Filter/s - Live event photography

[german]

Have just gone out and purchased 5d for my needs for this area in photography, but i'm stuck on which filter/s are good/best for this.

Don't know if i go hoya or cokin or who ever..

Any help would be gladly appreciated.

thanks

Damian

(Hopefully this is in the correct section, if not which section is this more suitable for?)

[Jon]

Not sure quite what you mean by "live event", but the basics would be an UV for front element protection, if you believe in that (I happen to; others will disagree, often vehemently; see the Protective Filter FAQ (http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=368177) for an even-handed treatment) and a circular polarizer. Most anything else can be done in post-processing. As for brands, I use B+W MRC; Heliopan SH-PMC and Hoya S-HMC are also very good. I don't think I'd go Cokin.

[german]

live event = concerts.
Why would you not go cokin?

thanks

[Jon]

Well, I don't know anyone who admits to using Cokin screw-ins, let alone recommend them, and we've even had people on here say they use Quantaray, Tiffen and Canon filters. But their ND filters aren't neutral; there's a demonstrated colour cast to them, for a slight warming. Maybe that's why they call 'em "Graduated Gray" instead of ND grad.