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Originally Posted by janoskiss
I certainly don't need filters in my 8" on any of the planets. But when viewing (or showing others) the full Moon at moderate magnifications, the ND filter comes in handy.
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Steve,
This is all very true. When showing the moon to inexperienced observers in an 8" or larger scope the brightness does pose a problem to them. The variable polariser does a better job of this than the neutral density filter IMO, although with newcomers losing the extra detail in the ND filter doesn't matter anyway because their eyes aren't accustomed to observing at this low detail level and they also dont really know what they are looking at.
CS-John B