filter too deep

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BrenMyster

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I just myself a set of filter for my ex, i didn't want to spend an arm and a leg on them, so i got a cheap set from ebay for about $50. I will be getting a good set in the future but only have about 50-100 bucks to spend now.

When i put on the of the filter on the camera i could not fit the lens cap thing over the filter, it seems the filter is too deep. I know i read somewhere that the lens hood was made to be deep enough to fit a filter.

My queston is... should i send the filters back and get a set that fit with the hood, or is this normal for most filters.

And..

can anyone recomend a polarizing and UV filter set in about the 50-100 dollar range.

Thanks guys
 
B&H Photo sells a Tiffen kit for $77. Item id TIPTP77. Works well and the hood fits over the UV filter. I haven't tried it over the polarizing filer, since you usually need access to rotate it.
 
http://www.edbergphoto.com/pages/Tip-polarizers.html

Quoted from the above article:

"Okay, wow, so the polarizing filter is the greatest thing since sliced bread. How do you use the thing? (After all, the human eye is not sensitive to polarization, so you can't know how to orient the filter on the lens just by looking at it.) Its use couldn't be simpler. After you screw the filter onto your lens, you'll find that the polarizing element itself is on a ring that rotates. You simply look through the viewfinder, rotate the polarizing element until you see the effect you want ... and that's it. Go ahead and shoot. At first you may find that the effect on film is larger than what it seemed through the viewfinder, but you will quickly learn from experience how to judge the viewfinder image to achieve the result you want."
 
That's an overly simplistic explanation.

The effectiveness of a polarizer changes with the angle of incidence of the light that hits the filter. You can observe this by rotating the filter while pointing it at a body of water or a car windshield that has sunlight reflecting off it -- when the filter is oriented correctly, the sparkles on the water and the glare of the windshield will disappear almost completely.

The filter should be marked with a dot or arrow on the rim, and if you turn the filter so that the mark points at the sun, you are maximizing the filter's effect.
 
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