Comments on: The Glass in Front of Your Glass: All About Filters

By: Sue Berry

Sue Berry — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 15:31:54 +0000

I have a 77mm and 67mm lens that I want to use ND filters on and was thinking of buying 77mm circular filters and using a step down ring. Do I go for a 10 stop filter or would it be best to buy a 6 and 4 stop and stack them to get more use of them?

By: Rosetta

Rosetta — Mon, 27 Aug 2012 11:10:52 +0000

if i wanted to stack a cp and a nd which one goes on first?

By: Tom Cavanaugh

Tom Cavanaugh — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 19:27:21 +0000

While brass filter rings are less likely to bind (or seize) to the lens, they will seize to one another.

Also, while both Aluminum and Brass have a higher Coefficient of Thermal Expansion than Steel, Aluminum expands more than Brass. So if you mount a filter in a cool environment, and try to remove it in a warm environment, removing a Brass filter will be easier than removing an Aluminum filter.

By: Roger Cicala

Roger Cicala — Sun, 20 Mar 2011 22:26:39 +0000

Mark,
We don’t recommend UV filters for protection, but I won’t get into that battle. There’s too many thousands of pages on it already. Top end B&W and Heliopan filters are recognized as the best, but good multi-coated Tiffen and Hoya are nearly as good for a better price. Multicoated with optical glass is the key to having minimal effect on image quality.

By: Mark

Mark — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 16:43:38 +0000

What brands and lines of filters can be recommended? I’ve got a nice Nikon 80-200 f2.8 with a $10 cheapie on it. I’m not going bare with it. What should I be using?

If I were to rent something like this from you, what would I find? I assume the chiseler who rented the Canon lens got a follow up call.

Mark