Should I get a filter?

[gliderbee]

I recently acquired a M4 and Zeiss 35/2 as my first rangefinder set. Should I get a filter? From what I know filter doesn't do anything to the image for DSLR but they do for film. I am thinking about getting a used to save few bucks.

Thanks

Why would a filter not do anything for a DSLR image ? Is a DSLR not sensitive to UV-light ?

Stefan.

 

[segedi]

DSLR - here's a thought. I plan to get a yellow-orange and red filter for my digital. Why? Because I want to take take better black and white. You can emulate the filters in Photoshop, but it's better at capture. With a mountain/landscape you'll reduce haze and get a better image with filters on at time of capture.
Just a thought!

 

[gliderbee]

DSLR - here's a thought. I plan to get a yellow-orange and red filter for my digital. Why? Because I want to take take better black and white. You can emulate the filters in Photoshop, but it's better at capture. With a mountain/landscape you'll reduce haze and get a better image with filters on at time of capture.
Just a thought!

I think you're right: in B&W, these will turn the sky darker, as in film (at least: I don't see why they would not).

 

[jamesdfloyd]

Originally Posted by segedi
DSLR - here's a thought. I plan to get a yellow-orange and red filter for my digital. Why? Because I want to take take better black and white. You can emulate the filters in Photoshop, but it's better at capture. With a mountain/landscape you'll reduce haze and get a better image with filters on at time of capture.
Just a thought!

Colored filters with a DSLR is not a good combination. I had thought about it before, but did research and read that it was not a good combination. As a matter of fact, today while at the bookstore I was reviewing one of the current "Black & White for Digital" books, and there was a good section about not doing this.

 

[lacavol]

I would be interested in seeing the difference, but I don't have a digital at the moment. Would it be the color sensitivity of the sensor. Fixing the light coming in vs. fixing in software later. I'm sure there is a difference, but which is better.

 

[Pico]

Personally I wouldn't use a UV filter to protect the lens, I'd just use the lens cap or be careful. If you're shooting B&W film though, you could look at yellow or red filters, [...]

I cannot imagine a worse filter than red. It creates too much contrast, drops light transmission to the basement.

 

[Pico]

I've got a reflection problem in my recent photography of my friend's wedding
which my friend gave me a digital camera to shoot for him.

What you see there are strictly digital artifacts exacerbated by wretched technique.

 

[akremer]

I use a filter. Cheaper to replace a filter.