Best uses for these lenses and filters

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Smoke

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Hello, I am very new to photography and bought a D5200 a couple months ago. It came with the 18-55mm kit lens and I love it so far. For Father's Day my wife bought me 2 lenses and 8 different color filters. One is a 0.43x Professional Wide Angle Lens with Macro and the second is a 2.2x Professional Telephoto lens. Does anybody have either of these and could you tell me when the best time is to use them? Also for the filters. There are 8 different colors. Thanks
 
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Dave_W

The Dude
That is a very nice wife you have and you really should thank her....but, color filters are a film specific item that will not work in the digital world like they did in the days of B&W film. As for these lenses, what brand are they? Typically, only Nikon lenses and and handful of 3rd party lenses (Sigma, Tamron, Tokina) will work on an F-mount Nikon.
 
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nickt

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Are these converter lenses? I mean, do they screw onto your existing lens? I've seen reviews for something like that on youtube. I'm not sure there is much use for color filters with digital.
 
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AC016

Senior Member
Both these lenses will act as magnifiers on your kit lens. They are meant to be attached to your filter thread on your 18-55. The telephoto one is obviously to get closer to your subject. it should magnify the focal length you are at, by 2.2. Same goes for the wide angle.
 
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pedroj

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Smoke said:
Hello, I am very new to photography and bought a D5200 a couple months ago. It came with the 18-55mm kit lens and I love it so far. For Father's Day my wife bought me 2 lenses and 8 different color filters. One is a 0.43x Professional Wide Angle Lens with Macro and the second is a 2.2x Professional Telephoto lens. Does anybody have either of these and could you tell me when the best time is to use them? Also for the filters. There are 8 different colors. Thanks
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If the lens are screw in type they will probably degrade your images....
 
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Smoke

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Thanks for all your replies, they are actually Vivitar lenses. I took pictures today of the city with each color filter. It was a gray cloudy day. They added some neat effects but not sure how often I will use them. She also got me a wireless shutter release. :D
 
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Nathan Lanni

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Dave_W said:
....but, color filters are a film specific item that will not work in the digital world like they did in the days of B&W film.
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Appreciate that info - just started to research filters. Just in the last day or I had been looking at some colored filters and wondered how they work. :)

How do feel about the Cokin style of filters? Seems they would be a bit more versatile and more economical over time.
 
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