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Post by mickeyobe on Mar 2, 2013 15:51:14 GMT -5
My daughter-in-law has recently become involved in photography. She never does anything by halves.
Today she showed me her wonderful Nikon equipment and we had a lovely long photo chat session.
She showed me some filters she had just bought with the guidance of her instructor. They are Schneider B & W filters. I was shocked at the difference between the B & W filters and the dreadful rubbish I have been sticking in front of my lenses.
The Schneider filters are very expensive but well worth the prices I am about to pay to replace my collection of scrap glass.
Four will do for now.
Now I must shop the internet and local stores.
Mickey
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Post by Stephen on Mar 4, 2013 18:00:53 GMT -5
Treat yourself to Omag Swiss made filters...if you can find them!! Most filters are made from German glass anyway, it is the coating and the mounts that are sometimes poor on modern types...Omag made nice metal bayonet lens hoods as well...... Stephen
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Post by mickeyobe on Mar 16, 2013 0:50:32 GMT -5
Thank you, Steven.
I will try and find them tomorrow. Oh. It's tomorrow already. ............ Today then.
The B & W filters are expensive with a capital EX. I have bought lots of cameras for the cost of one of them.
Mickey
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Post by hansz on Mar 16, 2013 8:48:48 GMT -5
Mickey,
I have quite a few of those B&W filters. Are you looking for something special?
Hans
BTW for Japanese lenses I normally use Hoya filters
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Post by mickeyobe on Mar 16, 2013 13:35:35 GMT -5
Mickey, I have quite a few of those B&W filters. Are you looking for something special? Hans BTW for Japanese lenses I normally use Hoya filters Hans, I was astounded by the quality of the filters when compared to what I am currently using. I am unfamiliar with them but it seems to be the coatings that give them that huge edge over the others. However if there is a cheaper way to go and still get that astounding quality then I am for it. What I saw was a 77mm B & W Digital MRC nano XS-PRO. I presume they are UV filters. I would like to get the same filter in 58mm, 62mm and 77mm. My lenses are Japanese. Is there a reason you prefer Hoya to the Schneider B&W for your Japanese lenses? Mickey
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Post by hansz on Mar 16, 2013 14:20:44 GMT -5
Mickey,
You need large diameters, they are not that easy to get, I'll have to look in 'the warehouse' - i.e. the boxec in the attic...
Hoya is very good quality, and somewhere in a forum a thread went like this: German lenses need German filters, japanese need japanese, mainly for the 'bokeh'. Anyway, it went on and on, no hard facts, but plenty emotions. The German best was B&W, the Japanese was Hoya, all agreed on that. So it started for me.
The plain truth is that I used to shoot with Olympus (the whole lot, except the OM3) and buying them they came with Hoya filters... So, my recommendation of Hoya is most irrational:-)
But B&W I do like - and of course the Zeiss Ikon ones (but they were branded from B&W also)
Hans
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Post by mickeyobe on Mar 17, 2013 14:00:24 GMT -5
Mickey, German lenses need German filters, japanese need japanese, Hans Hans, It sounds like those old wives have been busy concocting more tales. Mickey
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Post by hansz on Mar 17, 2013 14:13:22 GMT -5
Haha, and yes, the photographic fora are full of them!
In the meantime I found a spare B+W 58mm ES 1x. If you were living next door you could have it for free... In the past I had some difficulties to get things properly to the US - where you live, I believe?
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Post by mickeyobe on Mar 17, 2013 15:28:37 GMT -5
Haha, and yes, the photographic fora are full of them! In the meantime I found a spare B+W 58mm ES 1x. If you were living next door you could have it for free... In the past I had some difficulties to get things properly to the US - where you live, I believe? Hans No sir. Toronto, Ontario, CANADA. I am not at all familiar with B+W products so I may be better off consulting with my local dealer. I am also going to test my lens without any filter, with my present filter and with a B+W filter. That may lead to some sort of enlightenment. I do thank you though. Mickey
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Post by hansz on Mar 18, 2013 4:48:58 GMT -5
Mickey,
On holoceen.nl, under the 'Other' tab - Other Photo Info, there are 2 older B+W catalogs, one in Dutch, the other in German. They have quite a program!
Hans
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Post by hansz on Mar 18, 2013 4:51:25 GMT -5
Oh, I forgot to mention that I have a brother, who is a landed emigrant in Canada since 1975; he started in Orange County, close to your Toronto, but moved a couple of years ago to Vancouver (forced by economics and weather...). Hans
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Post by mickeyobe on Mar 18, 2013 10:00:46 GMT -5
Oh, I forgot to mention that I have a brother, who is a landed emigrant in Canada since 1975; he started in Orange County, close to your Toronto, but moved a couple of years ago to Vancouver (forced by economics and weather...). Hans Hans, You must mean Orangeville, a lovely town about 80 km north of Toronto. It's a great summer resort and, for winter enthusiasts, is close to ski areas in the Blue Mountains He moved to Vancouver. A wise man. He is probably enjoying the spring flowers while we are preparing for another snow/sleet/hail/freezing rain session. Mickey
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Post by hansz on Mar 18, 2013 13:40:18 GMT -5
That's it, Mickey. I remember a visit in 1978, winter, and he had to drive to Toronto for his business. He listened continuously to the weathermen who were flying around to broadcast the weather. Depending on the weather forecast he drove to Toronto to work and sleep, or returned home. There was no alternative... The Orangeville area was (and still is if I understand you correctly) notorious for its huge amounts of snow. I never saw that again, although today we had some sleet late March I am really looking forward for some better weather. He has a boat now, sailing Vancouver Island... Hans
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