Interesting topic. I have an old color filter card - I don't remember who used to make them. There are about eight different colors of "gels" and the optical quality seems OK. I believe that the gross detail has been easier for me to spot on occasion, but my experience with the fine detail has been like Brent's - the filters seem to degrade things. However, I would like to experiment more. -----Original Message----- From: Brent Watson [mailto:brentjwatson@yahoo.com] Sent: Tuesday, January 21, 2003 1:34 PM To: utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Brent's view My issue with filters is not the color change. My issue is that they degrade the image. When I look at the planets, I am trying to see as much detail as possible. My experience is that the filters do not allow me to do this. I know others see an improvement, but I do not. In fact, the image contains less detail. What is there after the filter does its dirty work may or may not be more apparent. Your mileage can, and does, vary. (I wear brown tinted glasses when I wear dark glasses. They cut the blue light more than the red, and hence do not deplete the rhodopsin as much. Brent --- Chuck Hards <chuckhards@yahoo.com> wrote:
Hey, Brent, when you fly or drive, do you wear sunglasses? Are they tinted yellow, green, or neutral?
;)
Chuck
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