Filter Quick Guide

One of the troublesome aspects of taking long exposures is the possibility for light to reflect off surfaces during the long exposure and cause artifacts that are difficult to correct. This is termed [...]

Sometimes, you can benefit from the effect of stacking more than 1 filter. Here are some scenarios where you may wish to use more than 1 filter. I have listed these in the order I use the combinations [...]

    When you are using an ND filter, there are several ways to calculate the exposure time required for a correctly exposed image. For each ‘stop’ of light that the ND filter blocks, you nee [...]

What does a CPL do?     Cuts out reflections: particularly useful for forest scenes. Deepens natural colours: useful for most scenes. Acts as a very light ND filter (1-1.5 stops): useful for [...]

It is essential that you keep your filters clean as any piece of glass in front of the lens could possibly reduce image quality. This most commonly occurs when shooting in wet conditions such as water [...]

There are two ways to use filters a) screw on and b) with a filter kit     Both methods rely on your lens having a ‘filter thread’ for the filter or kit to attach to. For a screw on filter, [...]

  UV filter     Advantage:   Blocks UV light which may marginally improve quality of images Can protect the front element of a lens from minor trauma /damage   Disadvantage: & [...]