Looking for recommendations for general purpose filter for: digital; city streets.
What type of filter will be useful while at the same time offer some lens protection.
thanks,
Will
What type of filter will be useful while at the same time offer some lens protection.
thanks,
Will
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Re: lens filters at night
Tue, December 5, 2006 - 9:12 AMdo you want the star like effect? or just protection? i use a uv filter for every day protection. -
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Re: lens filters at night
Tue, December 5, 2006 - 11:00 AMUV filters save my bacon!
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Re: lens filters at night
Tue, December 5, 2006 - 12:41 PMI'm shooting film, but I'm also wondering which filters/films others are having success with. I sometimes use a blue filter (80-A) to minimize the extreme yellow cast from the building lights (shooting with daylight film). I still do color correcting in the darkroom, especially when there are streetlights, which often give a greenish color cast.
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Re: lens filters at night
Tue, December 5, 2006 - 4:00 PMJennifer, Edward and Bliss, thanks for your replies.
I normally have a skylight filter on for protection but sometimes, though rarely, I get that pink shade (usually when I've got bright overexposed areas). I've just gotten a Tiffen Haze-1 which I may begin using as my everyday.
Still, I've been doing a lot of people shots lately which I like the skylight for.
I've decided to use my 2x-teleconverter Friday night, which has an inexpensive Quantaray UV that I've used for over a year - seems to work very well.
So, the vote is ?? UV filter is a good choice for general purpose night shots in the city?
thanks,
Will -
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Re: lens filters at night
Tue, January 9, 2007 - 9:32 PMWhile a UV is a must for protection, it doesn't change the photo any. You can still get some cool effects by using a circular polarizer (changes reflections etc.), or try a color enhancing filter or intensifier (these filters use didymium glass, which alters color appearance and saturation). The other approach would be to use colored gels on a flashlight or strobe that way you can get multi-colored effects.
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here are the shots from that night
Wed, January 10, 2007 - 9:22 AM"...You can still get some cool effects by using a circular polarizer..." - Rodney
Thanks Rodney, I never would have considered using a polarizer for night photography - so concerned about getting enough light; my built-in wide / zoom lens does not do well in low light.
But, in the future I will have to remember to consider it for shots where there are a lot of bright lights.
Thanks again for everyone's input.
I did my shoot (in reference to this thread) in December. I wish I had set my ISO to 100 instead of 200 but, other than that, I think the shots turned out okay:
www.flickr.com/photos/acc...4414072991/
Olympus C-5060
Tripod
Wireless remote
Manual (with variations of the following sample settings)
F4.5
1/3 sec
ISO-200
80mm - plus 2x tele-converter
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Re: here are the shots from that night
Mon, January 29, 2007 - 9:47 AMone suggestion for lots of bright lights is to buy a high power spot light the ones that fit in your car for emergencies etc. point it at the sensor on the street light and boom it is daytime. The light turns off and before it gets up to temperature varies from 2-5 minutes. We have done this for a variety of shoots. Alternately there are little keys that fiti into little wholes at the base of each and every lamp that open a little door that hosts a little fuse which when unplugged turns off a big light !!
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