Which filters ??? and Nikon 5700 question

Canon EF 17-40mm f/4.0L USM

03/12/2003 01:57:03 PM · #1

What are the filters you think are useful with a digital camera? UV, star, any others?

Anyone with a Nikon 5700 using filters? If so, I heard about a huge adaptor that has to be attach and that may reduce considerably the light coming in, any experience to share?

Thanks

agwright

Canon EOS-20D

03/12/2003 02:29:20 PM · #2

Hi Natalie

Do you have problem with focusing and low light...

regards

Tony

Canon EF 17-40mm f/4.0L USM

03/12/2003 02:50:39 PM · #3

Originally posted by agwright:

Hi Natalie

Do you have problem with focusing and low light...

regards

Tony

I have. The best thing you can do is read where there is more contrast (try having a light and dark area in your focus area indicator) or open a light to rad your focus.

Did you try the manual focus?

agwright

Canon EOS-20D

03/12/2003 03:31:40 PM · #4

tried the manual focus but I find it still not sharp enough... really think of buying the D100 due to the low light focusing .. you ??

Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 ED

03/12/2003 03:36:12 PM · #5

Originally posted by agwright:

tried the manual focus but I find it still not sharp enough... really think of buying the D100 due to the low light focusing .. you ??

Well, after what I spent on this camera I will not throw it away and try to manage this problem around. I did some night shooting 2 days ago and I was astonished the focus could lock easily! I also did a shooting at a concert and got pretty good result with a tripod and slow speed. I really think that you must have a contrasting image in your focus are (between the brackets that appears on the viewer or whatever this is called), then it locks. But are you saying that although it locks it isn't clear-focused??

Natasha

Nikon D50

03/12/2003 09:09:18 PM · #6

I too have had low light focusing problems, when I shoot indoors in low light, I focus with the light on, turn it off and shoot, creates very dark backgrounds but that is cool. When I first tried to do macro outdoors in low lights, focus was impossible but my husband with his cheapie camera was happily snapping away, felt very frustrated with my new toy at that stage! Haven't tried any outdoor night photography yet, but really want to try.

I too would be interested in using some filters, but I haven't seen any available for this camera. By the way, I got a Remote cord (mc-eu1), which is great for self portraits, macro and low light situations- no camera movement when you release the shutter- a good buy!

Lustre

Nikon D7000

Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 17-55mm f/2.8G IF-ED

03/12/2003 09:42:27 PM · #7

I own a CP995 however I have read a lot of discussion about filters for CP5700's over at www.dpreview.com in the Nikon Talk Forum (sorry for advertising another site here). If I recall properly a lot of people use a converting to convert to 49mm filters.

Personally I use 28mm filters on my camera but I can only assume the 5700 has a different / absent thread size.

Lustre

Nikon D7000

Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 17-55mm f/2.8G IF-ED

03/12/2003 10:13:59 PM · #8

Update...

The comments I have read mainly evolve around "Bernies Coolfix" (as it is known). You can check them out here. A range of options are available depending on what you want to attach.

//members.rogers.com/nextphoto/

03/13/2003 12:33:04 PM · #9

Originally posted by Natasha:

I'm not sure about if exist filters expressly for this camara but with an adaptor you can add some from other companies. I know the adaptor is 40$CDN and that the u/v filter is thick.

Again, in low light conditions, the best trick I found was to have a contrasting area within the brackets when focusing.

Anyone had success with the manual focus?

Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM

04/08/2003 01:34:59 PM · #10

Ok, still looking for the most useful filters...? any idea (UV/gray/....)

Also, I can confirm that you cannot buy any filters for the Nikon 5700 without buying a tube adapter. It cost about 40CDN and then you can use any 52mm filters.

Message edited by author 2003-04-08 13:35:19.

wewillexplore

Canon EOS-1D Mark II

04/08/2003 01:40:27 PM · #11

I have a UV, polarizer and 812 Tiffen warming filter - all seem to help depending on the situation. I prefer the polarizer because it gets color-changing results, but the Tiffen helps with flash/lighting problems and skin tones.

:)

M

pinback

Canon EOS-10D

04/08/2003 01:41:44 PM · #12

I don't have a 5700 (I have a Sony DSC-F707) but useful filters will be the same for whatever camera. I have the following:

UV
Linear polariser
Close-up +4

and am intending to get

Neutral Density (ND) filters
Graduated ND (probably via a Cokin or similar arrangement)
More close-ups (probably a +2 or +1)
Infra-red

I use the UV filter as protections for the lens. The close-up I find useful for macros and the polariser can be used to eliminate reflections and warm up shots.

