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Guys, where can I find information on filters, there uses, the types and so on?

I've heard abit about them but would like to know more.

What are you aiming to do...
IMHO a must have is a polarising filter! I had one with my CP5400... will be buying a 67mm one for the kit lens soon (as well as a stepup ring for my 70-300G)
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Kris wrote:Guys, where can I find information on filters, there uses, the types and so on?

I've heard abit about them but would like to know more.

Here're the links:

http://www.2filter.com/welcometo.html

http://www.moose395.net/gear/81a.html

http://www.2filter.com/faq/faq.html

more to come!!!!!!!!

I was gunna say, pro photographers who have websites will usually have a page or three on filters and accesories. Birddog's listed Moose Peterson's site, Thom Hogan also has a bit to say about them: http://www.bythom.com/filters.htm

Personally, I recently bought a 2 stops ND to slow down the shutter for waterfalls, as the D70's ISO200 minimum can be a little restrictive in that regard. Most other traditional filter kits designed for film can be duplicated/emulated in Photoshop IMHO.

Most other traditional filter kits designed for film can be duplicated/emulated in Photoshop IMHO.

True, and i agree with you, but there's still plenty of things you can't do after the photo has been taken, such as use a polariser to see 'into' water, or use a UV to reduce blue haze or use RGB filters to block/allow different star colours through etc......

There is still, and always will be, a place for post-processing in Photoshop though, even if you have used an effect filter.

I tried taking a photo using a coffee filter in front of the lens. For some reason, it didn't seem to work all that well.

I'll have a word with my mechanic this week and grab an oil filter from him; see if thatworks any better.

Thanks guys, ill take a good read of the links..

Gary, love the coffee filter

I tend to agree with Onyx....if you can do it in Photoshop then leave the filters off. I certainly don't agree with the guys who keep a polarizing filter on their camera all the time. It'll cost you 2 stops of light which means effectively you are restricting your D70 to 50 ISO! That's a hell of a price to pay for a bit of blue sky that can be tweaked in almost any raster based software program. The only use for those filters that I can think of is to cut through glass reflections or shoot into water...and that's a fairly rare occurence for most photographers. Also, paying $2000 for prime optics and then placing a $25 filterover the top of it is certainly worth another debate.
Just my opinion

Trick/tip for cutting through distant landscapes haze - USM. Set a big radius, and low sharpening value. I bet ya didn't know USM did more than sharpen your edges huh?
Edit: See example - http://forum.d70users.com/viewtopic.php?t=440


There was recent thread on Nikonians.org, that a poll taken suggests 75% of users there did NOT advocate the use of "protection" filters, with the user base there is more pro-oriented. Most amateurs would have heard from one source or another to get a UV filter for protecting the lens. I practice the latter, with a Skylight 1B almost always attached.