Nikon D40 | Nikkor DX 18-55mm II | Hoya Skylight Filter | Nikkor DX 55-200mm VR | SB-800 <-- already bought ar xandman

Depends on what brand that you are looking for.
Also the specs...Multi-coated, etc.

I got my 58mm Hoya CPL at rm100.
I got my KEEP UV filter fo free..

Hoya UV- RM 50
Hoya CPL- RM70-80

all this 52mm. got it at photo selangor

Why not try COKIN filter systems?
They are very modular and looks cool..Yet to try it myself tho..

Adapter+Filter holder is about..er...70-80rm.. then filter you can buy and slot...

Ming,
I'm interested with the cokin filter. Where to get huh??? Any shop with full range??

I saw it in Penang wor, U from penang?
yea that shop has quite a large range of COKIN stuff...

Ming, what's the shop name?? Mind to tell???

yeps...got my pay early...so...got my 'babies' early oso! =)

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Added on May 25, 2007, 6:19 pmthx for the replies...
i guess i get the rough cost now!

This post has been edited by xandman: May 25 2007, 06:19 PM

@jeffbong...im not sure whats the shops name but its located at Nagore Lane.

Teh shop is pretty cool..sells lotsa manfrotto stuff too.

Is CPL really a must buy? can u guys live with it or without it ??

No, it's not a must buy.

Buy it only if you know how to use it or plan to use it.

Personally for me, given any bright sunny day, I'd be using it.
Also acts as a 1-2 stops ND filter to enable you to use large apertures in bright environments for more bokeh/blurred backgrounds to emphasize the subject. eg. portraits in bright sunlight. So you're actually buying TWO filters in one.

Useless in low-light environments as it gives about 1-2 stops less light to your camera, giving you too slow a shutter speed or forcing you to use high ISOs, unless it is a still or posed shot you can use a tripod.

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Added on May 29, 2007, 1:06 amFor UV filters, you might want to buy good (and hence expensive) filters to match your lens. If you have a sharp lens, don't go buying a capalang UV filter of dubious optical quality. If you have a multicoated lens, make sure you get a multicoated filter too or the internal reflection from an uncoated filter will give you ghosting and flares that will defeat your lens' internal multicoating. Having said this, check if a filter is really multicoated by looking at the colour of the reflection of a white object off its surfaces. The reflection should be purplish, bluish, or greenish in colour, not white. There are fake multicoated filters.



This post has been edited by cjtune: May 29 2007, 01:06 AM

It's depend how you look at it. To me if the lens is just so so and not any special kind of lens (sharp, image stabalise and etc) no point invest so expensive filter..i know effect is there but just not worth to spend the $$ on it..

Eg. Lens cost only few hundrew and filter Rm100-200 izzit worth or few a better quality lens then only spend good/effect filter lor..

Just my 2 cents.

hmmm.. so far all my UV lens cost RM30

smart decision..if want effect photoshop la

True,
I think ND/CPL is one of the important stuff that a photographer should carry in his bag.

I will like to try a Multi-coated UV filter though... any one got 58mm to sell?

May I know where is photo selangor?? im lookin for some UV filter also.

i got hoya UV - rm35
at j-one...amcorp mall...