Q: Regarding Wide Angle Filters

Blue Snapshots

I really love my 10-22mm, but I think I was being a bit naive to think I could take my existing 77mm filters and slap them on it. I'm getting big time vignettes. Now I'm reading that there are special wide angle filters that will cost me more for a complete set than I paid for the lens.

Question: Will these expensive filters make a difference, or should I just live with what I have... just crop and avoid shotting in bright sunlight.
:dunno

Example Shot:



Thanks in advance for any feedback, help, or comments.
:clap

herion

Blue Snapshots wrote:

I really love my 10-22mm, but I think I was being a bit naive to think I could take my existing 77mm filters and slap them on it. I'm getting big time vignettes. Now I'm reading that there are special wide angle filters that will cost me more for a complete set than I paid for the lens.

Question: Will these expensive filters make a difference, or should I just live with what I have... just crop and avoid shotting in bright sunlight.


Example Shot:



Thanks in advance for any feedback, help, or comments.

Your UV filters should be okay, however, you will need a slim CPL (like the Nikon)

pathfinder

Blue Snapshots wrote:

I really love my 10-22mm, but I think I was being a bit naive to think I could take my existing 77mm filters and slap them on it. I'm getting big time vignettes. Now I'm reading that there are special wide angle filters that will cost me more for a complete set than I paid for the lens.

Question: Will these expensive filters make a difference, or should I just live with what I have... just crop and avoid shotting in bright sunlight.


Example Shot:



Thanks in advance for any feedback, help, or comments.

Ultra wide angle lenses have difficulties with filters as you have noted. Vignetting is seen not uncommonly at the wider zooms of ultra wide angles. Specially thin filters and thin mounts are sold to correct and/or minimize this. They tend to be expensive as you have noted. Easy to clone in the blue sky colors in your sky here with PS. Cheaper than a new filter. It is your call.
Polarizers also tend to cause variations in the sky's darkness as the polarizing effect is varied depnding on the angle from the sun's axis and this can be significant with the real wide angle lenses. Polarizers are generally more useful with milder wide angles than the 10mm versions.

DavidTO

pathfinder wrote:

Polarizers also tend to cause variations in the sky's darkness as the polarizing effect is varied depnding on the angle from the sun's axis and this can be significant with the real wide angle lenses. Polarizers are generally more useful with milder wide angles than the 10mm versions.

Yup.

Here's an example of a shot where the wide angle caused this problem with the polarizing filter and the sun (click pictures for EXIF):



And one where it worked out fine:



(Both shots have a bit of the filter in the corner, especially top right, that I haven't cleaned up yet.)

Blue Snapshots

So it's possible that a better filter won't work?

pathfinder wrote:

Ultra wide angle lenses have difficulties with filters as you have noted. Vignetting is seen not uncommonly at the wider zooms of ultra wide angles. Specially thin filters and thin mounts are sold to correct and/or minimize this. They tend to be expensive as you have noted. Easy to clone in the blue sky colors in your sky here with PS. Cheaper than a new filter. It is your call.
Polarizers also tend to cause variations in the sky's darkness as the polarizing effect is varied depnding on the angle from the sun's axis and this can be significant with the real wide angle lenses. Polarizers are generally more useful with milder wide angles than the 10mm versions.

An improvement, but no guarantee.... especially at 10mm? I think I'll save my money and opt out of the better filter. At the higher altitudes (my example shot was 9500 feet) in Colorado the UV light is brutal. Guess I need to be more aware of how I setup the shot and just plan on correcting the corners when I peek through the viewfinder.

Thanks. Much appreciated.