Filters (Answer My Questions Please!)

[480sparky42 42]

Some older or larger lenses come with filters and were designed for use of filters. Look for filter trays or filters that screw into the camera end (like my 500 nikon reflex).

The quality of the filter has alot to do with overall quakity.
i use B+W and nikons but there are many types of various prices from a few bucks to hundreds of dollars for each.

Yes, I know of those. But they don't attach to the hood.

 

[astroNikon]

Some older or larger lenses come with filters and were designed for use of filters. Look for filter trays or filters that screw into the camera end (like my 500 nikon reflex).

The quality of the filter has alot to do with overall quakity.
i use B+W and nikons but there are many types of various prices from a few bucks to hundreds of dollars for each.

Yes, I know of those. But they don't attach to the hood.

Duct tape

 

[Derrel]

Filters can be glass, plastic, or acrylic, in rounded, thread-in shapes, or in square or rectangular slide-in filters that mount in slots, or uncommon these days, made of very thin gelatin material which can be held in a holder or even taped to the lens! Other even less-common filter mounting types types use bayonet-on mounting systems, and another older type is a rounded, metal-rimmed filter that has no threads, but which is held in position in a receiving ring, and then captured and held in place by a thread-in retaining ring.

The most-useful filters are the polarizing filter, graduated neutral density filter, neutral density filter, variable neutral density filter, and the various types of diffusion filters, such as the Tiffen Black Net Diffuser series. There are also some useful soft focus filters, like the Zeiss Softars.

UV filters are commonly used, and not all that useful withy digital cameras. UV and clear 'protective filters' can be bought by dealers at low wholesale prices, and then marked up obscene percentabes, and sold for tidy profits, using the "fear" approach to salesmanship. The more-costly a lens, the more-willing many customers are to pay $119 for a $5.59 wholesale priced filter.

 

[runnah]

Honestly if you can only buy two filters get a polarizer and neutral density. These by far are the most useful ones on the market. The rest are good but have limited uses.

UV are a waste of money.

Edit ok I confess I do have a uv for my video camera but I use the camera on the front of a truck so it does get lots of salt and sand thrown at it. I did eventually take it off because it was causing autofocus issues.

 

[Fire]

Thanks for all the information guys! If their is more information just let me know !