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A nice comparison Ken, but I agree with Joe in the the Baader film sample looks way worse than what's prossible with that product at that aperture. Baader film is closer in image quality to a Herschel wedge than the sample image suggests and is an absolute no-brainer for anyone wanting to do white-light solar on a budget, provided they already own an optic.
Edit - Here's a crop from a single shot taken through a homemade Baader film filter from my recent trip to WA. This with a fullframe camera, 370mm FL and 60mm aperture, operating at just 50% of the resolution the scope is actually capable of. The filter was first used in Cairns more than 10 years ago and has seen some mileage since. The Herschel wedge would not have produced an image that much better, plus it's the wrong tool to use in a total solar eclipse. I reckon that's pretty useable for a decade-old piece of mylar worth $2.50
Last edited by N1; 15-05-2023 at 07:41 PM.
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