Other uses for a Solar Eclipse filter

Hi,

I still see some eclipse filters online and I was wondering if there were any uses for them after the eclipse. My budget is really tight right now so dropping money on a filter I won't be able to use again isn't really an option. If there are more uses for it, it would make the decision a lot easier.

There will be other partial eclipse in the future .

If you have a long enough lens you can always photograph sunspots in the years to come. The filters let you photograph the sun, not just eclipses.

waylandcool wrote in post #18427561
Hi,

I still see some eclipse filters online and I was wondering if there were any uses for them after the eclipse. My budget is really tight right now so dropping money on a filter I won't be able to use again isn't really an option. If there are more uses for it, it would make the decision a lot easier.

Unless you have a tracker and a really long focal length with appropriately large aperture, I would just wait until after the eclipse and buy all your solar stuff used when everyone ditches it post eclipse; since you said funds are tight.

Very best,

I'm leaning that way since my budget gets better after the eclipse and I have some longer lens needs that have a higher priority.