Landscape Photography Buying Advice

[chris-p]

Personally, I would probably go for a Hoya C-Pol. If you do buy a super wide lens you will need a thin profile one though - otherwise the edges of the filter show up in the frame.

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This is one that I saw just after I last posted, does it look alright?
Hoya 67mm Circular Polarizing Filter
I don't really understand what the mm means though, filters are pretty new to me...

[ap4a]

The 67mm refers to the thread size on the front of your lens. You need to check what that is before you buy your filter (it'll usually be written on the front of the lens).

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oh cheers

[Molloch]

Hi

Saw this thread and I thought I'd add my 2 bob, I'm fairly new to DSLR photography, buying my first DSLR in March, as suggested above, I'd really recommend that you get the camera and then buy what you need as you needed it, I was convinced that I needed a 300mm lens so I bought the camera with additional lens ... I never use it, which I'd bought a 18-105 instead of the 18-55 AND a wide angle .... but it is only (limited) experience that has made me think think this

Also just like to Add, that although filters are great, they confuse the beginner, there is a lot to learn with ISO and aperture, without sticking filters on top

One advantage of the Cokin filters, is because you have to buy a adapter ring,you can fit them on multiple lenses

[GeoffWessex]

Well, with the Cokin (and other square systems) you still need an adapter ring for each different lens filter thread - it's the filter holder (and, of course, the filters themselves) that you only need one of.

[Molloch]

Correct, at £8 can make a big saving if you have multiple lenses that you want to use the filter on

[ianpinion]

But as previously mentioned a Cokin P series holder is too small for a wide angle lens below 20mm, so you'd need the much more expensive Z Series Pro holder.

When deciding what camera equipment you'll need to buy, you either need to know specifically what you're are going to be photographing to buy the kit you will need for those instances. Else, you accumulate a selelction of the basic essentials to cover a wide range of shooting possibilities as you learn what you like to take photos of and what you don't. By this, you buy a couple of lenses to cover from 18mm upto say 200 or 300mm, a tripod, spare batteries, memory cards and a camera bag to keep them all in.

[chris-p]

As Ian mentioned, you'd need a Z-Pro adaptor ring. They're £20 a go which still isn't that bad.

Sadly, for APS-C and 4/3 users there isn't much choice in the wider square filter market. P sized is far too small at focal lengths shorter than 14-16mm so you have to go Z (100mm). Kood don't make them, the Cokin ones colour your shots and so you end up with Lee or Singh Ray, both of which are really expensive

[GeoffWessex]

But while a colour cast can be a pain in the 'arris, shooting in Raw will make it easy to clean up with ACR or Lightroom. So the question might be whether the cost of getting Lee or Shingh-Ray is better or worse than Raw correction?