Filter or no filter

[Cameo]

I have heard lately that with digital - I have a 20D - that you shouldn't use a filter on the lense as it might cause abberations. I always kept a filter on the end of my lenses with film to protect the glass. I would love others opinions and experiences with this.

[Billginthekeys]

no offence but this has been done to death. run a serach on it. just to give you my opinion. if you are going to use cheap filters, dont expect great results. but high quality multicoated filters wont affect your image quality, but are rather expensive.

[SuzyView]

latest poll and thread:

http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=209391&highlight=filters

Should be answering your question.

[Cameo]

Sorry, new here to the forum so I am sure that some of my questions are old news to others.
Thank you for the link.

[SuzyView]

Welcome, and I was the same way when I joined until I realized I could search for the topic I needed. There are "STICKIES" that the moderators put at the beginning of all thread topics that really should be read by all newbies so you don't have to feel like your question was already answered. Good luck!

[Billginthekeys]

of course suzie comes by and makes a much more gracious entry then me haha. Welcome to the forums.

[Cameo]

Thanks - it has been interesting and informative reading.

[Cameo]

Noticed you have Kendo tubes - please explain what tubes do? And yeah I could probably
search and find out but you are right here........

[Titus213]

Welcome to the forums. If the folks who suggested you do a search or checked the stickies actually did that themselves they would see the recommendation to provide the information asked for rather than say 'Do a search'.... SuzyView obviously read the stickies and gave you a proper 'Welcome to the forums'.

And to answer your question - I don't use filters for protection. Most of the really good quality filters cost more than the lenses I use...I'd have to put a cheap UV on my expensive filter to protect it.:lol:

Welcome to the forums...

[Billginthekeys]

Kenko is a brand. and tubes is short for extension tubes. these are placed between the lens and the camera, and allow the lens to focus closer to subjects (for macro shooting, of insects, small flowers ect). the only disadvantage being you loose inifinity focus (you can no longer focus on distant objects). works well with medium telephotos, generally the best results seem to be with a 50mm prime, in my opinion.

Dave- Im not exactly sure what the problem is. i infact did answer his question after reccomending he run a search to find more. and realised later that in my hastiness i came off rude and apologized. i dont mean to start a fight, but i dont appreciate the comment.

[Cameo]

I hadn't noticed the search option so pointing this out was helpful. I am actually a "she"
too and the apology was accepted so there isn't an issue here. Thanks for the info on the
tubes too.

[Billginthekeys]

well hello to you miss then :) haha.

[Titus213]

Kenko is a brand. and tubes is short for extension tubes. these are placed between the lens and the camera, and allow the lens to focus closer to subjects (for macro shooting, of insects, small flowers ect). the only disadvantage being you loose inifinity focus (you can no longer focus on distant objects). works well with medium telephotos, generally the best results seem to be with a 50mm prime, in my opinion.

Dave- Im not exactly sure what the problem is. i infact did answer his question after reccomending he run a search to find more. and realised later that in my hastiness i came off rude and apologized. i dont mean to start a fight, but i dont appreciate the comment.

Hey, no problem here. I thought you sounded rude - so did you. No apology needed to me....:lol:

[Cameo]

SO, basically then the tubes replace an actual macro lense and work best with the shorter lenses.

[Billginthekeys]

they dont technically replace a macro lens, they can also be used ON a macro lens to achieve over 1:1 lifesize magnification. they come in various lengths, allowing closer and futher magnification. although they do not have any glass elements, and therefore do not affect image quality, the more tubes you stack on a lens, the more light it looses. A true macro is better. but if you dont want to spring for one, but would like to have the option to focus closer, its a great deal.

[Cameo]

I have a macro lense, but it is interesting to find that I can add a tube to it as well.
I will have to look around and if not too expensive then pick one up and try it out.
Thanks for the info.