p.18 #5 · 'Master' EF 16–35mm f/2.8L II USM Thread
I am waiting for reports on the performance of the 16-35MK II because it offers the most improvement stopped down. Unless and until I will continue to use my 24L (glowingly reviewed with a link on this forum) and the 15mm FE (defished) for many of my needs as well as the MKI.
Filters: The routine use of a skylight comes from the film era where a bit of warming usually helped. I have 10 52mm L1A's from my old Nikkors. With all the other filters types it makes a 6" long "lens." Although routinely used none of the Nikon filters were coated!
With digital these filters are obsolete-except for a polarizer. After buying protective filters for most of my lenses I have stopped using them-just a lens hood. After all if my $4K 300mm F2.8 IS can get along with just a lens hood they why not the others.
p.18 #6 · 'Master' EF 16–35mm f/2.8L II USM Thread
BeeMan458 wrote:
Having a Sigma 100-300/4.0 (an 82mm mount) I'm good.
Did you go B+W or HOYA. The 82mm which I currently have is the HOYA Pro-1.
It may be awhile before I can jump on this lense as yesterday I ordered up a Canon 10X42 L IS WP pair of binoculars and then later this year, it'll be a new ASUS, dual-core MoBo w/3-gigs of memory for the added Photoshop processing speed and the newly announced, but yet to be released, Canon PIXMA Pro9500 ten ink printer. Yippee!
Looking forward to the 16-35L II being released and salivating over all the expected good reviews. ...Show more →
where did you get the 82mm Hoya pro1? I wasn't able to find one, the largest size i found was the 77mm.
p.18 #8 · 'Master' EF 16–35mm f/2.8L II USM Thread
"where did you get the 82mm Hoya pro1?"
I have to correct myself. The HOYA CirPl that I have, just pulled it out of the storage case, is a "Super" CirPl that's a slim (5mm); no front threads, w/seven layers of multi-coatings, it's printed on the back of the filter case that it's made by Tokina. I picked it up from some e-Bay online filter guy, several years ago. Sorry I can't be of more help.
p.18 #9 · 'Master' EF 16–35mm f/2.8L II USM Thread
Thanks for checking Thomas. I think I will bet set with the 82mm circ polarizer once they are available from Singh-Ray. I'm hoping there will be UV/skylight Pro1's available from hoya in 82mm or that the new filters Rodenstock announced at photokina will be available in 82mm, and that someone actually caries them! (i checked with Vistek in Canada and B&H/Adorama in the USA and neither carries them).
p.18 #10 · 'Master' EF 16–35mm f/2.8L II USM Thread
Wow! Just checked B&H for B+W CirPl..... Wow! Makes me happy to have the 82mm I picked up several years ago for under a hundred USD. Knock me over with a feather. Wow!
p.18 #12 · 'Master' EF 16–35mm f/2.8L II USM Thread
Phil Bonner wrote:
Wow, the high cost of admission for this lens just went through the roof.. that is if you want a decent circular polarizer for shooting landscape....
I'd never spend that much on a B+W when Singh-Ray's should be about the same - and the their LB Polarizers will also have 2/3 stops less light loss
p.18 #14 · 'Master' EF 16–35mm f/2.8L II USM Thread
No kidding, stanj You would need at least $1000+ worth of them - especially if you went with B&W or Heliopan!
Personally, I like to use them for landscapes to either enhance the sky contrast, saturation on leaves or other shiny surfaces or on the water. On a tripod, I take one shot with the polarizer set to minimum effect, and another one set to maximum effect. Later in photoshop, I can then either blend or selectively mask to bring things out in the photograph. YMMV
p.18 #15 · 'Master' EF 16–35mm f/2.8L II USM Thread
neilgundel wrote:
On a tripod, I take one shot with the polarizer set to minimum effect, and another one set to maximum effect. Later in photoshop, I can then either blend or selectively mask to bring things out in the photograph.
p.18 #17 · 'Master' EF 16–35mm f/2.8L II USM Thread
Step-up rings are much cheaper the polarizing filters. I own just two filters - a 77mm polarizer, and an 82mm polarizer. I then step-up all my lenses to one of those two sizes (those that vignette at 77mm get stepped up to 82mm).
This is a much cheaper solution, and simplifies the gear bag quite a bit as well.
p.18 #18 · 'Master' EF 16–35mm f/2.8L II USM Thread
Mike Hatam wrote:
Step-up rings are much cheaper the polarizing filters. I own just two filters - a 77mm polarizer, and an 82mm polarizer. I then step-up all my lenses to one of those two sizes (those that vignette at 77mm get stepped up to 82mm).
This is a much cheaper solution, and simplifies the gear bag quite a bit as well.
Mike
I agree...I only have a 58, 77, 77slim, and 82. I don't need to buy anything for the new lens...
p.18 #19 · 'Master' EF 16–35mm f/2.8L II USM Thread
with the 1D3 and 16-35L-II, i'm hoping to use a step-down ring to adapt my 72mm CPL. 82 / 72 = 1.138 so i figure it's still out of range of mechanically vignetting on the 1.28x sensor.
p.18 #20 · 'Master' EF 16–35mm f/2.8L II USM Thread
I tried step-down rings and found them to not work for my needs because the rings don't play well with lense hoods and it's a pain trying to put the lense hood on and then the filter and then have to dig the filter out again. If, because of this playing around, a filter gets cross threaded, you're totally boned and the lense will more than likely have to go to the hospital to clean up the threads or get the filter and hood off. It also get's pretty messy as for finger prints and all. That's why I bought so many CirPl, so all the lenses will have their own CirPl and I won't have "any" problems with step-down rings, lense hoods and problems getting filters on or off the front of the lenses not to mention having to clean off finger prints all the time. In my way of thinking, it's been money well spent over the years for the grief-n-aggravation that I've been saved from. YMMV.
