So i'm about to order a 35mm 1.4/L and the particular store i'm getting it at is selling a 75 euro Tamron polarising filter for 25 euro, this week only. I'm just looking for a filter to protect my lens, so will this be fine or should i just get a UV filter? I don't want it to mess with my shots too much but as i've never used a pol. filter I have no idea how much it impacts the photos taken.
A polarizing filter and a UV filter are completely two different animals. If you want a filter to protect your lens, you should go with the UV filter.
Raffi
would you say a polarising filter is a big plus when shooting landscapes then? i'm pretty handy with photoshop but 25 euros ain't much for a decent filter i reckon.
You do NOT want the Tamron polarizer. It's a less than "good" quality filter. Even one of the Tamron lens techs at Tamron, told me to stay away from them...
Circular polarizers are almost a must for landscape photography, and are really good in many circumstances. But as was mentioned, as with any filter, it's very important to use only the highest quality.
There two opposing camps regarding using a filter to protect the lens. One group point out that any air/glass interface through which the light reaching the sensor has to travel will necessarily degrade the quality, however minutely; and that apart from those interfaces, there's the effect of having to pass through the material itself, which in the case of the lower quality filters is probably worse than the air/glass interfaces.
The other group considers all that, and elects to use something, the best they can afford and justify, to protect the front element of the lens, some or all of the time. Many have had the experience of being very glad they'd done so when something impacted the filter, enough to have damaged the glass, but without having touched the lens itself.
no, many have said that the filter protected the lens from damage without proving that without the filter the lens would have been damaged. also, the most common form of lens damage caused by a drop is is not scratched or broken elements but misalignment.
Herb....
Ernie Aubert wrote:
Many have had the experience of being very glad they'd done so when something impacted the filter, enough to have damaged the glass, but without having touched the lens itself.
You are buying a 35/1.4 and yet have no experience with polarizers?
B+W and Heliopan are the right filters for the best lenses. Even so, UV filters are mainly for protecting the lens under adverse copnditions such as water spray, blowing sand, etc.
