Hoya - Skylight 1B or UV

[Yardbent]

UV = haze...or....1B = Blue shade

so as not changing filters all the time .. which would you suggest for a walkabout Nikon D40 kit lens 18-55mm ?

and on the 55-200mm ?

also been given a Hoya HD Protector - is this anything more than plain tough glass protection ?
their multi - multi choice websites is a bit confusing ....:shrug:

thanks

 

[Anorakus]

Skylight filters have a very pale pink tint which is supposed to counteract the blue tint of shadows on a cloudless sunny day.

In practice the effect is so subtle that you'd hardly notice.

Given that colour balance is easily adjusted in-camera or in post-production in the digital domain, I'd stick with a neutral UV filter.

And yes, the Hoya HD protector is nothing more than a tough coated lens protector

A.

 

[Yardbent]

Skylight filters have a very pale pink tint which is supposed to counteract the blue tint of shadows on a cloudless sunny day.
In practice the effect is so subtle that you'd hardly notice.

I'd stick with a neutral UV filter.

the Hoya HD protector is .... a tough coated lens protector A.

thanks for info...........
we dont *have* "shadows on a cloudless sunny day" in SW Scotland...
damn - I have 7 lens, yes 7, Hoya 52diam HMC Skylight 1B filters ...:thumbsdown:

will a UV *really* cut through haze to a noticeable effect ??

Hoya at Bristol cameras.......Pro-1 Digital UV are £26

guess i could buy one and swop it around ?
and use the 1Bs just as lens protectors
thanks

 

[LongLensPhotography]

thanks for info...........
we dont *have* "shadows on a cloudless sunny day" in SW Scotland...
damn - I have 7 lens, yes 7, Hoya 52diam HMC Skylight 1B filters ...:thumbsdown:

will a UV *really* cut through haze to a noticeable effect ??

Hoya at Bristol cameras.......Pro-1 Digital UV are £26

guess i could buy one and swop it around ?
and use the 1Bs just as lens protectors
thanks

If you have 1B then you may as well use it. You may get a very slight magenta tint, but nothing that can't be fixed by adjusting WB

 

[Yardbent]

If you have 1B then you may as well use it. You may get a very slight magenta tint, but nothing that can't be fixed by adjusting WB

dont mind spending £26 for one Pro-1 Digital UV if it saves me faffing around with WB
which - as a learner - there's enough to "adjust" anyway

cheers

 

[LongLensPhotography]

dont mind spending £26 for one Pro-1 Digital UV if it saves me faffing around with WB
which - as a learner - there's enough to "adjust" anyway

cheers

Technically you should be "faffing around with WB" anyway, either in camera with expo disc or in PP.

 

[Yardbent]

Technically you should be "faffing around with WB" anyway, either in camera with expo disc or in PP.

ok - agreed
and not quite what I meant to say....as I "usually" remember to use the D40 WB menu

what i meant was - buy a UV and remove another step in the equation

make sense ?