stacking filters

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Can one use a skylight filter and also a polariser filter at the same time, or would it be best to remove the skylight filter first ??
 
Filters can be stacked. However each filter will reduce the quality of the image slightly, although how much this is noticable depends on the quality of the filter. also be carefull when using wide angle lenses as the extra filters can cause 'vignetting' which is where the corners of the image get darker, and eventually show the actual edges of the filter itself. Ive always got my UV filters attached to my lenses. The Lee filters then go ontop of these. This stops me from ever exposing the front element of the lens and risking damaging it. :)
 
Stacking a UV filter and a pola filter is counterproductive: pola filters also filter UV, so adding a UV filter does not add any functionality. Worse: every filter has 2 refractive sides, front and back, each increasing the risk of flare and chromatic abberation, so stacking a UV filter and a pola filter does not make sense: no benefits, just drawbacks.
 
Thanks, I don't have a uv filter on the lens (unless a skylight filter is classed as a uv filter) I can understand what you said though.

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ps am also going to read up on filters now :)
 
I was trying to thread a cokin holder onto the cheapo kit lens the other day and realised that without a uv filter / skylight 1B on the front the standard lens end threads were really soft plastic and I was likely to wear them out or cross thread and strip them off quite quickly. So I now have a UV/skylight filter on it to protect the threads rather than the lens outer element. I am unlikely to mess the threads on the metal filter ring.
 
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