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Tips for Buying Lens Filters for a Newbie.
Hi Kirsty Some good advice from Chris. Just to add to it. You mention Hoya - I would add Kenko - in my opinion - at least as good if not better than Hoya and often slightly cheaper. One word of caution - before buying any branded filter from ebay - check the normal price for these in one of th...
Posted by fritzthedog on 03/04/2012 - 13:55
Tips for Buying Lens Filters for a Newbie.
Hi Kirsty, I agree with the advice about UV filters, if you are on a budget then they don't really make sense as they won't help with your photography. A polariser is a good idea and as Carl mentioned go with something branded. A "system" is also a good idea but personally I wasn't happy wit...
Posted by simonkit on 03/04/2012 - 19:27
Tips for Buying Lens Filters for a Newbie.
Thank you Chris and Carl your comments have been very useful! I have got the 18-55mm kit lens and also a 70-300mm. So if I bought a filter to fit one of them I 'm guessing I'll need stepping rings in order to use it on the other lens? Thanks for the info regarding circular polarising filters!...
Posted by kirstyj on 03/04/2012 - 19:37
Tips for Buying Lens Filters for a Newbie.
Did you cover the use of colour filters for black & white photography on your course? If you did and wish to contininue trying the effects they produce, the K-x has a Filter Effect mode in the Custom Image Setting menu when monochrome is selected. This allows simulating the use of Green, Yellow, ...
Posted by JAK on 03/04/2012 - 20:08
Tips for Buying Lens Filters for a Newbie.
The cokin system is pretty cheap for NDgrad-filters... For full ND's go screw-in as there are lots more options... Circular polorisers are screw in... And in my opinion essential for landscape photography... If you use filters a lot don't bother with UV's... In conjunction with other filters ...
Posted by DaveHolmes on 03/04/2012 - 20:09
Tips for Buying Lens Filters for a Newbie.
For info regarding polarizing filters, some makes of DSLR need the use of a circular polarizer which are a newer and more expensive variety (that is circular as to the way the filter glass is made, not the shape of it.) Fortunately Pentax cameras are fine with older normal ones. With digital, the...
Posted by JAK on 03/04/2012 - 20:16
Which Lee adaptor for DA17-70, WA or standard?
Try moving your hand in the way of the lens, while looking through the viewfinder. When you see some pink just starting to appear you will know how far the filter needs to go. I used to do this with my lenses when I got my first DSLR, and discovered that thanks to the crop, I could use smaller f...
Posted by George Lazarette on 09/04/2012 - 18:02
Which Lee adaptor for DA17-70, WA or standard?
Thanks for the tip George, I'll give that a try Tim, The K5 definitely has excellent dynamic range and it does pull much more noiseless detail from shadows than any of the previous Pentax models I've owned. Having spoken to Joe and heard what he had to say on filter use though he definite...
Posted by simonkit on 09/04/2012 - 18:29
Which Lee adaptor for DA17-70, WA or standard?
As a matter of interest, what filters is he suggesting you use? I would guess a grad., but I thought sensors had a built-in UV filter. G
Posted by George Lazarette on 11/04/2012 - 00:43
Which Lee adaptor for DA17-70, WA or standard?
As a matter of interest, what filters is he suggesting you use? I would guess a grad., but I thought sensors had a built-in UV filter. G He never even mentioned UV filters George, I'd have been suprised if he had. It was very much about the benefits of NDgrads and a polariser, not just for balan...
Posted by simonkit on 11/04/2012 - 09:28
Which Lee adaptor for DA17-70, WA or standard?
Just in case anyone else is thinking about the Lee system I bought the WA adaptor and good job too, there's very slight vignetting at F4 only - that's with two filter slots fitted to the holder Simon
Posted by simonkit on 11/04/2012 - 19:26
Which Lee adaptor for DA17-70, WA or standard?
Just in case anyone else is thinking about the Lee system I bought the WA adaptor and good job too, there's very slight vignetting at F4 only - that's with two filter slots fitted to the holder That's useful to know - thanks Simon. Will you be using the system with any of your other lenses (esp. 1...
Posted by Northgrain on 11/04/2012 - 22:16
Which Lee adaptor for DA17-70, WA or standard?
Just in case anyone else is thinking about the Lee system I bought the WA adaptor and good job too, there's very slight vignetting at F4 only - that's with two filter slots fitted to the holder That's useful to know - thanks Simon. Will you be using the system with any of your other lenses (esp. 1...
Posted by simonkit on 11/04/2012 - 23:09
Which Lee adaptor for DA17-70, WA or standard?
Just to add to this... I've now also received the WA Lee adaptor for the DA15mm, together with a step-up ring (49 - 67) to tryout my polariser too. To be able to screw-in the step-up or Lee adaptor I bought a cheap Kood "slim" UV filter and unscrewed the glass from it... it works perfectly - ...
Posted by simonkit on 14/04/2012 - 08:24
Cir-polarizing Question
When I got my camera it came with a Hoya Cir polarizing filter, on the box it says pitch 0.75. What does this mean? Please forgive me if this is a silly question I dont really know anything about this kind of filter. Thanks in advance
Posted by fourfivesix on 06/04/2012 - 12:45
Interesting BBC article on Instagram & it's origins & predecesors
I had a look at that article and could not work out why people would want to apply a 'filter' in order to make generally poor photographs even worse :(
Posted by Hyram on 11/04/2012 - 22:13
K200D IR conversion?
Hello, I am interestedi in converting my K200d to dedicated IR camera. That would include removing the hot filter from the sensor and replacing it with a IR pass filter, such as IR720. Since I can't get it done here in Slovenia, where I come from, I started wondering if I could order a kit somewh...
Posted by flat4 on 22/04/2012 - 12:19
Still in the frame...
I've got a casemate with a 110 filter ring araldited on it, so I can screw in any 110 filter to the camera on my HTC. I.e. a dioptre allowing me to really close focus. Pentax could do a special adapter/phone body to allow 110 lenses to be used on a cameraphone. A niche following making use of ...
Posted by dougf8 on 28/04/2012 - 13:47
Confused
To use a 62 mm filter on my 49 mm lens, do I need a step up or step down adaptor. Confused from descriptions
Posted by Pentaxonian on 13/05/2012 - 19:02
