This camera is actually far better than the expectations I got from the high scores seen in other reviews. In fact, I also own a Canon XH A1, which is an excellent camera, but in some shots where detail is needed and light is adequate this little cam sometimes seems to exceed that excellent $4,000 camera! This cam actually does fit in your pants pocket. The battery life is very good if you use the viewfinder. I took 1.2 hours of video at a conference all afternoon from one BP-315 battery pack. The little buttons and controls are NOT hard to use with your fingers, and are intelligently layed out. The camera is NOT hard to hold because it is light in your hand. It is easier to hold than the larger Canon XHA1, for example. The camera DOES take good low light level video. One need only slow the shutter speed down. 1/30 second shutter will provide de-interlaced nice video in dark room. You can go all the way down to 1/8 second too, and there is always the built in movie light, which has increasing range with slower shutter. At shutter speeds above 60 it produces interlaced 60i video, which can be kept as is, or deinterlaced with a program. I use it with a macintosh which has free iMovie HD. No additional software was needed for me. Problems Encountered: The camera does take a little time to start up, and then a little more time to begin to roll the tape so you must anticipate and plan ahead a little for your shot. This has not been a problem for me, once you are aware.Batteries are charged in the camera, so you need to charge up your battery collection in advance of a shoot. You can not shoot with one battery while the other is charging on a separate charging unit, because there is no separate charging unit. Previous Equivalent Items Owned: Canon XHA1 Items I Recommend: TL-H37 1.5 teleconverter, WD-H37C teleconverter, BP-315 batteries

Very nice. Could use one more thread though. Seems a little short on threading when trying to attach and remove while making lens changes in the dark. Makes me a little nervous sometimes that I will drop it during removal from the lens. Good quality though and I like having it around.

I bought this to see if it would help bring out some color and detail for my astrophotography. I have little light pollution in my area but it this thing really does what it's supposed to. I did some test shots with a colorchecker passport in regular daylight and the difference is definitely noticeable. There's a very clear boost in color and slight boost in contrast, what I mean is that they appear more clearly and saturated. It's magic! I might even start using this for some regular photography too! I have to use step-down adapters to fit these onto my lenses as I am not using it with a telescope (67mm, 58mm, 52mm). I just wish they made these in sizes native to DSLR/Mirrorless lenses! Highly recommend! Also if you are someone purchasing for a DSLR/Mirrorless camera, Get the 2 version of course, and you will need step-down/step-up adapters to 48mm. Even though 2 is not 48mm, that is the threads for this baader filter. I recommend the sensei filter adapters, cheap and very well made. In order to adapt some lens sizes down to 48mm, you might have to buy a couple adapters and stack them. I had to do this for my larger 67mm lenses. There will of course be vignetting when doing this, but its no big deal to me.

They work quite well; no halos or any undesirable behavior which I could notice as of now. They did require an increase in exposure time, but that's expected.

One of the best items I've purchased for my 140mm telescope.
The reduction in sky glow and the contrast improvement add to those Oh, Wow! moments of star gazing.

The CMOS air filter provides clean air for the Nitecore BlowerBaby, which gives additional assurance while cleaning camera sensors and lenses.

The Baader Filters have been the 'Gold Standard' for both Visual and Imaging.


However the thin film material must be carefully handled.

Just got it today and its awsome. Kind of nervous about getting it because it doesnt have a mic input but it makes up for that in picture quality. I film sports and need a light camera and wanted to get a HD one at that. So i did and this thing works great, hard to believe it was almost double the price a few months ago also You just cant beat the quality and price for this one. Problems Encountered: NONE so far! Previous Equivalent Items Owned: Canon eluras and opturas Items I Recommend: Canon BP-315 Lithium-Ion Battery (1520mAh), Century Precision Optics DS-FEWA-37 Mark II 0.3x Ultra Fish-eye Adapter Lens

Nice to have a filter that works great with my Baader eyepiece.

Baader makes some great lenses and filters, I have yet to be disappointed and this one is no different.