SBC Posted April 4, 2013 Share #1 Posted April 4, 2013 Advertisement (gone after registration) I have been shooting a lot with my new to me M6 and 50mm1.4. I love it but I have found the mac shutter speed limiting. I want to shoot wide open but i also don't want to buy/ carry a ton of filters. What are your opinions on stacking filters? I would like to cary a .6 and a .9 and stack when it is very bright. I live in Ca. So far i only own the .6 and I can sometimes shoot wideopen during the day with this but usually not. Also, To take it one step further, what do you think of staking these on top of a UV or polarizer? This is just a time saver for me since i normally have a UV or polarizer attached. I am buying the best B+W filters they make. Thanks for the Help! Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted April 4, 2013 Posted April 4, 2013 Hi SBC, Take a look here stacking filters, to do or not to do. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
Jeff S Posted April 4, 2013 Share #2 Posted April 4, 2013 Perhaps watch for vignetting when using wide lenses. Jeff Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
earleygallery Posted April 4, 2013 Share #3 Posted April 4, 2013 Firstly I'd say try it and see for yourself if it makes any difference to your images. Personally I would avoid using more than two filters, especially when you can make do with one. I have used for example, a polariser and graduated filter together. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
k-hawinkler Posted April 4, 2013 Share #4 Posted April 4, 2013 LensRentals.com - Good Times with Bad Filters Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill W Posted April 5, 2013 Share #5 Posted April 5, 2013 Thats funny but informative. Life is too short to shoot through crappy filters. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
earleygallery Posted April 5, 2013 Share #6 Posted April 5, 2013 Thats funny but informative. Life is too short to shoot through crappy filters. There are many links in the chain to producing a photograph. One 'crappy' filter is unlikely to make any difference. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
k-hawinkler Posted April 5, 2013 Share #7 Posted April 5, 2013 Advertisement (gone after registration) That depends. It might. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rramesh Posted April 6, 2013 Share #8 Posted April 6, 2013 In my case I reduced the need to carry lots of filters by standardizing my lens kit to those that have a 46mm filter mount. i.e. 20 Cron, 50 Lux and 50 Elmarit-M. All my lenses have UV on. I also carry with me at all times 3, 6, 10 stop ND and a polarizer. The exception in my kit is a CV21 which is a 39mm filter mount and for this I use a step up. Also when using a filter I remove the UV on my lens, so at all times its one filter being used. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sblitz Posted April 6, 2013 Share #9 Posted April 6, 2013 Same here in regard to UV and other filters. No stacking. More glass less light. Also carry adapters so I can put wider thread filters on narrower thread lenses. Saves a lot of money on filters Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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