Canon 10x30IS solar filter

Wondering if anyone has a decent way to use solar filters with the
Canon 10x30IS binoculars, Thanks.

"5u4" wrote in message
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Wondering if anyone has a decent way to use solar filters with the
Canon 10x30IS binoculars, Thanks.

I just cut out a rectangular piece of Baader film and secure it over the
objectives with a rubber band.

Alson Wong wrote:
I just cut out a rectangular piece of Baader film and secure it over the
objectives with a rubber band.

Same here. I kept it in my car, in an empty baby-wipes box, for quick
use. Then some dopey car wash guy threw the thing out. (Still have
the binocs, fortunately.)

--
Brian Tung
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"5u4" wrote:

Wondering if anyone has a decent way to use solar filters with the
Canon 10x30IS binoculars, Thanks.

Alson Wong wrote:

I just cut out a rectangular piece of Baader film and secure it over the
objectives with a rubber band.

Here's a slightly more elaborate setup, used by several people at S&T.
Make a little box out of cereal-box material, just big enough to hold
the
end of the binos. At one end, cut out the shape of the binocular
objective,
so you can slide the box snugly over the binos. At the opposite end,
cut out one or two little windows matching the objectives and cover
them with Baader solar film.

If that doesn't make sense, let me know, and I'll e-mail you a photo.

- Tony Flanders

Tony Flanders wrote:
Here's a slightly more elaborate setup, used by several people at S&T.
Make a little box out of cereal-box material, just big enough to hold
the end of the binos. At one end, cut out the shape of the binocular
objective, so you can slide the box snugly over the binos. At the
opposite end, cut out one or two little windows matching the objectives
and cover them with Baader solar film.

Actually, that's closer to what I did. I cut out two pieces of board,
like so:

+-------------+
| |
| |
| |
+------+.............+------+
| .+-----------+. |
| .| OPEN |. |
| .+-----------+. |
+------+.............+------+
| |
| |
| |
+-------------+

+-------------+
|+-----------+|
|| OPEN ||
|+-----------+|
+-------------+

The Baader film is placed on top of the first piece, covering the OPEN
hole, then the second piece is placed on top of *that*, and secured.
The whole assembly is then folded along the dots into a box, which is
held onto the binoculars by a taut rubber band.

--
Brian Tung
The Astronomy Corner at http://astro.isi.edu/
Unofficial C5+ Home Page at http://astro.isi.edu/c5plus/
The PleiadAtlas Home Page at http://astro.isi.edu/pleiadatlas/
My Own Personal FAQ (SAA) at http://astro.isi.edu/reference/faq.html

Thanks for the replys. I ordered some Baader film from A-P, so will
come up with something.