Anybody Using... filter caps?

David_S85David_S85 Administrators Posts: 13,249 moderator
edited March 24, 2006 in Accessories
Metal filter stacking caps. Like these...
http://www.thecamerahunter.com/Merchant2/merchant.mv?Screen=CTGY&Store_Code=TCH&Category_Code=FIB

Thinking about them. I want to keep away from anything plastic that might outgas onto the filter surfaces.
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  • Bob BellBob Bell Registered Users Posts: 598 Major grins
    edited March 23, 2006
    David_S85 wrote:
    Metal filter stacking caps. Like these...
    http://www.thecamerahunter.com/Merchant2/merchant.mv?Screen=CTGY&Store_Code=TCH&Category_Code=FIB

    Thinking about them. I want to keep away from anything plastic that might outgas onto the filter surfaces.

    a few years ago, before I switched to B+W brass mounts I tried stacking caps on filters with aluminum mounts and the filters would stick together after a while.

    I have a tamrac 6 filter roll up but it takes a lot of room. I don't have a good solution for you but hopefully someone does. I just dont care for stack caps since then.
    Bob
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  • David_S85David_S85 Administrators Posts: 13,249 moderator
    edited March 23, 2006
    OK, so one vote no. Thanks. Exactly the kind of feedback I was looking for.

    I can't stand those plastic boxes they package the filters in. And I haven't been too keen on the wallet type dealies either, since, almost no matter how carefully I try to remove one, my fingers slip and hit the glass. 11doh.gif
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  • pathfinderpathfinder Super Moderators Posts: 14,708 moderator
    edited March 23, 2006
    I'm not sure where I read the recommendation to use filter stacks - Luminous Landscape I'm thinking - but I never followed through. These look pretty nice.

    I have never liked the plastic cases filters come in either - the B&W cases seem less likely to outgas as they are polyethylene - a little better than the hard plastic of Hoya and all the others. Plus they tke up a lot of room in your bag.

    Binding of threads could be a possibility with aluminum stack caps, I suppose, if you weren't careful with them.
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  • David_S85David_S85 Administrators Posts: 13,249 moderator
    edited March 23, 2006
    pathfinder wrote:
    I'm not sure where I read the recommendation to use filter stacks - Luminous Landscape I'm thinking - but I never followed through. These look pretty nice.

    I'll bet dollars to velcro tripod leg straps that it was the exact same place I read about them.

    RRS's Tips page. deal.gif
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  • ehughesehughes Registered Users Posts: 1,675 Major grins
    edited March 24, 2006
    I tried out a set of caps for a while but I had trouble at times trying to get the filters apart, now they just sit on the shelf.
    Ed

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  • David_S85David_S85 Administrators Posts: 13,249 moderator
    edited March 24, 2006
    ehughes wrote:
    I tried out a set of caps for a while but I had trouble at times trying to get the filters apart, now they just sit on the shelf.

    Alright.... hmmmmmm. I'll re-think this then. So this begs the question - - what are you all using currently?
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