before and after photos of using a high resolution filter for a digital slr camera?http://www.shopsunshine.com/images/filterkit_dsn.jpg
such as those^^^ i mean what would the difference be
Antoni
filters dont have resolution
goto flickr and search for filters, they look like uv, skylight and
polarizer
all 3 do different things, but wont effect resolution
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Dr. Sam
Antoni's right. Filters can mess things up if they are low quality glass, so maybe that's what the seller means by "high resolution." Interestingly, I did an internet search for "High resolution filter" and the first one I came up with shows the usual UV, Polarizer, and an odd-ball Fluorescent filter. The thing is, they don't mention the filter size - essential for ordering - and these three in the kit cost $ 299.99! Man, that's got to be some exotic glass. They don't even tell you what brand they are. The place I saw selling them, though, rates a ZERO out of ten at www.resellerratings.com. No surprise.
One eBay seller has the same 3-piece set for $ 18.99.
The store you link to has about an 8 out of 10 rating: http://www.resellerratings.com/store/Shopsunshine_Sunshine_Electronics_DSN_Digital_Shopping_Network
When I go to their site, and search for "high resolution filter," I only see a brand that I never heard of called Crystal Optics polarizing filters and they cost $ 34.99, regardless of the size. When I search for brands like Hoya, Tiffen, B+W or Cokin, there are no hits at all. You might prefer to buy your camera supplies at a photo store.
If you want to see with and without a UV filter, check out: http://www.flickr.com/photos/samfeinstein/441244796/
Here's my stock answer about filters:
Many people use a skylight or UV filter to protect the front glass of the lens, but you can also buy high quality plano glass filters for that purpose. Whatever you do, at least buy a decent quality filter instead of trying to get off cheap.
Personally, I'd say the first place to start for effects is a polarizing filter. You want a "circular" polarizer.
You might also find a neutral density filter (varying degrees of darkness are available) useful for taking shots of bright subjects at wider apertures or slower speeds.
As far as all the rest, you can do this in Photoshop or Photoshop Elements. Okay, I don't want to argue with anyone about how it's better to use the real filter, but our asker can try a few in Photoshop (etc) "for free" and see which ones will be the most useful before you start spending money on the real thing.
Or, go here http://www.thkphoto.com/products/hoya/index.html and see what you can learn.
Or here http://www.tiffen.com/tiffen_filters.html Tiffen makes a kit to get you started on filters, if you think you want more than one. They include a polarizer, a UV filter and a warming filter. B&H Photo and many other places sell this kit.
Many people use a UV filter simply to protect the front element of their lens from damage. "UV filters absorb ultraviolet rays which often make outdoor photos hazy or indistinct." (from: http://www.thkphoto.com/products/hoya/gf-01.html )
We get this question often enough that I decided to upload a sample to Flickr showing the same subject taken with and without a UV filter. Download the image, cut a small section out of the top half and drag it to the same section in the bottom half and see what you think. The photos were taken about 15 seconds apart in subdued sunlight, so I think the lighting was virtually identical for each. There was no post-processing at all so you can make a fair comparison. I will not comment any further and let you decide for yourself if there is any color shift.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/7189769@N04/441244796/
The picture was taken with a Nikon D200 at ISO 100 with the Nikon 18-200 VR lens @ 112 mm at f/5.3.
Buy a name brand like Hoya or Tiffen. Don't get cheap junk to put on the front of your fine lens.
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For what it's worth, I had a skylight filter on my 17-55 lens and I dropped my camera and broke the filter! I decided to replace it with an optically clear piece of glass, sold by Nikon solely as a lens protector. I think the skylight and UV filters are NOT as neutral as everyone says they are and I would like to start out with images as Nikon intended for me to see them.
electrosmack1
Wow. How long did it take you to write that Dr. Sam? You must have done a lot of research.
Let me just say, even if you have a two thousand dollar lens, don't put a UV filter on it.
Anyway, as said above, most filters are crap. When businesses try to sell you UV filters, they are doing that because they make more of a profit off of them. When attached to a lens, these UV filters downgrade the image quality. I too used one because I thought it would protect the main element. It did, but at a terrible price of image quality. The ghosting in some of my images were so bad, it was absolutely laughable.
The only filter I would recommend is a good circular polarizing filter. These are very expensive, but well worth the price. Also, a good split ND filter for taking images of high contrast situations.
A website you might consider is: http://www.wolfes.com/eshop/cart.php?target=category&category_id=269 I've done business with them for a long time, and they're great. Aother is http://www.bhphotovideo.com
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