Filters for shooting into the sun

[brewers_fan]

I will be going to the Waddington airshow in a couple of weeks and if the weather is decent you end up taking photos directly into sunlight, sorry to ask what may come as a basic question but would a uv or polarising filter help when shooting into these conditions as I tend to find the sky looks far to light, also seem to get lots of haze in these conditions.

Photo below should help show I mean, sorry that photobucket has made the image look rubbish not sure why it keeps doing that all the time.

 

[Taff]

UV Filters cut the haze but you loose Image Quality. not sure about filters to stop glare from the sun but I think they will do this minimal too.

 

[happygolucky]

May sound obvious, but use a lens hood to cut flare and a CPL or ND filters.

 

[LongLensPhotography]

I don't know if this will help for the particular event, but you want to shoot not into the sun and in decent light to get great images. i.e. good light always comes first, unless it is unique breaking-news content.

 

[TCR4x4]

Shooting Into the sun with a filter is just asking for weird reflections and lens flare.

Use the lens hood and don't shoot into the sun is the best way.

 

[AJQS]

No filters and make sure your lens is perfectly clean and dust free, backlighting really gives rise to some strange things with foreign objects near lens fronts.