Fluorite said:I was using a skylight filter on day on one of my lenses and it sort of alters my D70's colour balance. On top of that, it flared like crazy and there was a pink cast caused by the 1B correction.
Anyone also experienced this before?
I can get away with most situations with my 1A. In fact, I find the 1A is about the only Skylight that I dare to use...Fluorite said:I thought the 1B is supposed to compensate for the blue light but it is producing a pink cast I can see.
But you know what is the best part?
Flare+Pink Cast (tt inteferes with my WB)= Disasterous Image
Well, you should get what I mean.
That's when the all-time debated question comes in:
To protect the lens with a filter or not to? I am still in a dilemma.
Fluorite said:I was shooting into the sun. Guess that was the root of most problems. But it is ridiculous not to shoot into the sun for practical purposes.
Actually, do we need skylights for digital at all when we can fine-tune the white balance of the camera?
I think it is pretty much of a filter flare. Shots with the lens itself only brought about halos and not much contrast degradation.LittleWolf said:Have you tried taking a photo without any filter under the same conditions? You still might get flare. That's just limitations of the technology.
Filters can achieve some specific things that cannot be reproduced in postprocessing. However, I suspect the majority of filter ownsers don't use them in this capacity. People might also buy/use filters because the salesperson said so, or because their friends do, or because a large set of camera/lens accessories gives them that "professional" feeling.
I would guess that in the vast majority of cases, filters (especially UV and "protection" filters) do much more harm than good.
It might or might not be. What filter were you using? AFAIK, not many lenses can withstand shooting into the light without flaring.Fluorite said:I think it is pretty much of a filter flare. Shots with the lens itself only brought about halos and not much contrast degradation.
Yes, definitely.But come to think of it, skylights are supposed to warm up the image right? Can we finetune WB instead to achieve a similar effect?
Fluorite said:I think it is pretty much of a filter flare. Shots with the lens itself only brought about halos and not much contrast degradation.
But come to think of it, skylights are supposed to warm up the image right? Can we finetune WB instead to achieve a similar effect?
Fluorite said:So I guess a UV filter would be best.