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djwixx wrote:You'll regret a cheap one. I had a decent one and dropped it then used a cheap one I had lying around and the results were terrible. I bought a B&W (F-pro) and it was worth every penny but I can't say it's cheap. I have a 52mm, but will also be getting a 55mm, 62mm and 67mm and would rather do without until I'm happy to spend the money. Why put a cheap glass on a good lens.
prinothcat wrote:djwixx wrote:You'll regret a cheap one. I had a decent one and dropped it then used a cheap one I had lying around and the results were terrible. I bought a B&W (F-pro) and it was worth every penny but I can't say it's cheap. I have a 52mm, but will also be getting a 55mm, 62mm and 67mm and would rather do without until I'm happy to spend the money. Why put a cheap glass on a good lens.
So dave,
Do you have a reason for not buying the largest CP filter you need and then using step up rings to mate it with the smaller diameters? Granted if I could I would own one for all my lenses, but is there a technical reason not to do as I've outlined? I fully agree regarding the logic of not putting bad before good.
djwixx wrote:I didn't think of doing it that way and I'm invariably going to want one on each lens, so it seemed easier to have it in place already. You've sown the seed now so I'll look into it.
prinothcat wrote:djwixx wrote:The one place it could cause issues would be ultra wide angle lenses where you may get vignetting do to the stack thickness of the filter frames.
geoffw wrote:Thanks for all of the advise and the discussion my query stimulated.
Just to let you know I've picked up a second hand 67mm Hoya PRO1 Digital Circular Filter via Ebay. It came today and is in excellent condition and was a reasonable price so I'm very pleased with it.
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