I don't dispute that you should use proper filters for high precision data. Overcome this hump and you may find more amateurs interested in photometry.
Automation is the way to go.
But I, and probably a few other CB245 users out there are interested in doing photometry with what we have available. I know how hard it can be do good things with amateur astro gear. On astrophotography expeditions I have driven four hours to a dark site, set up, aligned, taken pictures, napped, broke camp at sunrise, driven four hours back home.