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Filters for Panasonic FZ30
Hi Everyone,
I'm new to photography and just wanted some advice about filters to get for my FZ30 camera. I've been reading about different types and i understand what they do but what i'm confused about is sizes. I need a protection filter and a graduated filter for contrast fixing between sky and ground. Which ones should I get? Thanks in advance. Dan |
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Filters for Panasonic FZ30
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Dan wrote: Hi Everyone, I'm new to photography and just wanted some advice about filters to get for my FZ30 camera. I've been reading about different types and i understand what they do but what i'm confused about is sizes. I need a protection filter and a graduated filter for contrast fixing between sky and ground. Which ones should I get? Your camera takes 55mm filters. A polarizing filter is pretty indispensible if you do outdoor shooting on sunny days, to reduce glare and darken the sky. For starting out, you don't need to spend a lot on it. Or, if you take the long view, get a good multicoated one because you'll probably have it for longer than the camera. If you shoot where salt spray, dust, etc. are blowing, then one of the IR or clear 'protection' filters can reduce lens cleaning. They make screw-on neutral grads, but nobody stocks them around here, so I guess it's an order item. You often want to shift the density gradient up or down to block just the bright overcast sky or snow, so I don't know if a fixed one would be as useful as the Cokin filter holder system. I use the latter for video, which seems to need it more, but the FZ30 has reasonable latitude. I'd hold off on the ND grad until you get more practice with the camera. Photoshop Elements has more software filters than any one mortal needs, so this would be my main recommendation after the polarising filter. |
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Filters for Panasonic FZ30
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Kent Clarke wrote: They make screw-on neutral grads, but nobody stocks them around here, so I guess it's an order item. You often want to shift the density gradient up or down to block just the bright overcast sky or snow, so I don't know if a fixed one would be as useful as the Cokin filter holder system. I use the latter for video, which seems to need it more, but the FZ30 has reasonable latitude. I'd hold off on the ND grad until you get more practice with the camera. Doesn't the camera have controls to do this? -- ~Dibley |
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Filters for Panasonic FZ30
Thank you very much Kent, that was just want i needed to know. I'll add
a polarizing filter to my list too. I'm trying to get as much info about thing before I go to shops/online and make a wrong choice. To answer Dibley's question, yes the camera has some options to adjust your picture using built in effects but they are not available when you shoot in Raw. Also if the sky is washed out because you are metering for foreground you can't do much about that even photoshop work won't fix everything. Plus it's a lot more fun with filters Thanks again Dan Kent Clarke wrote: In article , Dan wrote: Hi Everyone, I'm new to photography and just wanted some advice about filters to get for my FZ30 camera. I've been reading about different types and i understand what they do but what i'm confused about is sizes. I need a protection filter and a graduated filter for contrast fixing between sky and ground. Which ones should I get? Your camera takes 55mm filters. A polarizing filter is pretty indispensible if you do outdoor shooting on sunny days, to reduce glare and darken the sky. For starting out, you don't need to spend a lot on it. Or, if you take the long view, get a good multicoated one because you'll probably have it for longer than the camera. If you shoot where salt spray, dust, etc. are blowing, then one of the IR or clear 'protection' filters can reduce lens cleaning. They make screw-on neutral grads, but nobody stocks them around here, so I guess it's an order item. You often want to shift the density gradient up or down to block just the bright overcast sky or snow, so I don't know if a fixed one would be as useful as the Cokin filter holder system. I use the latter for video, which seems to need it more, but the FZ30 has reasonable latitude. I'd hold off on the ND grad until you get more practice with the camera. Photoshop Elements has more software filters than any one mortal needs, so this would be my main recommendation after the polarising filter. |
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