what filter for wide angle 10-22

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I posted the other day about a particular filter, the X-pro to see if this is compatible with my Canon 10-22 wide angle lens.
Since then I have looked at Cokin & Lee filters but I am still really confused as to what is right for my lens.
It has a 77mm fitting.
It needs to be good quality as I dont want to put cheap on the end of my £650 lens.
What are other people using on there wide angle lens?
 
Marumi Filter 77mm DHG Super Lens Protector

What I use on mine, there is 100% no difference in the test shots I have compared.

Use that on my 12-24
 
http://www.cambridgeincolour.com/tutorials/camera-lens-filters.htm

The size of a screw-on filter is expressed in terms of its diameter, which corresponds to the diameter usually listed on the top or front of your camera lens. This diameter is listed in millimeters and usually ranges from about 46 to 82 mm for digital SLR cameras. Step-up or step-down adapters can enable a given filter size to be used on a lens with a larger or smaller diameter, respectively. However, step-up filter adapters may introduce substantial vignetting (since the filter may block light at the edges of the lens), whereas step-down adapters mean that your filter is much larger (and potentially more cumbersome) than is required.

The height of the filter edges may also be important. Ultra-thin and other special filters are designed so that they can be used on wide angle lenses without vignetting. On the other hand, these may also be much more expensive and often do not have threads on the outside to accept another filter (or sometimes even the lens cap).
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I've had problems with Hoya polariser and UV filters for the 10-22mm for the precise reasons. Haven't managed to find a ultra-thin threaded filter for the 10-22mm, or had any real experience of using Cokin or Lee filters and adapters

Peter
 
I use a Hoya Pro1 Digital UV on mine without issues, although I do have to remove it to use a polariser as you can't stack them without vignetting.
 
If you must use a protection filter, make sure it is very high quality. Hoya HD are the best IMHO, regardless of price, but they are not cheap in 77mm.

Better still, forget the filter and use a lens hood. A filter cannot improve image quality, and even the best will degrade it slightly under some circumstances - flare is the problem, not sharpness.

Having said that, I recently got a new Hoya HD polarising filter for my 10-22. I like to use a polariser for 90% of the photos I take with that lens and the HD version only loses 1.1 stops of light so I leave it on pretty much all the time.
 
Carl911 said:
a particular filter, the X-pro
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The Cokin X-Pro are square filters, designed to sit in a filter holder attached to the end of your lens. They're also designed for Medium/Large format camera, so overkill for your DSLR.

For the 10-22, look at the Z-Pro range. Again, these are square filters, so you'll need to buy a holder and an adapter ring for your lens along with the filters.

If you just want a UV filter for protection, you need something like this
 
Sorry, I should have mentioned I want a Graduated ND filter as I want to darken down the bright skys against the ground etc.

Carl
 
Carl911 said:
Sorry, I should have mentioned I want a Graduated ND filter as I want to darken down the bright skys against the ground etc.

Carl
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I purchased the Hitech soft edge ND Grad 85mm kit with cokin P holder/adapter when i had only 52mm filter requirements, after i purchased my sigma 10-20 i was concerned i would have to buy it all over again but I only bought a new 77mm adapter ring and the cokin P wide angle holder and i can confirm it works perfect with the hitech filters even at 10mm. I have since then purchased the Hoya Pro-1 Circular Polariser which again is fine at 10mm, the problems only begin when i use both together but it is not bad even at 10mm, certainly not a show stopper and can be sorted very easy in CS4.

Because i cannot layer filters any more i purchased the Hitech ND1.2 (4 stop) hard and soft ND Grads for time when i would normally use mutliple filters.
 
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