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Jun 09, 2008 07:02 |  #8356

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A plane ticket? :lol:


Much cheaper.


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Jun 09, 2008 07:07 |  #8357

Stupid question of the week time again - this time it's about filters.

I used a polarizing filter on my Olympus digital camera every now and then which seemed to define things like clouds in the sky a little better on outdoor shots. I have also heard of UV filters but I don't know what they are all about.

Are polarizing filters worth using when doing outdoor photography and what do UV filters do? (In 25 words or less)


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Jun 09, 2008 07:10 |  #8358

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Obviously. Good thing mine is incomplete or you'd be hitting up B&H again ...


hahaha. Surely Angus' photo tax is well overdue? He has one of the most impressive gear lists in here yet his taxes remain unpaid. Picsorban I say! :p


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Jun 09, 2008 07:12 |  #8359

Backflipboy wrote in post #5688251 (external link)
Stupid question of the week time again - this time it's about filters.

I used a polarizing filter on my Olympus digital camera every now and then which seemed to define things like clouds in the sky a little better on outdoor shots. I have also heard of UV filters but I don't know what they are all about.

Are polarizing filters worth using when doing outdoor photography and what do UV filters do? (In 25 words or less)


UV filters do nothing at all for DSLRs other than protect the front element and degrade image quality slightly. Polarising filters can be very useful particularly in very bright conditions, for the same reasons that polarising sunglasses are useful for humans.

https://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthre​ad.php?t=368177 might be helpful too.


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Jun 09, 2008 07:12 |  #8360

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hahaha. Surely Angus' photo tax is well overdue? He has one of the most impressive gear lists in here yet his taxes remain unpaid. Picsorban I say! :p

Actualy have a few i will post tomorow night. Fir the first time ever i tried the B&W in camera and i think i quiet like it.


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Jun 09, 2008 07:21 |  #8361

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Actualy have a few i will post tomorow night. Fir the first time ever i tried the B&W in camera and i think i quiet like it.

I am certainly interested in what else you have photographed besides all the emergency vehicles on the site you link to. Especially anything to do with sports.


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Jun 09, 2008 07:21 |  #8362

You serious, UV filters degrade quality?!

*takes off Hoya Pro1Digital UV filters and throws them in bin*

haha jk. but do they seriously degrade?


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Jun 09, 2008 07:29 |  #8363

Backflipboy wrote in post #5688303 (external link)
I am certainly interested in what else you have photographed besides all the emergency vehicles on the site you link to. Especially anything to do with sports.

Took some pics in Rural NSW. Will be doing lots of sports this weekend. Also a strobist meet on this Sunday.


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Jun 09, 2008 07:31 |  #8364

Strobist?


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Jun 09, 2008 07:33 |  #8365

tangcla wrote in post #5688305 (external link)
You serious, UV filters degrade quality?!

*takes off Hoya Pro1Digital UV filters and throws them in bin*

haha jk. but do they seriously degrade?

Slightly. They lower the amount of light into the lens by a tiny fraction of a stop and increase flaring. But not by much, especialy on the Pro level ones.


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Jun 09, 2008 07:33 |  #8366

Backflipboy wrote in post #5688335 (external link)
Strobist?

You don't know Strobist.... Good lord boy!

www.strobist.blogspot.​com (external link)


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Jun 09, 2008 07:39 as a reply to  @ ANGUS's post |  #8367

tangcla wrote in post #5688305 (external link)
You serious, UV filters degrade quality?!

*takes off Hoya Pro1Digital UV filters and throws them in bin*

haha jk. but do they seriously degrade?


Anything you put in front of the lens must degrade IQ by some degree, the only question is how much. If you use top quality filters such as your Pro1s, then it shouldn't be by any discernible amount.


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Jun 09, 2008 07:42 |  #8368

I don't use filters any more. My lenses are naked, just the way they're meant to be.


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Jun 09, 2008 07:43 |  #8369

NSWESP wrote in post #5688347 (external link)
You don't know Strobist.... Good lord boy!

www.strobist.blogspot.​com (external link)

As a n00b, I shall check out the link. :)


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Jun 09, 2008 07:43 |  #8370

And now, it's goodnight from me.


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