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Re: [OM] Any advice on filters?

Subject: Re: [OM] Any advice on filters?
From: "philippe.amard" <philippe.amard@xxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 2 Mar 2014 09:01:55 +0100
When the filter is so close to the glass I'm not sure big bucks  
filters are needed on small sensors and for viewing on screen.

I shot this through a double glazled window, does it really show?
http://gallery.leica-users.org/d/381978-2/2014-European+Union+Parliament+-+Strasbourg-5004.jpg

MF and LF huge prints might be another story I admit.

Amities
Philippe

Le 2 mars 14 à 08:54, Chris Crawford a écrit :

> Those are the "Big Bucks" that Bill wants to avoid spending :D
>
> I use Hoya filters, which are excellent quality but much less costly  
> than
> the German filters. I wouldn't bother with no-name cheapies either.
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> On 3/2/14 1:38 AM, "Nathan Wajsman" <photo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>> The brands I stick to are Heliopan and B&W. Heliopan has a "slim"  
>> line
>> that should meet your needs.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Nathan
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>> On Mar 2, 2014, at 5:59 AM, NSURIT@xxxxxxx wrote:
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>>> When looking at eBay for filters there seems to be about 5 or 6
>>> brands,
>>> each of which comes from someplace in Asia.  Does anyone have any
>>> positive
>>> experience with any of this current batch of purveyors?  My   
>>> interest
>>> is in a
>>> UV, Polarizer and possibly a variable ND.  They would need  to be  
>>> thin
>>> filters as the lenses I would be using them on are pretty wide.
>>> Although I own
>>> some high end filters I'm not interested to spending the big   
>>> bucks on
>>> these.
>>>
>>> Bill Barber
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