Construct a solar filter for your camera or telescope with solar mylar film and a steel can. I also experiment with using a mylar chip bag instead of solar film Part2 video: • DIY Solar Filter for C...
More for your money and safer if you go to the camping section and get a Space blanket. It's thicker and more pure and you can layer it. And you get a HUGE sheet vs a greasy old bag ;-). Make a second one and put a layer of Kapton tape over it for a slight filter. (Kapton on top of Mylar makes the most PURE gold texture ever)
I may have to test this I have chip bags and I have mylar blankets see which one is better. All I know is mylar blankets suck they rip so easy If you fart they rip😂
That is a good idea; I will have to try that in the future. My final design in part 2 just had a small hole since I was only using it with full zoom. That used less material and let less light into the can. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-tKNujbx8SNY.html
Its a proprietary manufactured solar filter film; most likely a dark tinted PET film with aluminized coating on one side. I got the piece in the video on amazon: www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00DS7RO7Y/
Eric Nutsch same Brand you used. I just made sure there were no waves and any light showing through on the bag before I put the can on. I also used black electric tape insted of clear apoxi.
The chip bag bit... thats a crazy risk to your eyes... thousand oak optics sells the approved safe solar filter material for like $20... your eyes are worth more than $20... please don't discount your health at the expense of the appropriate equipment. Just dont... I appreciate the diy aspect generally but let's weigh where the risks are...
@@MahBor I can't stop people from looking at the sun lol. Fortunately there is a pain reflex that usually takes care of that issue. In the context of this video I specifically instruct the use of a camera.
It's so funny these people are trying to say you're going to burn your eyes or you'll go blind yeah I know I go blind every time I look at my computer monitor when I'm taking pictures😂 come on people he's not looking at the sun with a bag of chips over his head He's looking at a camera screen or a computer screen that's already filtering out the deadly rays of the sun sun sun sun. Guys trying to help people either can't afford a solar lens or don't know where to get a solar lens or just don't want to buy a solar lens because you don't need to if you use a bag of chips or some other foil like a space blanket lol
