Step up rings for Filter use

[Matty B]

Just thinking out aloud, can I run with 67mm CPL and UV filters on my Kit Lens and use a 62mm > 67mm step up ring to use same filters on my 62mm threaded telephoto lens? I know it's a fiddle ridden fix but cheaper for this impoverished gardener in the end perhaps?

[Onyx]

Absolutely. And it's not an impoverished solution. That's precisely what step-up/step-down rings rings are for.

[Matty B]

Thanks for the positive reply Onyx. I thought I might have a solution there. That's the way I'll go then.


Cheers,

Matty.

[Greg B]

Just thinking out aloud, can I run with 67mm CPL and UV filters on my Kit Lens and use a 62mm > 67mm step up ring to use same filters on my 62mm threaded telephoto lens? I know it's a fiddle ridden fix but cheaper for this impoverished gardener in the end perhaps?

Matty, that is exactly what I am doing, not so much with the UV, but certainly with the CPL.

I also have a step up ring so I can use my 58mm UV filter on the 50mmF1.8 lens. (which I think is a 52mm or 55mm filter size)

It is an excellent solution.

Onyx, the bit after your link is wrong - PixSpot lives...

[goodrich62]

Matty,
Yes, going the other way can be an issue if you go from a 62mm filter to a 67mm lens there can be problems You in effect decrease the lens size from 67 to 62. As long as the filter is larger then the lens it is good.

[Greg B]

Good point goodrich....

[drnotes26]

Brass rings, if you can get them, is better than the average aluminium's. They don't 'grip' so can be detached from the filter and lens mount easily.

I don't have a brass one and it's such a hassle getting it off sometimes. All when I am about to miss the shot!

DN26

[Greg B]

Good luck with that, I had enough trouble sourcing the two that I have - including having to endure attitude from some little mongrel in Ted's - and they are both aluminium presumably (very light)

[Matty B]

Brass rings - got it, I know all about alloy ring grip with my last camera's filter set ups. I ended up having to smear just the very lightest amount of lubricant to the female threads which solved the problem up to this date. I still have that camera and got it dusty / dirty often, thus the grit in the threads prob. I'm a more consciensious camera owner now!