I have the macro lens and wide angle lens for the olympus 2000 z camera, which I notice the adapter rings fit many of the 55mm filters from my traditional 35 mm cameras. My question is, with all of the controls available in photoshop, is there a reason why I would choose to use any of these filters instead? Are they better than if color was saturated or changed/special effects created in photoshop? Filters that I have are polaroid, green, yellow and red filters, haze filter, etc.

-- Theresa Shea (davisshea@home.com), February 29, 2000

Answers

Well, the Polaroid filter, there's no way to do what it accomplishes in Photoshop. Colored filters, you'll do better in Photoshop, most times. Things like a ND or graduated ND filter could help keep the subject in the camera's dynamic range, you could fine-tune later in software... Hope this helps!

-- Dave Etchells (web@imaging-resource.com), March 05, 2000.

You might aslo consider buying a "hot plate" or "hot mirror" filter. It will reflect the IR portion of the spectrum, which the CCD is partially sensitive to, and improve color accuracy, especially for indoor/low light shots. You could make the correction in PS, but its easier to just eliminate the problem at the source. This filter has basically no use in film photography. FW

-- Kirk Markley (kirk@KirkMarkleyDesign.com), March 05, 2000.