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J-see

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My new hood for the Tam. Solid (metal) and a bit more practical. It looks tiny compared to the Tam's standard but it's supposed to be as effective.

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B+W 95mm Screw-In Metal Telephoto Lens Hood #960 65-069638 B&H

Oh yeah, my graduated ND arrived too. Sunsets should be easier to handle now.
 
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J-see

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And since I didn't find a portable solution yet, I got this as a temporary solution. It's probably not the best available but for the money it costs, it's a steal.

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Scott Murray

Scott Murray

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J-see said:
My new hood for the Tam. Solid (metal) and a bit more practical. It looks tiny compared to the Tam's standard but it's supposed to be as effective.




Oh yeah, my graduated ND arrived too. Sunsets should be easier to handle now.
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The problem with circular GRAD ND filters is they are 50/50 sometimes you need to adjust it up or down and you cant with these.
 
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J-see

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Scott Murray said:
Doubt if that hood will make a difference, except for maybe vignetting :)
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Vignetting should not be any different. The Tam's hood has to be wider because it is longer. I like the Tam but the hood was impractical. I usually have it in a small backpack when I take the dogs out and want to shoot too. With the hood attached normal, it didn't fit so I had to reverse it all the time. Which annoyed me since you really need to pay attention when putting it on. I also didn't find it always easy putting the lens-cap on with the hood attached.

With this hood both problems are solved. The cap fits at the end of the hood and the size difference makes all fit my backpack. And metal > plastic.
 
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J-see

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Scott Murray said:
The problem with circular GRAD ND filters is they are 50/50 sometimes you need to adjust it up or down and you cant with these.
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It's indeed 50/50 all the time which makes their use limited but at least I can decrease the DR of sunsets scenes by an additional two stops. That and some shots when water and light is involved.
 
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Scott Murray

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J-see said:
Vignetting should not be any different. The Tam's hood has to be wider because it is longer. I like the Tam but the hood was impractical. I usually have it in a small backpack when I take the dogs out and want to shoot too. With the hood attached normal, it didn't fit so I had to reverse it all the time. Which annoyed me since you really need to pay attention when putting it on. I also didn't find it always easy putting the lens-cap on with the hood attached.

With this hood both problems are solved. The cap fits at the end of the hood and the size difference makes all fit my backpack. And metal > plastic.
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I am sure there is a reason for that extra plastic otherwise they would have cut it back and saved money.
 
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J-see

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Scott Murray said:
I am surprised that you dont use LR to do that.
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I can adjust the shot in LR but I only have the EV range the cam captured. With the graduated I can shoot against the light and if the DR is too wide, I have 2 stops less clipping at one of both ends. Before I had to decide to either let go some of the highlights or drop some shadows. This allows the cam to go beyond its normal DR for high contrast scenes.
 
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Ruidoso Bill

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And if you ever buy a pelican DO NOT get the pluck and go crap...

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I went for the velcro inserts and even got the lid organizer for mine, so far works very well. On the 1510 with wheels I can carry two bodies, 14 X 24, 24 X 70, and 70 X 200, my TC, a 50mm, an external release, some extra batteries and filters in the lid. I am getting a smaller 1400 for the strobes and and another body, more filters etc. I am really impressed with pelican products, nothing better.
 
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J-see

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It's so heartwarming that companies sell you their stuff and deliver all cables except the one you need. The stores are closed until Monday and no HDMI cable to hook the one to the other. It's tiresome.

Include that crap and ask a couple of dollars more you cheap sh*ts.

Also; PS CS6 was not available as standalone. A year license was the best option. They're trying to see if I can get it anyways. I told them if they won't take my money, I take theirs and go illegal.
 
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480sparky

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Not a flat-out purchase, but did a bit o' horse-trading. Swapped changing out some switches at the local brick-n-mortar camera store for this:

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The remote and battery kit are used, but everything else is NIB. Just a bit of real estate collected on everything. 35mm bracket, PC cords, AC adapter, filter kit, AA battery holder, optical slave, adapters etc.

Will have to find a zoom-tele kit, a MF bracket and a remote extension. Then I'll have the kit I sold years ago when I got out of film.
 
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gizmo285

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My 77mm B+W Polarizing filter arrived today. I took a lot of pisc but the vigenetting was very notiible. I was shooting through a 28-300mm lens on my d610. For the price I wasn't very happy..
 
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gizmo285 said:
My 77mm B+W Polarizing filter arrived today. I took a lot of pisc but the vigenetting was very notiible. I was shooting through a 28-300mm lens on my d610. For the price I wasn't very happy..
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Is it a slim profile filter? Those don't stick out as far from the lens which helps prevent vignetting. Also, did you import into Lightroom or PS and apply the Lens Correction?
 
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gizmo285

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It is the standard model not the slim one. I corrected them in LR5 with the lens coreection but the vignetting was a lot worse than I thought it would be. It corrected okay but a pain in the rear to do all the pics taken with the filter.
 
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It is the standard model not the slim one. I corrected them in LR5 with the lens coreection but the vignetting was a lot worse than I thought it would be. It corrected okay but a pain in the rear to do all the pics taken with the filter.
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If the B&W CP filter you have is this one, then yes it has a raised edge. Initially I bought one of these but returned it because of how thick it is.

B+W 77mm Circular Polarizer MRC Filter 66-044844 B&H Photo Video

I paid even more to get this one which is a slimmer design:

B+W 77mm Kaesemann XS-Pro Circular Polarizer MRC Nano 66-1066400
 
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