Filters

[scott1120]

I am looking to get my first filters for my S1 IS. What would be the recommended/suggested filters?

[nwyman]

UV for lens protection and haze reduction.
And then I got a Circular polarizer.

Nancy

[Just Be]

UV for lens protection and haze reduction.
And then I got a Circular polarizer.

Nancy

I know this is old...but what polarizer did you buy. With the AWB turned off...How is the quality of the images>

[nwyman]

I know this is old...but what polarizer did you buy. With the AWB turned off...How is the quality of the images>

I got a set of basic Tiffen filters from Adorama - included a circular polarizer and a UVHaze

I never knew about turning AWB off. In fact, I'm not sure what that means. Does that mean you "cloudy" for WB? Maybe that's why I always had to lighten my shots so much.

One of my photo books says one should adjust exposure when using a polarizer, but someone on the forum told me that the automatic settings took care of that. FWIW.
Obvously, I've never had all that much luck with the polarizer. Keep meaning to work on it, but Life has gotten in the way. :lol:

Nancy

[Jon]

With a regular polarizer, you shouldn't need to worry about white balance settings; the filter should be colour-neutral. And with TTL metering as most cameras now have you should get a "correct" exposure without adjustments.

If you use a colour-balancing filter, you should set your white balance for the prevailing light conditions, usually daylight/sun or custom white balance. But that won't have a significant impact on the exposure.

[frs]

First, I got a UV then a circ polarizer.
Then later ND and graduated ND.

[Canonman47]

There's also the possibillity to use digital filters, this is also costeffective if you have two cameras or more. Drawback is that you don't see how it gets while shooting.

[Jon]

There is no "digital filter" substitute for a polarizer or a neutral density filter. If your camera doesn't do RAW, the only substitute (and a pretty tedious one) for a graduated ND is two exposures at different exposure compensation settings, with a tripod (and absolutely unmoving subject).