PL Filters

swiftflo · 5 Mar 2018

When looking on YouTube at videos by reputable photographers (Thomas Heaton etc) they very often state that they have on the camera a polarising filter and a 6 stop ND Lee filter. If you screw the circular PL filter on to your lens and then attach the foundation kit to the lens how can you set the PL to where you want without the Lee filter holder not turning the PL filter.

Hope this makes sense to you.

Thanks

wolfyccfc · 5 Mar 2018

The lee holder has a 105mm adapter you can add to the front of the holder which takes the polariser. You then have the slots behind for the square filters

PaulButler · 5 Mar 2018

swiftflo said:
When looking on YouTube at videos by reputable photographers (Thomas Heaton etc) they very often state that they have on the camera a polarising filter and a 6 stop ND Lee filter. If you screw the circular PL filter on to your lens and then attach the foundation kit to the lens how can you set the PL to where you want without the Lee filter holder not turning the PL filter.

Hope this makes sense to you.

Thanks

If I understand correctly they have the polariser attached to the lens and then add the Lee filters? if so, the polariser won't turn as you turn the holder as the holder fits onto an adapter ring which screws into the outside of the polariser. The polariser has an independent movement to the filter ring. If you want to add a polariser to the square filters then get the polariser attachment and circular polariser (105mm).

phil_b · 5 Mar 2018

The polarizer goes on furthest from the lens, it is 105mm and bloody expensive . You can buy a ring to fit onto your filter holder for the polarizer to screw onto. You might be able to make it out from here https://www.srb-photographic.co.uk/lee-filters-105mm-polariser-accessory-ring-8020-p.asp

swiftflo · 6 Mar 2018

wolfyccfc said:
The lee holder has a 105mm adapter you can add to the front of the holder which takes the polariser. You then have the slots behind for the square filters

phil_b said:
The polarizer goes on furthest from the lens, it is 105mm and bloody expensive . You can buy a ring to fit onto your filter holder for the polarizer to screw onto. You might be able to make it out from here https://www.srb-photographic.co.uk/lee-filters-105mm-polariser-accessory-ring-8020-p.asp

Thanks, I was trying to work out wrongly as I was thinking in terms of the PL I have which screws on to the lens.

gad-westy · 6 Mar 2018

swiftflo said:
Thanks, I was trying to work out wrongly as I was thinking in terms of the PL I have which screws on to the lens.

You can still do it that way if your polariser has a female thread on the front. It's more awkward but you'd essentially set your polariser where you want it, and then, whilst preventing polariser from turning, you'd rotate four filter kit on its adapter to where you want it and go from there. It would be fiddly but biggest issue is likely to vignetting.

swiftflo · 6 Mar 2018

gad-westy said:
You can still do it that way if your polariser has a female thread on the front. It's more awkward but you'd essentially set your polariser where you want it, and then, whilst preventing polariser from turning, you'd rotate four filter kit on its adapter to where you want it and go from there. It would be fiddly but biggest issue is likely to vignetting.

Thanks will give that a try.

Craigus · 6 Mar 2018

gad-westy said:
You can still do it that way if your polariser has a female thread on the front. It's more awkward but you'd essentially set your polariser where you want it, and then, whilst preventing polariser from turning, you'd rotate four filter kit on its adapter to where you want it and go from there. It would be fiddly but biggest issue is likely to vignetting.

Or just note where the writing is on the edge of the polariser when it is set how you want, then just attach the lee holder until it is crewed on, then just turn everything until the writing is back to where it should be. That is the way I always used to do it. Of course it only works for ND filters not grads, but I never used those anyway.

swiftflo · 6 Mar 2018

Craigus said:
Or just note where the writing is on the edge of the polariser when it is set how you want, then just attach the lee holder until it is crewed on, then just turn everything until the writing is back to where it should be. That is the way I always used to do it. Of course it only works for ND filters not grads, but I never used those anyway.

Thanks