Filters

[ruester]

I was curious about what I should have, as opposed to what I was planning on getting. (I plan also on getting anamorphic adaptor)
What I was planning on was:
Heliopan 72mm SH-PMC (Multi-Coated) UV Haze Filter from B&H
Century Optics 4x4 Filter Kit (Circular Polarizer, ND 0.9 Black Frost 1/2) from adorama.com

what should I get and most importantly, where? (links if poss.) and which ones should be 72mm, or 4x4?
Also any suggestions instead of the black frost 1/2?

Lastly, should I consider 4x5 filters and mattebox for anamorphic adaptor?

Thanks,
Aza

 

[Bill_Bolton]

Re: Filters

If you are planning on 4x4 filters, you will need a mattebox to hold them. Check out Chrosziel or Century as both of those have multiple slots for the filters and my Chrosziel has a rotatable stage for the polarizer/grads.

Tiffen or Schnider make lots of different filters for the 4x4 mattebox. I don't know about the 4x5 filters as I haven't needed them.

One suggestion is find the filter review and buy Jarreds DVD. You can see exactly what you are going to get.

 

[Barry_Green]

Re: Filters

I'd reconsider that filter kit. You don't really need a .9 ND filter, since the camera has two of them built in. If you got a different strength (like .6 or .3) that might be useful, but a .9 is kind of redundant.

 

[Stas_Tagios]

Re: Filters

If you're doing any exterior shooting, you should probably get an ND grad to help bring the exposure of the sky down to a managable level when trying to balance an exposure between the sky and a subject (say, a person, tree, building, whatever).

 

[ruester]

Re: Filters

Thanks guys! So would an ND grad be more useful to me than an ND .x? (consider I'll be doing short films indoors and outdoors, along with wedding videos)
Also, I thought the ND was to help bring out the DOF, or do the camera's ND's take care of that? Should I instead be considering achromatic diopters?