Thanks for creating this forum -- great idea. Now I hope that my question and picture turns out OK. Let's try:

Market stall in Seville, Spain Fuji NPS, Canon EOS 3, EF 28-135 IS USM

My question is: what filters and film do you usually carry on your travels when weight and space is at a premium? I always seem to have problems with mixed light. Of course I have filters at home to help (though in this particular example I'm not sure I could have fixed it if it had been a slide) but I can't carry them all around town.

So what are your suggestions? A warm-up filter, a FL-D, a FL-W, tungsten conversion, ... ? And do you use screw-in filters (Hoya et al.) or square filters (Lee et al)? (I guess it depends on how many filter sizes you need to cover?)

 

One question on the forum: is it open for photo critique questions? It doesn't seem to be clear in the guidelines...

Now let's hope the posting turns out OK

-- Allan Engelhardt (allane@cybaea.com), February 05, 2000

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OK Allen how the heck did you do that? Would you be willing to create a post telling posters how to insert their own images if I create an "Image Critique" category? Until I can figure out how to add the 'post an image' part to the new question screen, letting posters know how to add an image would be a great help...

I'm hoping that such critiques become a large part of PPF.

As for filters, unfortunately, I really don't use them at all. Just the glass and a hood, though I've been toying with getting a polarizer and a magenta filter (maybe 5cc's worth) for portraits occasionally...

-- shawn gibson (SeeInsideForever@yahoo.com), February 05, 2000.

And thanks for noting the lack of clarity on the intro page. I'll fix it. shawn

-- shawn gibson (SeeInsideForever@yahoo.com), February 05, 2000.

Above image was inserted with HTML code

-- Chris Ober (caober@ev1.net), February 05, 2000.

Unfortunately there is no preview feature here as in the Photo.Net Q&A forums and I messed up the original code. Basically, you space to save images to direct the HTMl code to. Only a basic understanding of HTML is needed. I can help with the coding if needed.

-- Chris Ober (caober@ev1.net), February 05, 2000.

Thanks Chris. Give it some time and I'll get the preview page/insert image stuff up and working. I'm gonna enlist some of the other moderators (I hope...) if I can't figure it out myself (which is half the fun...!). shawn

ps: In the meantime, for those who can code to put an image up, feel free to, in the "Image Critiques" category.

-- shawn gibson (SeeInsideForever@yahoo.com), February 05, 2000.

When weight and space is at a premium, I make sure all my lenses accept the same size filters (e.g.: 24/2 and 50/1.4 both take 52mm filters). Then, I take a Nikon A2 (roughly an 81B, only pinker, like a Tiffen 812) and a polarizer. That's it. If I could take one more filter, it'd probably be a +2 diopter. As far as mixed lighting goes, when in doubt I err on the side of warmth.

-- John Kuraoka (kuraoka@home.com), February 07, 2000.

my down and dirty slr kit is a nikon fg with a 24/2.8, and two series e lenses: the 100/2.8 and the 75-150/4 zoom. hard to beat for a combination of variety and convenience. with color film, then just a polarizer and a 81b. with b&w, an orange and a green filter.

wayne harrison

-- wayne harrison (wayno@netmcr.com), February 07, 2000.