Filters Adaptor
Photographic Filters – The Ins and Outs
In the good old days of film photography the only way to achieve many effects on your photos was with the use of specialized glass (or plastic) filters, fitted to the front (or in some cases slotted into the rear) of camera lenses prior to taking the photo. Fortunately in the modern digital world some of these filters are still used and while many of the old effects can be reproduced in a digital darkroom, others still require the photographer to do the work prior to post processing.
If you speak to most photographers (either professional or amateur) chances are they will probably have some kind of filter in their camera bag, even if they don’t use it. While there are too many different types of filter to list them all in detail, a rundown of the most popular would be a good place to start giving advice:
Protective filters:Usually a UV or a Skylight filter, both often employed to protect the end element of a lens from slight knocks (it is far cheaper to replace a filter than a lens!). One word of warning though, filters of this type are often bought cheaply, but this seems strange to me, people will pay thousands for expensive camera lenses and then place a cheap piece of glass at the front, often affecting the image quality of your final photo.
Polarising filters: One of the most popular and useful filters, these are used to eliminate or reduce glare from water etc. as well as to give the appearance of more vivid blue in skies, and are a must for landscape enthusiasts.
Neutral Density filters : These filters reduce the available light reaching the lens, allowing slower speeds to be used in bright conditions (excellent for showing the movement in water), and come in a number of strengths. There are two types of ND filter, a full ND where the whole filter is one dark colour, or graduated ND where the colour effect is started midway through the filter, these being used to allow for skies to not be over exposed while exposing correctly for foreground objects.
Special effects filters: The final types of filter are where you could go really mad, there are so many different variations to choose from, from starburst filters – creating striking bursts of light, to various coloured filters – giving the chosen colour cast to the whole image (Tobacco used to be very popular), these are worth investigating in more detail for a fuller picture, their numbers are vast and the different effects produced staggering, they are however, often filters that can easily be replaced with modern software.
Once you have chosen the style of filter you want to use, you also have to choose from the different types (and manufacturers). There are two very distinct types of photographic filter available; Circular filters that screw onto the front element of your camera lens, these require many different sizes to fit your different lenses, but individually are usually inexpensive. Square filters these slot into specially made filter holders, the huge bonus with these is that with different adaptors this allows you to use one filter on many lenses, as well as stack them up (generally these square filters are of a much higher quality than the circular ones) You also have the benefit of being able to alter the starting position of the filter (depending on what area you want the filter to affect). There are many specialist manufacturers such as Cokin or Lee (the two most famous and popular manufacturers), in fact way too many to mention.
As with all things photographic it is for you to decide what would best suit your needs, in terms of type or style, and what suits one persons budget may not suit another, further research on particular brands is highly recommended (and easy in the internet world).
About the Author
Having been a birdwatcher all my life and an amateur for much of my adulthood I decided it was time to start using my writing skills to show others what I have learnt, and so my global web resource www.fatphotographer.net was born, (much of my writing can be found there).
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52mm Camera lens filter adapter tube For Canon POWERSHOT S5 for uv CPL filter $4.99 |
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72mm – 72mm 72 to 62 Step Down Ring Filter Adapter $4.20 |
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62-55 mm 62mm-55mm Step Down Ring Filter Adapter $4.90 |
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116-86 116MM to 86MM Step Down Ring Filter Adapter $24.50 |
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STEP UP RING 46mm – 52mm LENS FILTER METAL ADAPTER 46-52 (NEW) $6.99 |
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STEP UP RING 62mm – 67mm LENS FILTER METAL ADAPTER 62-67 (NEW) $5.99 |
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STEP UP RING 62mm – 72mm LENS FILTER METAL ADAPTER 62-72 (NEW) $7.99 |
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SILVER ALUMINUM M20 OIL FILTER SANDWICH ADAPTER KIT FOR GAUGES $12.99 |
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BLUE M22 OIL FILTER/GAUGE FILTER SANDWICH ADAPTER KIT_2 $10.99 |
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Square Filter 67mm Adaptor Ring for Cokin P Series $0.99 |
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+1+2+4 FILTER + MACRO +10 CLOSE UP LENS FOR FZ28 FZ18 CAMERA ADAPTER TUBE $19.99 |
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New 72mm-55mm Step Down Filter Ring Adapter $1.49 |
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New 49mm-46mm Step Down Filter Ring Adapter $1.49 |
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new 77mm-82mm Step-Up Lens Filter Ring Adapter $1.49 |
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New 40.5mm-37mm Step Down Filter Ring Adapter $1.49 |
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New 77mm-52mm Step Down Filter Ring Adapter $1.49 |
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New 46mm-43mm Step Down Filter Ring Adapter $1.49 |
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new 40.5mm-43mm Step-Up Lens Filter Ring Adapter $1.49 |
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New 55mm-52mm Step Down Filter Ring Adapter $1.49 |
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UV + CPL+ Filter Adapter Tube+ Hood+ Cap Panasonic LX-5 $22.99 |
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UV + CPL+ Filter Adapter Tube+ Hood+ Cap Leica D-LUX 5 $34.99 |
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Filter Adapter Kit – Hasselblad Bay 70 72 Cokin P-Sys* $24.95 |
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Bay 3 III to 49mm Filter Adapter for Rolleiflex $37.37 |
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58mm Filter Adapter Tube for Canon Powershot A570 A590 $21.21 |
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Filter Adapter Kit – Hasselblad Bay 70 77 Cokin P-Sys* $24.95 |
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52mm to 58 52-58mm 52-58 Step Up Lens Filter Ring Adapter fits filter hood flash $6.98 |
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55mm to 58 55-58mm 55-58 Step Up Lens Filter Ring Adapter fits filter hood flash $6.98 |
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62mm to 67 62-67mm 62-67 Step Up Lens Filter Ring Adapter fits filter hood flash $6.98 |
