Multiple Filters

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This is gonna sound really daft, but....

Can I use 2 filters at the same time? :shrug: I've just been set my first 'proper' assignment for my course, and I've chosen to shoot landscapes (it has to be in mono - film). The tutor has advised us to use a yellow filter, but can I use a ND filter at the same time? I want to shoot seascapes which will require longer exposure times. I normally buy the 'screw on the end of the lens' type filters, which I'm guessing won't be usable in this instance, but if you can use 2 together, which kind do I need?

Cheers

Cheryl :)
 
Which lens would you be using? Its possible to use two together about half way through a zoom...... or go for cokin (whom I'm starting to think i should be a salesman for.............)
 
There is some more useful information on filters here Min ... ;)

Photographic Filters

And another here dealing with "Filters for Film" also usefully in your case dealing with mono effects too ... :D

Incidentally you will need to remember that most filters will affect light getting into your camera and will affect the exposure settings so ... more filters equals more light loss ... :shrug:


HTH ... :D



:p
 
Hi Cheryl,
I used to use multiple filters on my old film SLR ok.

How's the course going ?
 
I have some filters that fit in my Cokin Filter Holder...and I also have some Cokin and Hoya filters that screw into the lens. Anyway, with both of these types you can use more than one - I have a UV filter on the front of all my lenses and I can also screw on my IR or circular polerizer onto the front of those. The filter holder actually has slots for more filters (but then the filter holder screws into the front of the lens (or other filters) so in theory you can add as many filters as you like I think!

anyway...lost track of what I am saying now.

Physically - yes you can add more than one filter
Practically - You don't want to add too many as you will loose a lot of light (unless that is what you are aiming for of course!)
 
I've used two filters at once, but you do need to be careful with lighting. Basically the more glass there is in front of the lens, the more glare you're likely to get.
 
You can 'stack' screw in type filters, but you need to be careful of possible vignetting, causing the image corners to be cut off, although this is most likely to occur with wide angle lenses.

Cokin type filters shouldn't be any problem.
 
:thankyou: for all your very useful advice and information. Just got to part with some more cash now and get sorted with yellow and ND filters, then a weekend away somewhere to get my landscape shots done. Bloody expensive this photography lark innit? :lol:
 
Go for the Cokin then - just need a lens screw in adapter and ALL the filters are then a standard size - v cheap compared to the screw in kind too :)
 
minimeeze said:
:thankyou: for all your very useful advice and information. Just got to part with some more cash now and get sorted with yellow and ND filters, then a weekend away somewhere to get my landscape shots done. Bloody expensive this photography lark innit? :lol:
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No no Cheryl you've got that bit wrong - you need to persuade the other half that a romantic weekend by the sea is in order, and get him to take you! ;)
 
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