Topic: Took the DSLR plunge...now i need some help

[Brian Skalinder]

Just like lenses there are good filters and bad filters.

Filter folks might find these interesting:

UV:  http://www.lenstip.com/index.php?art=113
UV supplement:  http://www.lenstip.com/120.1-article-UV_filters_test_-_supplement.html
Polarizer:  http://www.lenstip.com/115.1-article-Polarizing_filters_test.html
Pol supplement:  http://www.lenstip.com/119.1-article-Polarizing_filters_test_-_supplement.html

[phanophish]

Whatever lens you do get, purchase a UV filter to protect it from anything and everything.

FWIW I used to be a big believer in this until I started shooting without a UV filter.  I gained a noticeable and significant increase in sharpness by not using the filter.  Obviously the situation may warrant the added protection, but for me that is pretty rare and I really like the extra sharpness.

What filter were you using? Just like lenses there are good filters and bad filters.

I had several.  B&W, Nikon, Tiffen.  There was an improvement with the better filters, but particularly in low light I still noticed an improvement not using the filters. I still use them in dirty or tough situations (Think dusty summer festival), but I find keeping my lens caps handy and putting them on when not in use is not that difficult.

[tapinfool]

most of my new toys came today... tripod, 50-200 lens and remote. filters should be here tomorrow

we also got 8" of fresh snow  and it's still a'comin'

my daughter and i are gonna go out to some waterfalls on friday and do some shootin' in the snow

she also just got a new dslr for christmas. i got her a d3000 kit.

should be a good time