Mediaman09
Senior Member
So I just picked up three filters (sized to fit my largest lens) and step up rings for the smaller
lenses.
Settled on HOYA as a good fit between higher end B&W and lower quality options. Cameron was also an option locally, lots of Canadian dealers seem to push them .. and they may be great...but very hard to find user experience or web info on them, so seems a bit risky. Only web site I found was via a dealer (!) : Cameron at Henry's - Henry's best camera store in Canada
Ended up ordering though B&H Photo. Those guys are awesome. Ordered Sunday morning and its delivered to my cross the border door on this morning, 3 days later.
Hope I selected correctly:
For ND - got the NDX 400 ($69). Says ND400 on the box, but apparently its the same filter??
For CP - heard good things about both HD vs the pricier Pro1... but the PRo1 was on sale ($63) vs $94 for the HD, so I got the Pro1. Locally the Cameron CP was $120.
For PROTECTIVE, I know their are two camps on this and know I dont need UV filtering for digital sensors. For now, I picked a $20 Hoya alpha (multicoated UV). Not a big investment if it turns out to be a waste, but I am curently in the inexpreienced-want-protection camp for my new Signa 10-20mm wide angle. Local Cameron was $55.
For Step up rings, I got the basic Sensei line in 52-77mm, 62-77mm and 72-77mm sizes, at under $5 each. All claim to be aluminum-alloy corrosion-resistant and are black anodized. My local dealer wanted $20 each (Cameron).
I have much to learn on using the CP and ND filters, but one quick question was, when using the CP, or the ND, do I need to remove the PROTECTIVE filter...or can I leave it on, purely for convenience. I gather the conventional wisdom is stacking in general may cause vignetting and glare, therefore it would be wise to remove the protective filter.
lenses.
Settled on HOYA as a good fit between higher end B&W and lower quality options. Cameron was also an option locally, lots of Canadian dealers seem to push them .. and they may be great...but very hard to find user experience or web info on them, so seems a bit risky. Only web site I found was via a dealer (!) : Cameron at Henry's - Henry's best camera store in Canada
Ended up ordering though B&H Photo. Those guys are awesome. Ordered Sunday morning and its delivered to my cross the border door on this morning, 3 days later.
Hope I selected correctly:
For ND - got the NDX 400 ($69). Says ND400 on the box, but apparently its the same filter??
For CP - heard good things about both HD vs the pricier Pro1... but the PRo1 was on sale ($63) vs $94 for the HD, so I got the Pro1. Locally the Cameron CP was $120.
For PROTECTIVE, I know their are two camps on this and know I dont need UV filtering for digital sensors. For now, I picked a $20 Hoya alpha (multicoated UV). Not a big investment if it turns out to be a waste, but I am curently in the inexpreienced-want-protection camp for my new Signa 10-20mm wide angle. Local Cameron was $55.
For Step up rings, I got the basic Sensei line in 52-77mm, 62-77mm and 72-77mm sizes, at under $5 each. All claim to be aluminum-alloy corrosion-resistant and are black anodized. My local dealer wanted $20 each (Cameron).
I have much to learn on using the CP and ND filters, but one quick question was, when using the CP, or the ND, do I need to remove the PROTECTIVE filter...or can I leave it on, purely for convenience. I gather the conventional wisdom is stacking in general may cause vignetting and glare, therefore it would be wise to remove the protective filter.
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