Filter question

[shropshire 0]

[Amature Warning]

Hi : I've just bought a Sigma 10-20 EX lens and need to protect it with a filter (?).

It takes a 77mm but that's all I know.

What sort of filter should I get?

Are some better (quality) than others? (Sigma = £55 whilst a Hoya = £23) Will I be able to tell the difference?


Cheers,
Tony

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[PhreeZone 20]

If you are going to protect it then only use a UV filter, polerizers or anything else is advanced items to add on once you get photography into your blood . And yes, there is a difference in quality of filters but the lens manufactors are not always the best. In my experience the B+W brand is very good in the UV line and the Hoya is a lower quality level but if you are looking at red filters for Black and White then the Hoya is a decent brand.

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[shropshire 0]

Thank you very much. I'll send for a mid priced U.V for now.

Cheers,
Tony

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Chivalry is not dead; it only sleeps for want of work to do. - Jerome K Jerome

[BMFin 0]

if you dont need a UV-polarizer and you only want to protect the lens, then I suggest you get a protector..

Such as this

[shropshire 0]

That seems like a good idea too... So do I need a UV or Polarizing filter for Skydive photos?

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Chivalry is not dead; it only sleeps for want of work to do. - Jerome K Jerome

[mnealtx 0]

Go with the UV - to adjust a polarizer correctly, you need to be looking through the viewfinder as you do it, and you'd have to say in the same relative position in regards to the sun.

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[shropshire 0]

Thanks Mike.

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Chivalry is not dead; it only sleeps for want of work to do. - Jerome K Jerome