US Forge 104 Shaded Welding Review

But I'm pretty sure it's great for welding. I tried using this shading glass as a neutral density filter. That would have been great, but the green cast was so bad it couldn't be fixed. If the lampshade was gray instead of green, that would be great!

I used it to photograph a rare transit of Venus in 2012. It worked pretty well. But one thing I noticed: There were slightly blurred spots on the glass. They didn't appear to be stains because no matter how much I rubbed the spot with a glass cleaning cloth, the stain still stayed. But all I did was move the position of my camera's glass away from the blur, so it worked in the end!

I bought it and it was packaged very well, no chips or cracks so thanks for that. My use for this was a very long exposure during the day and it worked great. I taped it to the step down ring and checked the next day for slight leaks that weren't there. Now I can screw it into my lens like a normal camera filter (sort of). Even if you look at the sun through it, it is almost invisible. On a bright sunny day I can now shoot at ISO 100 at f8 for about 15 minutes. With its help, a…