£30 Jessops Vouchers. Ideas? Filters?

So I got £30 Jessops vouchers, and we all should know that in that place, that isnt alot to go on. I dont have the money to put towards getting a new Lens. So what about some Filters for my 70-200? I dont know anything about Filters to be honest. Are they worth it? What can they do for me?

Thanks all.

Quite honestly I wouldn't buy filters unless you're going to get Hoya SMC UV or polarising filters.

Round filters are, IMHO, the only way to go.

UV protects your lens. Polariser - well - polarises.

What I would suggest you might find more worthwhile would be a second battery.

. . . or a remote release or a new gadget bag? If this was "vouchers" plural, you may be able to swing 58 mm Hoya S-HMC or B+W MRC filters, or a 50 mm f/1.8 lens.

I managed to get £15 of vouchers, but I can't for the life of me think of anything to buy from the place either.

Giotto rocket blower?

Jessops do online printing now - maybe you can transfer them to an account and use them for, er, printing! Worth asking the store if you're interested in that.

They sell frames as well don't they, maybe give someone a gift of a photo of yours in a frame?

2nd battery is a very good suggestion - but Jessops are a total rip off for those sorts of things.

Buy some B&W film and experiment with it if you have a 35mm camera laying around?

Lens cloths... sensor cleaning kit?

Running out of ideas now!

Thanks for the feedback. I have 4 batteries anyway. Heh. Might just be easier to go and have a look.

I got £55 worth of vouchers (asked for them) saving them to buy a flash (430ex) after my birthday

Yeah thats what I want now. But I dont have the money to put towards it too. PSP gonna be sold me thinks!

well i got £20 of jessops vouchers..like you say what canu buy for that in jessops..ended up buying photo paper for my printer

dsc_1972 wrote in post #2451259
Giotto rocket blower?

Jessops do online printing now - maybe you can transfer them to an account and use them for, er, printing! Worth asking the store if you're interested in that.

They sell frames as well don't they, maybe give someone a gift of a photo of yours in a frame?

2nd battery is a very good suggestion - but Jessops are a total rip off for those sorts of things.

Buy some B&W film and experiment with it if you have a 35mm camera laying around?

Lens cloths... sensor cleaning kit?

Running out of ideas now!

You can't use them on the online store - I checked - not sure about the online printing site though, but I assume not as well

I use jessops all the time. In fact im going to use them today. Very simple. I look up bristol cameras and warehouse express, print off the price of what I want then use the price match policy to get it locally without waiting for the postman. A fortnight ago I bought a 580 ex speedlite. Jessops wanted 329.99 (Ouch!) Bristol cameras wanted 269.00. So I used the £60 quid vouchers that had been given to me to bing that down to 209! Add that to the £35 rebate voucher I had from canon and I paid only £174 of my own hard earned money. (I know the vouchers are 60 quid but I didnt pay for em so in my mad mind they dont count! HAHA)

Coops - I'd look at this thread If I were you:

https://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthre​ad.php?t=255610

Looks like they are not always honouring the price matching...

what i would do is head in, tell the guy at the counter that if he can lower the ridiculous prices of their lenses then you'll give him them for nothing

if that fails, you could possibly put it towards a backpack for all your camera gear. thats what i keep meaning to get for when i start hiking again

Cokin ND8 GND filter and adapter ring to fit your 70-200.

Don't believe you will only ever need a wide angle for landscape shots.

Besides a another £7 adapter ring will mean the filter holder will fit on your wide angle.

I can confirm that Jessops are no longer price matching, I; like a fool asked family to get me Jessops gift vouchers for Christmas. I usually go there with Internet print out of a cheaper price in hand and they match it, I got £80.00 worth in all to put towards a second 580EX Flash. They wouldn't price match and I ended up paying full price i.e. £40.00 more than Warehouse Express were asking, if I could have thought of anything else I wanted at around £80.00 I would have told them to shove it; but I couldn't. It's very annoying to think I might as well have just thrown £40.00 worth of those vouchers in the bin, I contacted Jessops just to make sure the guy in the store wasn't just pulling a fast one; knowing I had vouchers that I couldn't spend any where else and got this reply.

"** High Priority **

Dear Mr Emmett,

Thank you for your email dated 27th December 2006.

Whilst our aim is to remain competitive on the High Street, from time to time as with all retailers, prices do vary and change at specific times.

I am able to confirm that our price match promotion has now finished and this is long term unless the board of directors advise of any change.

I would like to apologise for inconvenience that this matter may have caused you.

Yours sincerely,

Christian Liquorish

Customer Liaison "