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I was going to ask a few days ago, what are the best filters to buy for a beginner??? I had a large filter kit for my old Olympus OM10 SLR, but needless to say they dont go anywhere near my 350D! :(

However come yesterday I decided to venture into the city to purchase some filters with my Christmas money! I only ended up buying two UV filters for my 2 lenses, I was toying with the thought of buying more, but my 'monthly budget' (the missus) said wait!.... :lol:
But its a good job I did!!! Because when I got home the the folks said 'why'd you buy them? We have some in the garage!'....'WHAT'......
I ventured into the chaos that is our garage and found a ice-cream tub with this little lot in:-
2x Cokin drop in filter holders (including some wierd square thing that goes round it!)
2x Cokin Polerisers
And all this (all Cokin)
Star 8
Spot. - grey1
Coef. +3 sepia
Fog 1
Coef. +2/3 blue (82 B)
Gradual T2
Coef. +3 red
Coef. +1 2/3blue (80 B)
Gradual B1
Spot-Incolour 1
Close-up +2
Multi-image x7
:eek:
So thats 14 filters in a tub, and the drop in holders have the 58mm adapter ring so it'll go straight on my 18-55mm lens! :naughty:
What I woud like to know is how much this little lot is worth??
And I'd like to put to the TP community do any of you know (or know a link) what half of them do or are for?? (i know what the polorisers do and the star, and multi, but the red's and blue's what is their primary use?):thinking:
 
Nice one! Well done! :thumbs:

What they're worth - look on the Jessops website, and as for what they do - It's New Years Day tomorrow - so why not spend some time playing and trawling through the Cokin website, which should give you a basic idea of what they can be used for...
 
its good finding stuff in the garage isnt it, my mums friend found a load of darkroom gear in her garage belonging to her ex husband, needless to say its now sat in my boot awaiting cleaning up and use. score!

a good book to buy is lee frosts filters book, its got some good tips and ideas in it as well as information about most filters available
 
The blue is what's known as a Wratten 80B filter and it's use is to enable the use of daylight film under tungsten light without getting the awful orange cast.

The red is another colour correction filter known as a Wratten 80A. Again it's use is under tungsten light to remove some of the redness - a filter always lightens or absorbs it's own colour. Red filters can also be used with mono film to give very dramatic dark skies and stark white clouds.

The co-efficient or filter factor is the amount by which you need to increase exposure to make allowance for the filter.

As to value I wouldn't get too excited unless you can find a film buff who wants 'em. Digital and raw processing removes the need for these filters.:shrug:
 
cheers guys! ;)

I'll have to wait to trawl the site as the GF wont let me as we should be doin 'couple stuff' :razz: NOT FAIR! :lol:
 
The black square thing is probably a hood.
 
nice going!

i used to hae a filters guide page on the site, but since day zero i havent had time to sort it out and repost it
 
Tryed out the new poloriser today, down tut beach... BLIMEY it was cold! :( :lol:
Got home to look at the pics and found that some of the photos (iirc the wider angle ones) seem to have black shady bits in each of the corners! does this mean that the filter is too small? (poloriser was a circular one not a square drop in, so i imagine i wont have the same problem with them)

Could another problem be that I left my UV on? effectivley building up the filters!?!? :help: :( causing the lens to pick them up?
 
clawz said:
Tryed out the new poloriser today, down tut beach... BLIMEY it was cold! :( :lol:
Got home to look at the pics and found that some of the photos (iirc the wider angle ones) seem to have black shady bits in each of the corners! does this mean that the filter is too small? (poloriser was a circular one not a square drop in, so i imagine i wont have the same problem with them)

Could another problem be that I left my UV on? effectivley building up the filters!?!? :help: :( causing the lens to pick them up?
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Almost certainly down to 'stacking' the filters, and the lenses most prone to the problem are the wider angle ones. It shouldn't be a problem with the square drop in ones. The darkening of the corners is referred to as 'vignetting'.
 
Thanks for the advice CT, but I was also reading on Cokins site that the filters have found are a size 'A' which can be used up to a diameter of 62mm, however the reccomend that you dont use them on focal ranges of less the 35mm! :( oh well never mind, I can get an adapter for it to bump up the size,
but here's the bonus..... I added up the cost of all the filters and holders... 189 notes worth on warehouse expresses website! :naughty: cool huh! :woot:
 
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