Which filter??????

[davee]

Hi all

i have a canon 400d with 18-55, 90-300 lens
which filters would you advise for normal day to day use UV, Skylight, Polarising, etc also i am off to Egypt shortly would i need any different filters

davee

 

[kinchy]

Hi all

i have a canon 400d with 18-55, 90-300 lens
which filters would you advise for normal day to day use UV, Skylight, Polarising, etc also i am off to Egypt shortly would i need any different filters

davee

I have been looking into filters.
Just spent about £30 getting UV filters for my 4 lenses simply for protection sake.
I think that if you are going to somewhere sunny then a Polarising filter is your best bet. Fairly cheap and will make the blues stand out alot more.

Hoyas are generally the cheapest and not the worst.

 

[Steep]

A polorising filter definately, something for protection too, UV as kinchy says or the new hoya clear protection filters. If you are going to have time to stop and be creative then ND or ND grads might be useful too.

 

[davee]

thanks for the replys
have bought 2 x circular polariser will have to wait for some nice blue skys to try them out they have a lever on the side of them not sure what this does yet

 

[Dino f]

The lever probably rotates the polariser to get best possible effect, They work best whet at an angle to the sun,45-90deg, Also be aware that in less humid places like egypt the sky can go almost black so full polarisation may not be needed.
Dean

 

[davee]

yes the lever rotates the filter just turning it in doors dosent seem to make much difference will have to try it outdoors when the weather improves

 

[Messiah Khan]

yes the lever rotates the filter just turning it in doors dosent seem to make much difference will have to try it outdoors when the weather improves

If you have a LVD monitor/tv (not sure if it works on a CRT) try looking at it and turn the filter.

 

[davee]

wow that does the trick
goes from nearly black to normal
Guess it works then thanks