:54 PM
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
20-04-2017, 01:27 PM
Are the eyepieces interchangable or fixed:question:
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:thumbsup:

dannat
20-04-2017, 03:14 PM
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]