Eureka!
I am told that there is a high end filter company working on a solution to the issue of filtering protruding front elements on select lenses. The 2 lenses in most need of filters are Nikon's 14-24 and Canon's 17mm TS-E. The solution should be available sometime in 2010.
It sounds easy enough to do, but the issue is flare, cost and most importantly; ease of use.
The source couldn't say which company at the moment, but it's coming soon.
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I’d have to assume it works with some sort of step out ring.
For the solution of super wide lenses why couldn’t they create a new system that involves both inner and outer threads on the filter mount area? The outer threads would require inner threaded filters.. and would make for an interesting polarizer but for something like a grad nd square filter mount.. it wouldn’t seem to be too difficult.
Not likely: could cause severe vignetting.
good idea but wont work
why?
a polarizer of good brand for example B+W circ slim pol mrc… costs about 150€ for 82mm diameter
and consists of a polymer film in between 2 sheets of glas
you get that polarizer films as sheets for lightning
ever tried bending one? wont work
and the process of building a perfect sphere of glass where every point is exactly as thick as the other cant be cheap
Not if the diameter is large enough.
No, a non-flat glass is not a lens as long as it’s thickness is nearly zero.