Confused on step up rings, adapters and filters-need help!
kkart
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Ok, I figured I would ask for some help here on this, this whole thing is causing me a giant headache and I need a solution fast as this is a Christmas present for my g/f and I am also thinking of buying it for myself as well.
We have the same camera, a MInolta s414 P&S, http://www.steves-digicams.com/2003_reviews/s414.html and well I have been thinking about getting her and I some filters, a Grad ND, Polarizer, UV, close up filters, and maybe an IR. The confususion sets in here: I for the life of me, can NOT figure out what the heck I would need to make these work! It is making me nuts. The specs from Steve's in the link above say the lens is a 35.5...so would I then need a step up ring from a 35.5 to a 37, no step up ring at all and an adapter tube, if so what size adapter tube, or do I need both....??? I am losing my mind over all this, honestly getting a tad afraid that I will be making the wrong decision. At http://www.photofilter.com/Step_up.htm I see teh step up ring with the size filters I need, but someone said I would need an adapter tube that goes over the lens barrel, and now, I am totally lost as to what the heck I all need! I need help and bad. Thanks all.
We have the same camera, a MInolta s414 P&S, http://www.steves-digicams.com/2003_reviews/s414.html and well I have been thinking about getting her and I some filters, a Grad ND, Polarizer, UV, close up filters, and maybe an IR. The confususion sets in here: I for the life of me, can NOT figure out what the heck I would need to make these work! It is making me nuts. The specs from Steve's in the link above say the lens is a 35.5...so would I then need a step up ring from a 35.5 to a 37, no step up ring at all and an adapter tube, if so what size adapter tube, or do I need both....??? I am losing my mind over all this, honestly getting a tad afraid that I will be making the wrong decision. At http://www.photofilter.com/Step_up.htm I see teh step up ring with the size filters I need, but someone said I would need an adapter tube that goes over the lens barrel, and now, I am totally lost as to what the heck I all need! I need help and bad. Thanks all.
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B&H does have 2 filters in this diameter here http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home?A=search&Q=&b=0&a=27_294&a=0&shs=&ci=115&ac=&Submit.x=10&Submit.y=5&Submit=Go
I would hate to invest in 35.5mm filters as I suspect they are rarely used. IF IT WERE ME, ( and it is not of course) I would prefer to buy 49mm, or 52mm, or 55mm, 58mm, or even 72 or 77mm filters, as there are a number of lenses that use those size filters and will continue to in the future.
B&H does list a 35.5 to 36 mm step up ring, as well as a 35.5 to 49mm step up ring and a 35.5 to 52mm step up ring.
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