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Lens Filters
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the other thing you have to watch for with the cookins, is they are not quite neutral.
They can give a slighty purple colour cast.
I actually have some of the cookin ones too, but i try not to use them for this reason.
A buddy of mine lent me his huge set of Lee filters, who what a difference. Mind a huge difference in cost too.
So i will be saving my pennies to buy some of the lee filters.
Yeah I only bought the Cokin ones so that I could experiment before investing in decent ones.
I have to be honest though I have at times found myself shooting without them and then just spending
a little more time in PS to get the same effects.You can get collapsable rubber lens hoods (I use these), they’re great as impact absorbers along with a normal lens cap.
If you do want a lens protection filter, the higher quality ones are worth spending out on as they are usually well coated. I don’t use filters for this purpose personally. Scratches on a lens aren’t such a big deal compared to grease smears :) don’t touch your lens with your fingers :) I’m sure I read a report on lens cleaning and the outcome was that a clean piece of cloth (shirt) and a mist from breath (as long as you don’t spit) was one of the best ways of cleaning a lens.
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It may sound odd, but even if you did manage to scratch a lens, it’s not the end of the lens. In 99% of images, you wouldn’t notice it, except maybe shooting into the sun might add flare..
Obviously I’m not advocating scratching your lens, but if it happened (and it can), then it’s still usable. I got a small scratch on a 28-135 IS and it makes no difference to the shots.. I have recently gone to a 24-70L for the speed etc, but the 28-135 is still being used on and off. If I ever sold it though I would reflect the fact that it is scratched in the price.. (I’m sure Mike will be making an offer ;)Oatesy wrote:
its a nikkon d70s.. cheers for all the info guys. i made that post ages ago,, i use the uv for protection as id like to avoid damagaing the lens as best i can,
ill sacrafice a little quality for thatI was stupid enough to drop a lens from my D70 kit recently. I was ‘Very’ glad to have the ?20 UV filter on the front end, since it was just ?20 to replace…
i am suprised it didnt do more damage, like the shock of the impact on the mechanics of the lens
I suppose you could also say you were very lucky it didn’t land on the back first – not much point in a UV filter then! :wink: I’d be worried about internal shock damage as well. A lens hood MIGHT help prevent that IF you were lucky enough to have the lens land in a certain way as it would absorb SOME of the shock. Of course, if you had neither lens hood nor filter you would have had NO luck at all. :D
I’ve gotten into the habit of crouching down (bending my knees) when I change my lens. That way, if I do inadvertently let go of it, it doesn’t really have more than a foot to fall. My initial reason for starting to crouch down was simply to save my back! Lens safety was a secondary but useful benefit arising out of that.
seanmcfoto wrote:
I’m sure Mike will be making an offer ;)
I am sure I can stretch to a bag of M&M’s AND a can of diet coke for ya, dont say I am not generous!! :lol:
Hi guys, just on the subject of filters, I was in a local shop looking to get an ND Grad filter and was told not to bother that once i had photoshop that there was no need for filters of any sort. Is he telling me porkies or can i get the same effect with photoshop?
Bloody hope so Neil… :cry: I just ordered a (not very expensive mind you) Kood NDx8 Grad Filter, cos I really wanna try out one of those silky water shots. Hard to see how that can be done successfully in Photoshop? Maybe he meant colour filters?
hey expressbro,
I was hoping to try them silky water shots myself thats why i wanted one. If it can be done in Photoshop well and good but would it not be alot easier to have the filter in the firstplace!neilwhite wrote:
Hi guys, just on the subject of filters, I was in a local shop looking to get an ND Grad filter and was told not to bother that once i had photoshop that there was no need for filters of any sort. Is he telling me porkies or can i get the same effect with photoshop?
No, no porkies, it can be done in Photoshop. However, IMHO, the more you can do in the camera, the better the overall image quality will be and the less time you have to spend in front of a computer trying to “fix” things. Too many people are adopting a “fix it later” attitude with photography these days. The problem with that is you immediately start compromising quality. I would prefer to use a graduated ND filter over doing it in something like PS.
Expresbro wrote:
Bloody hope so Neil…. I just ordered a (not very expensive mind you) Kood NDx8 Grad Filter, cos I really wanna try out one of those silky water shots. Hard to see how that can be done successfully in Photoshop? Maybe he meant colour filters?
Oh dear! A graduated neutral density filter isn’t going to help you get “silky water” shots I’m afraid. What you need for that is just a plain neutral density filter – no grad! But there is an even cheaper and in my opinion better way to capture such an image and that is to shoot very early in the morning or late in the evening when the light levels are low enough to result in a slow shutter speed.
Thorsten, I like your answer to that one, much cheaper and in my opinion, a nicer part of the day to capture.
Thanks for that!Actually..now that you say it Thorsten, I’m not sure if it was a Graduated filter I ordered. If it was..bugger it!! :lol:
I know it was an NDx8. Can’t get into my ebay account to check now. It was a round 67mm thread filter to fit the D80. ..Hmmm…
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