What is your Filter ?

[SHiKO]

I have alot of filters and addons for my G3,
but I want to know consider your experiences -
whats your prefered and favorite filters ??

[joeyjoeyjoey]

It all depends on what Im planing on doing that day. Always attached is my UV and coming in a very close 2nd is my Polarizer.

After that it depends.... usally my cokin 120 and the rest of the cokins i lug around

[dbump]

Ditto. UV and Polarizer are the only ones I have. I'd like to get a neutral density filter; I've seen some great shots done using one.

[joeyjoeyjoey]

Originally Posted by dbump

I'd like to get a neutral density filter.

You should. I have a +8 works great!

[dbump]

Is yours graduated or uniform?
What benefits do you get, aside from the obvious ability to run longer shutter speeds for motion effects in water, etc.?

[joeyjoeyjoey]

Actually I bought the +8 to have longer shutter times in the day :P

I tend to use that to empathise motion/speed like in panning shots.

I do have a cokin 120 grad that I use when doing more landscape shots at it helps with the difference in exposure between the sky and the land.

Its nice to have when you want that certain look.

[Ballen Photo]

I try to have a UV filter on every one of my EOS lenses, and I think it would be a good idea for the "G" also, although I haven't even got the adapter for it yet. As far as other filters go, I've been looking at Cokin systems lately too. A graduated ND filter would be nice, and I've really been wanting an R-72 (InfraRed) filter too. CP's are nice also. I could probably spend a small fortune on filters.
........Bruce

[Warman]

I use a skylight as a UV, same thing except for the warming, right?

[SHiKO]

tnx...

[dbump]

A graduated or split ND is part clear, part neutral grey. Otherwise, an ND is all grey. I think snazzier split filters come in a bracket that allows you to slide them up and down to determine where the ND area is. Thread-in splits rotate like a polarizer so you can set where the grey is, but not how much of the frame.

I'm not sure which I'd use more often (split vs uniform, that is).

[dbump]

I've been hunting for more info on ND filters, and ran across this comment, from:
http://www.luminous-landscape.com/te...-the-bag.shtml

The filters that I no longer carry are split neutral density (grads). While these used to be de rigueur for landscape photographers, now that I am working 100% digitally they are no longer necessary since I simply shoot two or three bracketed frames and them merge their dynamic range in Photoshop.

There's more extensive info on this technique at:

http://www.luminous-landscape.com/tu...xposures.shtml

Sounds like a pretty good idea, though it would require a tripod, I think.
So looks like I'll be shopping for a normal ND filter, which, in addition to the benefits listed above, is also useful for allowing you to open the aperature and increase DOF.

[SHiKO]

I even have one