xl1 recommend me any filter???

nigel333 · Post by **nigel333** » Wed Oct 13, 2004 4:07 pm

hi
i heard of black promist. can anyone recommend me any filters.
its a horror im filming. mainly dark and blue. shot on xl1.

Mushiman · Post by **Mushiman** » Wed Oct 13, 2004 4:44 pm

Make your mind up, do you want us to recommend filters or films?

nigel333 · Post by **nigel333** » Wed Oct 13, 2004 11:20 pm

lol i meant filter!!

ALove · Post by **ALove** » Wed Oct 13, 2004 11:28 pm

i might recommend always a uv filter

Epsilon · Post by **Epsilon** » Thu Oct 14, 2004 4:53 am

Whoa... there are many, many a lens filters out there. Do a quick search on Google, find a list of products offered, and see what you'd like. Some are easily home-makable, like smearing petroleum jelly on the lens to get a dreamy, color-washed effect.

I just bought a niftly little book on photography and has dozens of lens explained!

Check out a library, learn somethings!

Mushiman · Post by **Mushiman** » Thu Oct 14, 2004 6:35 am

I wouldn't want to smear anything on my lens without a UV filter on!
Seriously, get one of those if you don't have one already, the best few quid you could spend for your XL1.
The XL1 has a built in ND filter, so you don't have to purchase one of those, i have a polarising lens too.

Syras · Post by **Syras** » Thu Oct 14, 2004 7:27 am

polarising lenses are very useful (especially when you want to give a scene a happy paradise look - like what they do on ads for tropical islands)

Mushiman · Post by **Mushiman** » Thu Oct 14, 2004 7:52 am

Yeah, it makes skys & sea bluer (reduces the glare).

I3lade203 · Post by **I3lade203** » Thu Oct 14, 2004 11:49 am

You can pick up a pack of 50 or so filters for pretty cheap at a local camera store..

Epsilon · Post by **Epsilon** » Thu Oct 14, 2004 5:01 pm

No you can't. Real lenses that screw onto cameras/camcorders are between $30-$500 depending what you want. Maybe filters like transparent sheets of plastic that go into stage lights!

Mushiman wrote:I wouldn't want to smear anything on my lens without a UV filter on!

Good point, don't put anything directly on the camera's main lens! It's easier to replace a UV filter than the front of the camcorder if you should screw up!

ALove · Post by **ALove** » Thu Oct 14, 2004 6:15 pm

I3lade203 wrote:You can pick up a pack of 50 or so filters for pretty cheap at a local camera store..

not for 72mm lenses, maybe smaller ones. (but probably not, more advanced ones tend to cost more... my uv one was 25.00$)