filters or UV filters.

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Permalink Reply by VanS3n | Christian Lozañes on May 3, 2009 at 5:27am

UV filter ... it never leaves my lens.. wehehe

the polarizing filter is nice only if you are in a well lit area or under the sun.. would not recommend it indoors and or in low light conditions..

here's something that may be helpful to you

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photographic_filter

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Permalink Reply by Crew Nazer on May 6, 2009 at 8:39am

hey guys I’m still confused what kind of filter I’m going to buy is there any other suggestion for this topic?

cheers

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Permalink Reply by Crew Nazer on May 6, 2009 at 8:41am

thanks Christian for the good suggestion

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Permalink Reply by Joe Merritt on July 5, 2009 at 2:43pm

Thanks, I found that very helpful

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Permalink Reply by Sasha Miller on May 6, 2009 at 2:09pm

I think most people use a UV filter to protect their lens. I have one on mine all the time.

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Permalink Reply by Matt Needham on May 7, 2009 at 5:11am

B+W and Heliopan are some of the high dollar, top-of-the-line filter brand. I buy Hoya which are well made, but usually substantially cheaper.

Filters are specialized, so there really aren't many that have "double purpose". You can put a clear or UV filter on for protection; depending on where you shoot (and the amount of UV haze) you may or may not notice any difference in your photos with or without a UV filter. Pol filters work well in some situations, less so in others; besides the 1 or 2 stop reduction in light, they have to be used correctly and oriented in the right direction to achieve maximum effect.

I haven't used UV filters on any of my cameras in 10+ years. Accidents happen, but I've yet to bash a lens in a manner in which a protective filter would've helped. If I were going into a situation where I thought my lens fronts were in danger I would use one, but the general dangers of the world to lenses are exaggerated IMO.

With film I carried a fat filter wallet full of lots of filters. With digital the filters I find useful are circ pol and ND. Everything else I can do better, and with more precision in Photoshop.

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Permalink Reply by Ashley Clark on May 10, 2009 at 10:17pm

Thanks for this information!

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Permalink Reply by Matt Needham on May 10, 2009 at 6:04am

Like everyone else I was told by sales people that I had to have UV or protective filters on every lens. As I got more into photography my mentors advised me otherwise because of potential image quality effects, although I'd never actually noticed any myself. Eventually I just couldn't afford UV filters for every lens. So I stopped using them.

I sold cameras in the 90's. Even before competition from internet sales the profit margin on camera bodies and lenses wasn't very much. The shop usually made more money from the sale of accessories like filters. A $300 camera and a $30 dollar filter both made the shop $10 each. Sales people are trained to push UV filters as an absolute necessity. I actually think noticeable image degradation from using a single filter is rare, but I've used my gear daily for decades in all sorts of situations, and I also think that it takes a minimal amount of concentration to keep the front element from being damaged.

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Permalink Reply by Crew Nazer on May 10, 2009 at 3:17pm

Hi guys thank you so much for having a time to reply the topic it was a nice discussion and I’d learned a lot of things, anyway I already bought UV Filter yesterday, thank you matt for all the information, actually matt has a point of my question to protect the lenses with dust or any unforeseen scratch you most ‘buy a UV filter of each lenses’ that you have, I tried to use it and there is nothings different when you take a shoot with or w/out UV filter,,, but ken has a point also when I tried to zoom in the picture with full resolution on my laptop I noticed that its more clear if w/out UV filter, but anyhow I’m happy because my lenses has a protection already, I don’t need to wipe my lenses all the time specially here in DUBAI full of dust the ha3!!!!

Cheers’

JR

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Permalink Reply by CameraClicker on May 10, 2009 at 5:46pm

When I was in high school we were on a school trip and one of the students dropped his father's SLR and apparently cracked the front element. After some examination we discovered he had destroyed the UV filter but the lens itself was completely undamaged. I have filters on all my lenses except for my macro lens and a Sigma 10 to 20 zoom that would vignette.

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Permalink Reply by Crew Nazer on May 12, 2009 at 5:15pm

hi Mr. clicker nice to hear you again have another question because I’m planning to buy a polarizing filter any brand you can recommend?
and if you can tell me what are the other filter that is very use full and what are the use of it

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Permalink Reply by CameraClicker on May 12, 2009 at 7:43pm

Well, there's an interesting question. My Sigma lenses have Sigma UV filters. On my Canon lenses, I have UV filters from Rodenstock, B+W, and Optex. The kit lens that came with my 30D has a Tiffen UV filter and Tiffen circular polarizing filter. The other circular polarizing filters are from Hoya and Schneider.

So some basic advice, budget lenses, budget filters. Quality lenses, quality filters. The filter becomes the first element, it should be of at least the quality of the lens.

And another thought, the Rodenstock circular polarizing filters come with a slip on lens cover, the Hoya circular polarizing filters do not. Both brands have no threads on the front of the filter so there is nothing to clip the lens cap to, Hoya, without a slip on cap, in practice is a pain.

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