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ND filters
PeterJ:
--- Quote from: gmrza on December 07, 2011, 04:48:57 AM ---Walch Optics is like a trip back in time as far as camera shops go - loads of interesting stuff - you don't really get camera shops like the any more - even Michael's in Melbourne (expensive as they are) has way to "polished and commercialised" a feel.
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Great shots and glad the Walch Optics suggestion worked out well. Definitely must get in their now after hearing an opinion from someone in Melbourne where there's a lot more shops. Not sure how many times in the past I've put it off given it's an 'epic' journey of about 10 mins for me ::).
gmrza:
--- Quote from: PeterJ on December 07, 2011, 05:40:53 AM ---
--- Quote from: gmrza on December 07, 2011, 04:48:57 AM ---Walch Optics is like a trip back in time as far as camera shops go - loads of interesting stuff - you don't really get camera shops like the any more - even Michael's in Melbourne (expensive as they are) has way to "polished and commercialised" a feel.
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Great shots and glad the Walch Optics suggestion worked out well. Definitely must get in their now after hearing an opinion from someone in Melbourne where there's a lot more shops. Not sure how many times in the past I've put it off given it's an 'epic' journey of about 10 mins for me ::).
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Thanks for the suggestion.
I'm not sure what their prices are like on other things - I only really paid attention to the ND filter. They seem to have loads of 2nd hand gear, a lot of it looking fairly decent. You certainly get a better attitude and great customer service, which is just lacking at places like Teds and Digital Camera Warehouse.
thepancakeman:
So here's a question--how do you decide which lens(es) to get ND filters for? So far I pretty much suck at anything but sports photography, but I'm having fun playing. My wife has a whole bunch o' lenses (see my sig) that I can play with and the ND filters look like fun. Any suggestions?
neuroanatomist:
--- Quote from: thepancakeman on December 07, 2011, 04:46:10 PM ---So here's a question--how do you decide which lens(es) to get ND filters for? So far I pretty much suck at anything but sports photography, but I'm having fun playing. My wife has a whole bunch o' lenses (see my sig) that I can play with and the ND filters look like fun. Any suggestions?
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If you're willing to forego the hood, get a filter sized for your largest-diameter filter threads, then get inexpensive adapter rings to use the larger filter on smaller lenses.
gmrza:
--- Quote from: thepancakeman on December 07, 2011, 04:46:10 PM ---So here's a question--how do you decide which lens(es) to get ND filters for? So far I pretty much suck at anything but sports photography, but I'm having fun playing. My wife has a whole bunch o' lenses (see my sig) that I can play with and the ND filters look like fun. Any suggestions?
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My view is that you would probably look at which lenses you use to shoot landscape, as those are the ones you will generally use a ND filter with. Your 24-105mm and 70-200 both have 77mm threads, so you may want to look at a 77mm filter (I don't think you had anything bigger than 77mm). I would guess those are the lenses you are most likely to use a ND filter with. You probably would be shooting with the aperture stopped down as well to get sharper images and reduce vignetting (mainly an issue with the 24-105 on full frame however), so you probably would not want to bother with using a ND on a fast prime. As neuro said, you can also get adapter rings.
Our main use of the ND (although only recently purchased) has been with the 17-40mm f/4L on the 7D and the 24-105mm f/4L on the 5DmkII.
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