[thechat] Re: High End Filters for Digital Cameras -- Found

[Luther, Ron]

Hi Dave,

Thanks - I haven't seen the 4-pack.

I've seen the 3-pack; one UV, one FL, and one polarizer.  From what I've
seen it's generally running about $40 US ... which even at this small
size probably isn't going to be the highest possible quality.

In fact, Steve talks about the Crystal Optics filters here,
http://www.steves-digicams.com/crystaloptics_filters.html
as possibly more 'cost-effective' than the Nikon filters.
(The link at the bottom confirms Quantaray as the manufacturer.}

[I had an old friend who was a Nikon SLR snob.  Whenever I'd start
talking about "doublers" or inexpensive filters - he'd just make a
rude noise and ask why I spent so much money on my damn camera if
I was gonna go and stick a coke bottle over the lens.]

These folks have a pretty neat comparison of a number of different
UV, skylight, and haze filters:
http://www.cs.mtu.edu/~shene/DigiCam/User-Guide/filter/filter-UV.html


I've mostly used Tiffen and Hoya filters on my SLR and been mostly
pleased with them.  I was thinking about stepping up to a B+W or something

-----Original Message-----
From: Dave Fitch [mailto:lists at dere-street.com]
Sent: Tuesday, October 08, 2002 1:52 PM
To: thechat at lists.evolt.org
Subject: [thechat] Re: High End Filters for Digital Cameras -- Found


Ron Luther said:

>In case anyone else may be the kind of lunatic who thinks that
>spending $30 for a B+W filter and another $30 for an adaptor ring
>to fit it to your digital camera is a better deal than paying
>$40 for a set of 3 non-brand-name lens filters ...

Or you could buy the four-pack of CoolPix filters from Nikon, one
polariser, UV filter and two grey filters...??
Dave
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