Red Ring Tupperware Party, Ringing in the New (23)

yup, it is a huge jump. Takes a wee while to get used to the new sliders, but they are much, much better.

I will download it at home...

my wireless speed with my iphone:

How bad are Tiffen UV filters?

I want to get one or two for an event we have going on next week for young life. It's sort of like a color run, but without the organized run and more just mass chaos...

So I might try and shoot, and I have rain covers for my camera, lenses, flash etc, but I'd like something to cover the front element.

why would you want something for the front element? It'll bugger up your shots. Now, seawater would be something else, but rain? A few drops are fine.. Just take a soft lint free cloth to wipe it every so often.

I haven't used Tiffen in some time but from what I remember and what I read, they are up there with Hoya and B&W. If you are looking for protection though, might want to go with the clear filters instead of the UV. THe UV coatings are not needed in digital and the clear ones are usually a few $$ cheaper.

Harm wrote in post #15786682
why would you want something for the front element? It'll bugger up your shots. Now, seawater would be something else, but rain? A few drops are fine.. Just take a soft lint free cloth to wipe it every so often.

No... it's not rain I'm worried about (though I would be with some of my lenses, not all of them are weathersealed). We're doing what's called a messy games and then doing something like the Color Run, so lots of powdered paint, and other nasty crap like that will be everywhere. So I want to cover my front element for that reason so I don't get that crud all over my lens. I have the rain covers to cover up most of the camera to protect it from that stuff.

gjl711 wrote in post #15786698
I haven't used Tiffen in some time but from what I remember and what I read, they are up there with Hoya and B&W. If you are looking for protection though, might want to go with the clear filters instead of the UV. THe UV coatings are not needed in digital and the clear ones are usually a few $$ cheaper.

The Tiffen UV ones are like $9 for the 67mm on Amazon.

*sigh* wrote in post #15786753
No... it's not rain I'm worried about (though I would be with some of my lenses, not all of them are weathersealed). We're doing what's called a messy games and then doing something like the color run, so lots of powdered paint, and other nasty crap like that will be everywhere. So I want to cover my front element for that reason so I don't get that crud all over my lens. I have the rain covers to cover up most of the camera to protect it from that stuff.

The Tiffen UV ones are like $9 for the 67mm on Amazon.

Sounds like an application where a filter is definitely needed and you can't go wronf for $9. That's a couple McDonald happy means.

gjl711 wrote in post #15786768
Sounds like an application where a filter is definitely needed and you can't go wronf for $9. That's a couple McDonald happy means.

It's going to be rough going without my happy meals for a couple of days...

*sigh* wrote in post #15786770
It's going to be rough going without my happy meals for a couple of days...

Dumpster diving maybe?

gjl711 wrote in post #15786851
Dumpster diving maybe?

That might work... I can just douse whatever I find in Garlic Cholula.

*sigh* wrote in post #15786753
No... it's not rain I'm worried about (though I would be with some of my lenses, not all of them are weathersealed). We're doing what's called a messy games and then doing something like the Color Run, so lots of powdered paint, and other nasty crap like that will be everywhere. So I want to cover my front element for that reason so I don't get that crud all over my lens. I have the rain covers to cover up most of the camera to protect it from that stuff.

The Tiffen UV ones are like $9 for the 67mm on Amazon.

Cool, like the Indian festival of Holi - just google up the images on that one!

You could up like this guy:

http://www.flickr.com …8608172185/in/p​hotostream

Harm wrote in post #15787042
Cool, like the Indian festival of Holi - just google up the images on that one!

You could up like this guy:

http://www.flickr.com …8608172185/in/p​hotostream

Haha, yeah! If I knew it was just going to be dry powder I probably wouldn't care as much... but you never know what's going to be thrown in the mix at younglife...

*sigh* wrote in post #15787104
Haha, yeah! If I knew it was just going to be dry powder I probably wouldn't care as much... but you never know what's going to be thrown in the mix at younglife...

true...

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