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Stronach

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Hi,

I found my way here from a photography discussion on visordown, the motorbike forum I'm also on. I just bought myself a Nikon D40 with the aim of taking up photography as a hobby. I used to shoot olympus OM2/OM10 many years ago but think I have managed to forget most of what I knew!

Anyway, the question. In the era of photoshop, which basic filters do I need for general snapping with a digital. I'd planned on getting a UV filter as, even if you don't really need it at least it protects the lens! I'd also planned to get a polariser. I've read that nikon and hoya are the brands to go for.

Can anyone comment if the above is correct/sensible. What other filters are useful and which do you really not need as photoshop can add the effect.

Thanks,

E :)
 
Hi and :welcome: Stronach

Take a look for a ND filter. Ideal for when the sun gets too bright.

I only have a cir polarizer and a ND 4 so hopefully someone else will come along and make some other suggestions


:canon:
 
Hi there, welcome to the forum :wave:

The only filter I have is a cir polarizer + uv filters to protect the lens as you've said.

:nikon:
 
Hi and Welcome.

The type of filter you use is dependant upon the type of photography your into. If its Landscapes, then Neutral Density or Graduated Filters will help out a lot with Bright sky's, sunrises, sunsets.

You might also consider a warm up filter to take the cold edge off of some types of photography.
 
Hello and :welcome: to TP Forums Stronach ... :thumbs:

You have pretty much summed it up in your opening gambit ... :D

There are two main schools of thought I suppose ...

One suggests the best way is to try and complete as much work as you can in-camera so the time spent at a computer 'shopping afterwards is minimised (or at least kept to reasonable levels) including filter additions and experiments.

The other suggests that 'shopping can add pretty much any type of filter effect to your plain, unfiltered images so why bother with the expense of filters ... :thinking:

I agree with your approach to keeping a protective UV or Skylight filter permanently attached to your leneses though ... but others will say this is entirely unnecessary ... :eek:

As far as make and types ... Cokin and Lee are, I believe, generally accepted as the two of the better choices and offer filter systems rather than singular screw-on types. Of course there are cheaper alternatives and a miriad of other choices ... :shrug:

From the various 'filter discussions' on these forums (and if you use the search facitlity you can easily find them) ... it appears that various ND Grad filters in soft and/or hard types are generally the most used by folk here ... :suspect:

The polariser you mention is also a good choice too imo ... ;)


Enough food for thought anyway ... happy 'filter thread' meanderings ... :D





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i will keep it simple, welcome!
 
Hello & :welcome: :wave:
 
Thanks for all the welcomes everyone: and for the filter tips!

Cheers :thumbs:
 
Hi Stronach - I too make occasional forays into visordown, but these days concentrate mainly on here and SuzukiOwnersClub... both sites are full of friendly, knowlegable folk!
 
TheRedUn said:
Hi Stronach - I too make occasional forays into visordown, but these days concentrate mainly on here and SuzukiOwnersClub... both sites are full of friendly, knowlegable folk!
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Small world! I'm also on SV650.org (I'm sure you can guess what I ride from that!!)
 
Stronach said:
Small world! I'm also on SV650.org (I'm sure you can guess what I ride from that!!)
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LOL. I used to be on RSVR.net, but now I'm on UKGSer.com - I'm getting slower with age ;) :lol:
 
Cedarapple said:
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Hi, from another D40 user
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Hi. How are you finding it? I'm happy so far: it's talents still far outweigh mine! :D

I find the built in flash tends to overexpose when shooting indoors at night though: I tend to leave it wound off -0.7? :thinking:
 
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