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Hi Phil,
The Baader Herschel wedge is a white light filter. It give images of the sunspots and surface granulation. This Daystar Quark is a Hydrogen alpha filter. You see prominences and other surface features that cannot be seen with a white light filter. It give the same image as Coronado and Lunt solar scopes, and of comparable image quality. White light and Hydrogen alpha filters are very different. A comparision between these is not possible as they offer different features. If you want to see prominences, spicules, plages, flares, etc, a Hydrogen alpha will, a Herschel wedge won't.
The link in my first post to photos taken with Quark filters will show you what I mean. Herschel wedges don't do the same job as their application is different. Another good source of the difference between white light and Hydrogen alpha filters is in the Solar System imaging forum. There you will see examples of both.
So better? I cannot answer that, as I mentioned above, their application is different. Me, I wanted to see the prominences and other surface details. A white light filter doesn't give this. Dramatically different views? Oh yeah!
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