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Terry
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Sat Nov 27, 2004 5:13 am Post subject:
Canon filter question |
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I submitted this earlier, but I can see the posting neither with Outlook
Express or Google. I have a Canon G5. I would like to get a circular
polarizer. I have the lens adapter LA-DC58B now. Can I put a 58mm filter
on this adapter and use it with the regular lens? Do I need a Canon filter
or do you have a better recommendation? Thanks for your help and sorry if
this posting has appeared previously.
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Terry
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Joseph Meehan
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Sat Nov 27, 2004 5:34 am Post subject:
Re: Canon filter question |
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Terry wrote:
| Quote: | I submitted this earlier, but I can see the posting neither with Outlook
Express or Google. I have a Canon G5. I would like to get a circular
polarizer. I have the lens adapter LA-DC58B now. Can I put a 58mm filter
on this adapter and use it with the regular lens? Do I need a Canon
filter
or do you have a better recommendation? Thanks for your help and sorry if
this posting has appeared previously.
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From Michael
I'm not familiar with the camera and adapter you describe, but a
58-mm-diameter filter will have 58-mm male threads on one side and female
threads on the other side, so you can stack accessories.
There's no particular reason to prefer Canon brand... Canon is not a "big
name" in filters. Hoya, Heliopan, and B+W are, and so is Nikon. A
multicoated filter is preferred, but not absolutely necessary with a
polarizer because the polarizer itself absorbs enough light that internal
reflections won't be a big problem. Tiffen is the big economy-price brand
of filters (uncoated as far as I know; they just haven't changed since the
1940s when everything was uncoated).
From Me
Terry wrote:
| Quote: | I have a Canon G5 and the LA-DC58B conversion lens adapter. I would like
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get a circular polarizer filter for the camera. Would a 58mm filter atach
to this adapter like a lens does so I could use it with the regular lens?
If so do I need to use a Canon filter or is there a better value? Thanks
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I am sorry that I don't know that particular camera, but if it has a
standard 58mm filter mount (I suspect it does) then any standard 58mm filter
should fit.
Canon filters are like all others. There is no need to pick the same
brand as the camera or lens for filters. I would imagine that Canon filters
are of good quality, but there are other brands of good quality as well.
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Joseph E. Meehan
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Gisle Hannemyr
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Sat Nov 27, 2004 12:11 pm Post subject:
Re: Canon filter question |
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"Terry" <ratcafepolier@comcast.net> writes:
| Quote: | I have a Canon G5. I would like to get a circular polarizer. I
have the lens adapter LA-DC58B now. Can I put a 58mm filter on this
adapter and use it with the regular lens?
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Yes.
| Quote: | Do I need a Canon filter or do you have a better recommendation?
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No, the adapter will let you use any brand as long as it is Ø 58mm.
Tiffen is considered good value for uncoated circular polarizers,
Hoya is good value for coated and muliticoated. Buy B+W or
Heliopan if quality is more important than cost.
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- gisle hannemyr [ gisle{at}hannemyr.no - http://folk.uio.no/gisle/ ]
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Siddhartha Jain
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Sat Nov 27, 2004 12:12 pm Post subject:
Re: Canon filter question |
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Terry wrote:
| Quote: | I submitted this earlier, but I can see the posting neither with
Outlook
Express or Google. I have a Canon G5. I would like to get a
circular
polarizer. I have the lens adapter LA-DC58B now. Can I put a 58mm
filter
on this adapter and use it with the regular lens? Do I need a Canon
filter
or do you have a better recommendation? Thanks for your help and
sorry if
this posting has appeared previously.
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Non-Canon filters will work just as fine and B+W/Hoya will be better in
quality as well. Also remember that a wide-angle lens need special thin
filters to avoid vignetting and thin filters cost more $$$.
I bought a Canon Skylight 1A 52mm for approx $9 while a 58mm B+W
Skylight 1A cost me $34. Polarises are more expensive. A Kenko brand
52mm cost me ~$15 while a B+W would cost you about $60-$110 depending
on coating and thickness.
HTH,
Siddhartha |
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