Having begun to shoot a lot of outdoor scenes recently I have started to struggle with keeping a nice shallow depth of field without having to adjust my shutter speed to maintain correct exposure.
It seems I need an ND filter but I am having trouble working out what purchase to make,I really don't have a lot of money to spend but will stretch myself as I don't see the point in putting a cheap piece of glass in front of my very much nicer piece of canon glass(50mm F1.4,my new favourite lens!).
My kit lens has a 52mm thread but information on the canon lens is mixed,with some sources saying it has a 52mm thread and some saying it has a 55mm thread.
I was thinking a good solution to this could be to use a step up ring from 52mm to 55 mm then buy 55mm filters that will fit on both lenses no matter what.
Will a 55mm filter cause vignetting on my 50mm lens or is the 5mm extra enough?
I have been looking at the hoya kits that come with a pouch and a few filters, my worry is that a lot of the ones on ebay seem cheap and come from Hong Kong,I am suspicious that they are just cheap filters but with Hoya labels on them.
Does anyone have experience of these ebay Hoyas?
I need to order this weekend as I have several shooting days in the schedule this week and would need the filters by then but I also don't have money to burn.
Cheers.
It seems I need an ND filter but I am having trouble working out what purchase to make,I really don't have a lot of money to spend but will stretch myself as I don't see the point in putting a cheap piece of glass in front of my very much nicer piece of canon glass(50mm F1.4,my new favourite lens!).
My kit lens has a 52mm thread but information on the canon lens is mixed,with some sources saying it has a 52mm thread and some saying it has a 55mm thread.
I was thinking a good solution to this could be to use a step up ring from 52mm to 55 mm then buy 55mm filters that will fit on both lenses no matter what.
Will a 55mm filter cause vignetting on my 50mm lens or is the 5mm extra enough?
I have been looking at the hoya kits that come with a pouch and a few filters, my worry is that a lot of the ones on ebay seem cheap and come from Hong Kong,I am suspicious that they are just cheap filters but with Hoya labels on them.
Does anyone have experience of these ebay Hoyas?
I need to order this weekend as I have several shooting days in the schedule this week and would need the filters by then but I also don't have money to burn.
Cheers.