mr peas
Feb-19-2006, 09:26 AM
Hey there! I'm new the board here and I'm feeling really at home by all of the threads I've read so far. Eveyone seems to provide honest and creative criticism on photographs and I have not yet seen a thread bashing another person who doesn't use a super expensive camera, pre-judging them and their abilities. From what I've seen so far, you all are alright ;)
I'll be posting some samples of my shots soon enough (I dont have that many great ones), but I'd like to ask few questions about the Sony F828 and IR shooting.
My favorite ones are the IR photographs Andy took with his Sony F828 camera. I didn't know my little F828 can pull out shots like that! I was wondering if you could give me some pointers on where to start. I'm thinking about buying the Hoya R72 filter which everyone seems to like after doing some research online in conjunction with a number of ND filters instead of going through the modification process like he did. I've received some emails about it working pretty well so I'll try it out. I've read several threads on dpreview and other websites and for the past 24 hours, I think I've covered every single post and website there are (if you need any links to these sites, i have them all bookmarked! just ask me!).
Which filters would you recommend? Should I invest in larger diameter filters and use a step up ring from the normal 58mm filter size on the F828 to a
larger one such as 67mm, in order to prevent vignetting if I ever wish to stack ND filters on top?
I also plan to buy a DSLR from Canon's line, what filter diameters do most of your lenses use for taking photographs of landscapes (wide-angles)? A buddy of mine told me 77mm is the diameter his telephoto lenses accepts while the lens that came from the factory for his 20D was 58mm, the same as the Sony F828. You see, I'm trying to kill several birds with one stone :wink!
I'm really leaning towards 67mm filters, with the use of a step up ring so that in the future, if I ever wanted to, maybe use those filters on the new Sony R1, since I'm becoming a really big fan of these Sony cameras. But what I'm really concerned with is the vignetting, will it vignette if I stack lets say 58mm R72 + ND8 + ND4 filters? I'm pretty sure it will since my UV filter + polarizing filter already causes a small amount of vignetting.
Any thoughts that may help point me in the right direction will really help. Thanks a lot!
I'll be posting some samples of my shots soon enough (I dont have that many great ones), but I'd like to ask few questions about the Sony F828 and IR shooting.
My favorite ones are the IR photographs Andy took with his Sony F828 camera. I didn't know my little F828 can pull out shots like that! I was wondering if you could give me some pointers on where to start. I'm thinking about buying the Hoya R72 filter which everyone seems to like after doing some research online in conjunction with a number of ND filters instead of going through the modification process like he did. I've received some emails about it working pretty well so I'll try it out. I've read several threads on dpreview and other websites and for the past 24 hours, I think I've covered every single post and website there are (if you need any links to these sites, i have them all bookmarked! just ask me!).
Which filters would you recommend? Should I invest in larger diameter filters and use a step up ring from the normal 58mm filter size on the F828 to a
larger one such as 67mm, in order to prevent vignetting if I ever wish to stack ND filters on top?
I also plan to buy a DSLR from Canon's line, what filter diameters do most of your lenses use for taking photographs of landscapes (wide-angles)? A buddy of mine told me 77mm is the diameter his telephoto lenses accepts while the lens that came from the factory for his 20D was 58mm, the same as the Sony F828. You see, I'm trying to kill several birds with one stone :wink!
I'm really leaning towards 67mm filters, with the use of a step up ring so that in the future, if I ever wanted to, maybe use those filters on the new Sony R1, since I'm becoming a really big fan of these Sony cameras. But what I'm really concerned with is the vignetting, will it vignette if I stack lets say 58mm R72 + ND8 + ND4 filters? I'm pretty sure it will since my UV filter + polarizing filter already causes a small amount of vignetting.
Any thoughts that may help point me in the right direction will really help. Thanks a lot!