HTH

Gordon

RIM BlackBerry Curve

Canon EF 85mm f/1.8 USM

04/08/2003 02:56:51 PM · #13

the only distinction is that you may or may not need a circular polariser, rather than a linear one, depending upon the focus system in your camera.

Most through the lens auto focus systems have problems with non-circular polarisers.

You can also use a polariser to a certain extent as a ND filter - really want to get a GND filter soon.

Any full image colour filters can be done using custom white balance settings and don't require additional glass.

Canon EF 70-200mm f/4.0L USM

04/08/2003 03:22:35 PM · #14

Thanks guys.

I got (quick am I?!!!) the UV, circular polariser and a ND filter. I think this is a good start + the tube adapter for the Nikon 5700 which is obligatory with this camera. Can't wait to try tem on!

paganini

Canon EOS-1D Mark II

04/08/2003 03:23:24 PM · #15

With digital you can get the effect of GND if you take two shots on tripod (two or more shots). Fred Miranda has an action you can use in photoshop to merge them to get the highlights and shadows within the acceptable ranges. It only works though with static images such as scenary.

Originally posted by Gordon:

dacrazyrn

Nikon D300

Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II

04/08/2003 04:35:00 PM · #16

Originally posted by nathaliedoo:

I think that the snap in adapter from NextPhoto //members.rogers.com/nextphoto/order5700.htm, is the way I am going to go. I have the Nikon adapter (I guess it is for the telephoto, etc), and notice that if any filter is placed on that, you will be unable to extend the lens. The snap on one costs $25, and states that it does not interfere when camera is turned off. I am looking at the 49mm, any thoughts on size?

Gordon

RIM BlackBerry Curve

Canon EF 85mm f/1.8 USM

04/08/2003 04:35:27 PM · #17

Originally posted by paganini:

Yup, you can also do it in RAW mode on Canon cameras, without multiple exposures by doing two conversions and blending them. I've done it before and it works well, but I'd still quite like to do it in camera with a GND. I'm finding there are more and more things I'd just like to get right first time without having to photoshop it later. Also I've noticed fredmiranda sells a lot of good stuff but he also seems to sell stuff that is really trivially simple without having to buy an action, such as sticking two images over each other and then adding a user drawn mask.

An example of doing this with a single RAW file:

Click for a larger version:

Message edited by author 2003-04-08 16:37:07.

paganini

Canon EOS-1D Mark II

Canon EF 70-200mm f/4.0L USM

04/08/2003 04:41:19 PM · #18

Yeah you can do it with a gradient mask, but i think his is more automatic. I think all his does is taking two photos, selects the shadows, replace them with the highlights from the other file in a graceful matter. It's not possible to do when the contrast isn't a straight line with a graduated ND with a camera.

Originally posted by Gordon:

Originally posted by paganini:
With digital you can get the effect of GND if you take two shots on tripod (two or more shots). Fred Miranda has an action you can use in photoshop to merge them to get the highlights and shadows within the acceptable ranges. It only works though with static images such as scenary.

Yup, you can also do it in RAW mode on Canon cameras, without multiple exposures by doing two conversions and blending them. I've done it before and it works well, but I'd still quite like to do it in camera with a GND. I'm finding there are more and more things I'd just like to get right first time without having to photoshop it later. Also I've noticed fredmiranda sells a lot of good stuff but he also seems to sell stuff that is really trivially simple without having to buy an action, such as sticking two images over each other and then adding a user drawn mask.

An example of doing this with a single RAW file:

Click for a larger version:

Gordon

RIM BlackBerry Curve

Canon EF 85mm f/1.8 USM

04/08/2003 04:46:43 PM · #19

Originally posted by paganini:

Problem is automatic is usually pretty bad for those kinds of things. Unless all you really want is maximum dynamic range then maybe it is worthwhile, but I usually find I want a bit more control.

The sorts of things I want to do is a landscape/ sunset so having a straight line is usually not that much of a limitation really. Being able to do things in photoshop is nice, but it sure wastes a whole load of time that I'd rather have spent a bit of upfront time getting the shot right in the first place and then being able to enhance it further, rather than fixing things that could be done more simply in-camera.

Message edited by author 2003-04-08 16:47:13.