From 07/07 through to 12/07, both my Hoya HD CIR-PL filters arrived. I am very excited about their arrival as I have a need for better CPLs. My 50mm prime lens (with a 58mm thread – henceforth “my 58mm”) had a good enough CPL, the Hoya NXT Plus and a Gobe (one peak) as a […]
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I have talked a lot about filters and the advantages of using them and have pondered a lot about if I should or shouldn’t buy a square filter set. The conclusion is that, for now, the circular filters are enough for the work that I have been doing. That does not mean that in the […]
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I know I’ve used the feature image a few times now, but it is a good photo to use as a study case. For that photo I used my Nikkor 18-35mm lens with a CPL filter. Considering that it was a sunset and I was photographing the sky with the sun AND the native grass […]
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The whole square filters subject has inspired a lot in my interest in filters in general. The main reason I would use filters on my lenses would be to either protected them with a MC UV filter, or to make the colors pop-up with the CPL filter. Small intermission in my discussion about filters in […]
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No, I have not purchased a square kit for my lenses. I bought round/circular filters. Before we get down to the purchase itself, I have to ponder about a couple more things in regard to the potential of buying the square filters. IF – and that is a big if – I buy square filters, […]
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After the post earlier today, I kept thinking about how much of filters do I use and would I use (provided I had more). Short answer is, other the MC UV and CPL, I don’t really use filters. I generally do the equivalent to the filters in post-production (Lightroom). The gradient, reducing exposure (ND filters)… […]
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I love my lenses, but lenses on their own don’t make the photo. Sometimes you want to see what’s behind the reflection that is being produced on the surface of the water, but sometimes you want to see what is being reflected instead. Maybe you are taking a landscape photo and you need the sky […]
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