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What are peoples opinions? Theres nothing on ebay that competes with that and I think there is a wide range of filters there.

Youll likely not use most of them.

I have a Macro set (+2,+4,+6) and a UV filter... Id like a gradient filter, and a circ pol at some point but thats about all you need.

The rest of that stuff can be done in post processing, and its safer to take a picture normally then edit it afterward, dont want to risk destroying a shot because I took it with a blue filter on or something

The filter set I bought from 7dayshop cost me about £15 with a 55mm lens cap that would fit over a UV filter.

You dont need the random gimmicky stuff that set comes with.

Theyre also sh*tty unnamed brand quality. I bought Hama and Hoya and they seem to be a bit better than the random jap crap out there like "opti whatsits"

Save the money and instead by a raynox DCR-720pro or a DCR-1080Pro WOOOOO teleconverters and wideangle! They were the best buys Ive done... spesh as it makes the S5000 turn into a more manly camera

Someone takes the piss out of your girly sized camera...You whip out a DCR-720 and all of a sudden theyve got 72mm of glass in their face aint noone gonna refuse 72mm of glass

 

The only filters worth having in the digital age are:

Polariser
Neutral Density
Graduated Neutral Density
Close up (and then only if you dont have the option of a proper macro lens)
arguably soft focus if you like those kind of portraits.

and if youre into that sort of thing then funky special effects like starburst are easier to do with filters than in post.

coloured filters are pointless with a digital camera, especially one which can do raw mode.

 

Lets make it a threesome.

 

its going four ways now

got the Polariser & Neutral Density, want a set of Graduated Neutral Density, but it will be a lee/Cokin/koot square filter set, id preferable lee but will probobly get a Cokin set

oh aye...and I have some ND filters too so yes.

Thatd be the reason I bought them @ Mongoose, couldnt afford a DCR-250.

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The only filters worth having in the digital age are:

Polariser
Neutral Density
Graduated Neutral Density
Close up (and then only if you dont have the option of a proper macro lens)
arguably soft focus if you like those kind of portraits.

and if youre into that sort of thing then funky special effects like starburst are easier to do with filters than in post.

coloured filters are pointless with a digital camera, especially one which can do raw mode.

I would add a UV filter to protect the lens, but thats it for a comprehensive set. Many cameras have colour filter effects built into software, my FZ20 does.

I use a +4 closeup for doing microscope stuff. Dont have any others to play with, might get better results with +2 or +6 or something. But anyway...its useful also because it offers a bit of protection (Dont mind risking scratching the +4 filter or getting it grubby on the microscope eyepiece, but would rather not risk trashing the actual lens...)

Zpyder, get yourself a cheap 50mm and use a reversing ring onto another lens, its been suggested many times on here and is well worth trying

Aye, but a cheap 50mm lens is still a fair whack more than a +4 closeup filter! The reversing ring alone is more than the filter too! At some point I want to get a 50mm macro lens but thatll have to wait a while till I actually have money I can spend on things like that...

A 50mm is about £60 and then the reversing ring is about £120 ish (apologies if I have that wrong, as I did investigate it myself, but thought it was not worth it)?  You may as well get a Sigma 70mm (recommended), 105mm or 150mm macro if you are going to spend quite a lot.  50mm is a worthy purchase though if you dont have one.  On a budget I would get a 50mm and a set of close up filters.  The 50mm is so incredibly sharp that even with the close ups on the loss of quality will not be that bad at all, especially if you sharpen photos in PS afterwards.  Or a DCR250 Raynox can be had for about £30 which is a bit of a plastic toy, but produces awesome results (i used to have one on my S5600 Fuji).

Quote from: mrtA 50mm is about £60 and then the reversing ring is about £120 ish (apologies if I have that wrong, as I did investigate it myself, but thought it was not worth it)?  You may as well get a Sigma 70mm (recommended), 105mm or 150mm macro if you are going to spend quite a lot.  50mm is a worthy purchase though if you dont have one.  On a budget I would get a 50mm and a set of close up filters.  The 50mm is so incredibly sharp that even with the close ups on the loss of quality will not be that bad at all, especially if you sharpen photos in PS afterwards.  Or a DCR250 Raynox can be had for about £30 which is a bit of a plastic toy, but produces awesome results (i used to have one on my S5600 Fuji).

Yeah I have the DCR250 its really effective. Shame Im a sh*t photographer lol!

Quote from: mrtA 50mm is about £60 and then the reversing ring is about £120 ish (apologies if I have that wrong, as I did investigate it myself, but thought it was not worth it)?  You may as well get a Sigma 70mm (recommended), 105mm or 150mm macro if you are going to spend quite a lot.  50mm is a worthy purchase though if you dont have one.  On a budget I would get a 50mm and a set of close up filters.  The 50mm is so incredibly sharp that even with the close ups on the loss of quality will not be that bad at all, especially if you sharpen photos in PS afterwards.  Or a DCR250 Raynox can be had for about £30 which is a bit of a plastic toy, but produces awesome results (i used to have one on my S5600 Fuji).

Think you have added a zero to the price of a reversing ring, it should be about £12, not £120! And my old fifty millimitre M42 mount cost me £20 IIRC so thirty odd squid.

I know nothing of lenses and what to get and what to avoid...Ive no intention of buying this one (no money) but is there any reason that this lens should be avoided, or is there a better 50mm alternative at a similar price?

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From what i recall Canon do a 1.4 that has more head room in sharpness and a wider aperture, that is also more circular giving a better Bokeh, the out of focus bits, On the 1.8 non focused light will be hexagonal where as the 1.4 will almost be circler .

but its all relative the 1.8 will still be very sharp, and If I was on the cannon system wouldnt give it a seconds thought for £50.