Filter advice for 24-70 mainly for weddings

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Afternoon - can anyone give me any advice on what type of filter I should buy to sit on my shiny new 24-70 2.8.

It's going to be my workhorse for my wedding shoots.

I'm not really sure what type, but from what I've read probably just a UV filter.

And then, should I but a £60 lens like a Hoya, or will a Kenko do exactly the same job?

I don't mind spending the money if it's worth it, after all - I've just spent a grand on this baby.

Thanks!
Mike
 
Just use the hood to protect the front element and don't buy a filter at all. Iq much better that way but if you absolutely must get a protector and get hoya pro 1d
 
Not wishing to cast aspersions, but if OP has no idea what filter is which, should he really be setting up as a wedding tog?
 
digital protector or UV are fine, as long as they are multicoated and ideally not very thick. Hoya Pro range is very good.

I would be inclined to keep filter on at weddings. Food can fly your way, etc when the guests have a few drinks.
 
Thanks for that.

All my lenses came with a UV filter so I just wanted to check if a UV was ok, rather than just a protector.

Thanks for the advice.
 
I often use UV filters on my lenses, but then I'm just shooting for fun. No big deal if a bit of flare or ghosting appears, I can unscrew the filter and take it again.

If you are intending to use for weddings, I'd be more wary of flare or ghosting destroying a shot I as might not get then chance to take again. This will depend on the location and ambient light sources around of course.

So as someone who shoots pretty much with UV filters on, I would remove them for a 'paid' event, particularly a wedding.
 
the 24-70 is a cracking lens, why degrade the quality with a filter? A lens hood will go some way to protect the front element. Plus if you have kit insurance, you'll be fine for any major damage. Its cheaper than buying a filter for every wedding lens you might have.
 
AndyB1976 said:
I often use UV filters on my lenses, but then I'm just shooting for fun. No big deal if a bit of flare or ghosting appears, I can unscrew the filter and take it again.

If you are intending to use for weddings, I'd be more wary of flare or ghosting destroying a shot I as might not get then chance to take again. This will depend on the location and ambient light sources around of course.

So as someone who shoots pretty much with UV filters on, I would remove them for a 'paid' event, particularly a wedding.
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Good advice.

The main reason for a filter was simply to protect the front element. I'll stick the hood on all my lenses and avoid the filters.
 
hsuffyan said:
the 24-70 is a cracking lens, why degrade the quality with a filter? A lens hood will go some way to protect the front element. Plus if you have kit insurance, you'll be fine for any major damage. Its cheaper than buying a filter for every wedding lens you might have.
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I'm just in the process of getting my insurance now, and as I said above shod protect the lens just fine.

Thanks for your reply.
 
hsuffyan said:
the 24-70 is a cracking lens, why degrade the quality with a filter? A lens hood will go some way to protect the front element. Plus if you have kit insurance, you'll be fine for any major damage. Its cheaper than buying a filter for every wedding lens you might have.
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The filters can be cleaned. T-shirt works well for that :shrug:

P.S. Insurance will never pay for scratched front element. It needs to be properly ****ed

P.P.S. Special effort is really needed to notice any loss of IQ due to filter. Long gone are the days of awful uncoated bottle glass. More serious damage is usually done by improper focus, exposure settings, or framing.
 
Well I've just spent my entire budget on glass - they all came with Kenko UV filters. (from Kerso)

So, basically, I have options - use the hood as protection, or try it with the filter.

I suppose there's only one way to decide which is take some test shots.
 
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