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Bought a solar filter for my camera and it was totally useless
Honestly, I spent $60 on a so-called "professional" solar filter off Amazon for the partial eclipse last year. Got it a week before, put it on my lens, and the image came out all blurry and weird. Turns out it was just cheap plastic film that wasn't even flat against the glass, so it messed up the focus completely. I just wasted the whole event trying to fix it and got zero good photos. Has anyone else had luck with a specific brand that actually works for solar photography?
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the_patricia2d ago
The "solar filter" you got might actually have been a white light filter, not a proper solar filter meant for photography. Real solar filters for cameras are thick black glass or metal, not cheap plastic film that lets lots of light through. A proper filter should have a visible dark coating and feel sturdy, not flimsy like a candy wrapper. Your problem was probably the filter wasn't flat because it was just a piece of plastic stretched over a frame, which ruins focus and gives you that weird blurry look. Next time look for a brand that uses optical glass like the ones from DayStar or Seymour Solar, stay away from the generic ones that just say "solar filter" with no specs. Did you check if the filter had a threaded ring to screw onto your lens, or was it just a slip-on piece?
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