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I have a canon ef 50mm 1.8 and a ef 28mm 1.8

I was looking into getting a polarising filter and a graduated filter - mostly for the 28mm but it would be nice to have ones for both.

So....

is it possible somehow to use the same filter on both lenses (I think the 50 is 52mm and the 28 is 58mm)?

Filters seem to vary in cost dramatically - is it really that big a difference in picture quality? Does price = quality?

Finally...recommendations to suit above lenses?
 
Yes there are 2 options you can buy a screw in for the largest then get a step up adapter for the other. Or buy a square filter system such as the Cokin p series.
 
I would probably prefer the screw-in just for neatness. Any recommendations or comments regarding cheap vs expensive?
 
IMO, Polarisers give a very unnatural effect on skies when used on wide angle lenses but will still be useful to cut through reflections off water, so I would go for a 58mm filter with a reducer to enable it to fit the 52mm thread on the 50mm. For grads, a square system makes sense over screw ins - the grad line can be adjusted rather than have it running across the middle of the shot. Cokins are probably the cheapest but used to (maybe still do) have a colour cast in the darkened area, HiTech are still a reasonable cost but I'm not sure about their cast status. Lee are rather more expensive (and better!) but you may well run into the law of diminishing returns - are Lees better enough to warrant spending the extra money? IMO, if you go the square route, go for the P range (Cokin designation) since they'll be more suitable for larger threads when/if you get bigger/better lenses. You can get polarising filters to fit square holders but (again IMO) it's useful to be able to use a hood to reduce the light bouncing around between lens and filter(s).
 
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