Buying a UV protection filter for Nikon D90

[Bobk]

Hi I'm needing to buy a protection filter for my D90. Can any of the members please suggest  ,Make ,type and where to purchase, and approx price.

[Willie]

Hi Bob,

Have a look at "UV Filter XXmm" on eBay and you will have hundreds to choose from - XX being the thread size on your lens for your Nikon D90.

Kood, Hoya, B&W, Kenko are all excellent brands. I've a link here for 62mm filters on eBay, but you can change it to your filter size.

http://photography.shop.ebay.co.uk/i.html?_nkw=UV+filter+62mm&_sacat=625&_trksid=p3286.m270.l1313&_dmpt=UK_CamerasPhoto_CameraAccessories_CameraLensesFilters_JN&_odkw=UV+filter+62mm&_osacat=0

My choice would be a Kenko 62MM Digital Multi Coated UV Filter in the UK - 6.99 with free shipping.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Kenko-62MM-62-Digital-Multi-Coated-UV-Filter-UK_W0QQitemZ370127080731QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_CamerasPhoto_CameraAccessories_CameraLensesFilters_JN?hash=item562d4b0d1b&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14


Hope this helps, Willie

[Bobk]

Thanks Willie that was very handy. I have just purchased the filter from the site. Bob

[otooleg]

Good sound advice from Willie. All I would ask is that you should always put a filter on of a quality to reflect the standard of the lens.

In otherwords if you buy a lens costing £600+ expect to pay £40+ for a quality filter. Equally if your lens costs £1,000 expect to pay £100 for a high quality UV filter.

Kindest Regards

George

[Grahamg]

Is this possibly something that we should have another night on sometime - filters: what to use and when to use them?  I know that we looked at neutral density graduated filters last year, but there are so many other ones that we might want to consider: polarising, UV, infra-red to name three.  I know that a lot of filters could be made redundant by using Photoshop, but it wouldnt do any harm to have an understanding of what they all do, and what effects can be achieved by using them. 

Of course, it would need someone who has a good set of filters to do the presentation, which I dont have, so I am not volunteering to do the talk myself unfortunately!   

Graham

[otooleg]

Graham a point for Gordon I think!

George