George,
When we spoke last night, and I started describing the Baader Solar Film, I began by asking if you know of 'Mylar foil'. You said no and I said the solar film resembles aluminum foil. This was to describe what the stuff resembles. I didn't say it was made of Mylar. I never mentioned Mylar after you said you didn't know of it. If i had said it was made of Mylar, i felt i had corrected myself at the very start of our 1hour conversation, i certainly also never more mentioned Mylar. Sorry if this caused confusion with you.
Edit: following on from Malcolm's post, Baader makes two types of films, one for visual use and another for photography - the printing on the product cover is very clear about this so there can be no confusion by the end user.
We covered safety issues too with solar films and scopes, but it is good that you are seeking a second opinion - I will be interested in reading other people's thoughts in cse I have been grossly misinformed myself! Last thing I want to do is compromise my eyesight or anyone else's!!!
I take safety with solar viewing very seriously. I recently purchased a little scope from a fellow IIS member and it came with a Solar Film filter that was shop-made for that scope. First thing I did was examine its integrity by putting it to a bright light - it was riddled with pinholes and the film was no longer uniform in density. Straight into the bin with that thing. I wasn't upset with the seller as I didn't care for the filter and wasn't expecting it. But I did my own inspection of it before even considering using it. Like you George, I only have one very precious set of eyes!
