What filters do you carry?

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Obviously the need for 100's of filters just isnt there with both digital cameras and of course the bewildering Photoshop, but I was just wondering what filters you guys do use and carry with you? Obviously a couple of ND's, but apart from them??
 
Only a polariser.

But... I'm tempted by graduated ND filters for landscapes on bright days.

Pete
 
The C-PL and ND's I can understand, but dont the cameras negate the need for Red, Orange and Yellow's?
 
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The C-PL and ND's I can understand, but dont the cameras negate the need for Red, Orange and Yellow's?
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Lightroom/Photoshop can help bring back a lot of lost detail in blown highlights/crushed lowlights, doesn't stop you trying to get the exposure right on the camera rather than on a computer.

Same goes for filters, why add it later if you can get it right first time?
 
Same goes for filters, why add it later if you can get it right first time?
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Point taken, that's the artist taking preference over the production :)
 
Digital and colour film ND and poloriser.

Black and white film the above + red, orange, green, yellow filters
 
CP, always; ND and GND if I am going out for landscape shoots.
 
For me it's a polariser, 0.3, 0.6 & 0.9 ND grads and, if i'm going near water, a 3.0 ND filter.
 
I carry all mine, just seems easier than selecting one or two. :shrug:
 
1 ND Grad, that's it. But only because I haven't bought more :lol:
 
But only because I haven't bought more
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Same here, hence the original question. I have a couple of UV's protecting my lenses, a C-PL and an ND8 about to drop through my letterbox, hoepfully.
 
I don' have any CPLs or UV/skylight etc. I have the cokin P-series holder and an ND4 grad. But that does me fine most of the time.
 
1,2,3 stop ND graduated filters, 2 &3 stop ND standard filters, Polar, some black & white filters (vary the contrast for B&W pictures, red green orange etc). In the autumn, an Enhancer is quite interesting, though expensive, enhances ambers, rust coloured leaves etc.
 
I have been looking for the same thing and based on the searches I would say popularity wise the order is

1.UV
2.CPL
3.ND 0.6
4. ND..
5.ND..

With all others less discussed, but well used :)
 
Just a polariser, I could get some ND grads and plain NDs which would be nice.
 
I only use UV myself.... I've got some skylights but rarely use them... also got a circular polarizer that I bought for one specific location (even then the pictures didn't turn out as I'd hoped :().... but I do fancy messing around with some ND grads at some stage...... :p
 
I simply could not be without my polarizer and ND Grads. On my cokin system that I used in scotland, I could only use a 3 stop (room only for one filter on wide angle holder) but now I have the Lee system, I simply wouldn't be without it.
 
Polariser and ND hard grads.

I think skylight and uv are a waste of time, but that's another story. I also like haggis.
 
More through lack of funds I only have...

1; CPL
2; UV
3; ND4
4; ND2 Grad

DB
 
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