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Aug 14, 2017 15:30 |  #1

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.




  
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Aug 14, 2017 15:34 |  #2

There will be other partial eclipse in the future .




  
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Aug 14, 2017 15:57 |  #3

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.


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Aug 14, 2017 16:10 |  #4

waylandcool wrote in post #18427561 (external link)
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.

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Aug 14, 2017 16:29 as a reply to  @ MalVeauX's post |  #5

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.




  
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