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Im off to newquay today and ive just brought my siggy 10-20mm, going to pop in jessops on way and get some filters, but what do i need to make my pics better e.g n grads, naturel density, do i need to get a cokin p holder (wideangle) version too?????

please help.....:thinking:
 
If I were you, I'd go google what those filters do before you buy them... and then you will know exactly what you need for various effects.
 
I've got a feeling (I will test it later if I remember) that wider than 12mm and I could just about detect the filter holder on mine (same set up). Will check though.
 
I've got the same lens, and I use screw on filters tpo eliminate Vignetting. I have an ND Grad Grey which gives great skies and clouds. I have also used a Tobacco filter from an older lens, that gives real nice colours to the sky, and also brings up the orange from the sun.
 
Andy77 said:
Im off to newquay today and ive just brought my siggy 10-20mm, going to pop in jessops on way and get some filters, but what do i need to make my pics better e.g n grads, naturel density, do i need to get a cokin p holder (wideangle) version too?????

please help.....:thinking:
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I would recommend some full ND's for slowing shutter speed down if taking landscapes with water in the scene.

You could get some ND grads, although Cokin P's are not so good with such a wide angle lens; even if you get the wide angle adapter. I cannot say this from personal experience, but have done hours of research into this and it seems to be the case. Best ND grads are made by Lee, but seriously expensive, again not too sure if you can shoot at 10-12mm even with them without getting vignetting and the holder in the shot. Personally, I would not bother and bracket your shots and multiple exposure blend if necessary in post. If you are working with a different lens then perhaps get a Cokin Wide Angle holder and a set of Hi-Tech filters (thats what I am looking at buying currently); or Lee if you are flush with cash.

As for a Circular Polariser; well again the lens is really wide, so you are going to get vignetting appearing. I don't bother personally as you can always darken the sky up in post. I bought one to begin with, but it was more hassle than its was worth.

If you are at the beach though, I would recommend you get a UV just to protect the lens from sand being blown around. The moment you start playing with long exposures the more likely you are to get the lens mucky.

:)
 
I used screw-ins
Cropping a bit, I could get away with two filters on the end of that lens.
I hired the canon equiv. to this lens (10-22), and I found that the most fun to play with would be ND10 (don't bother with 4 or 2, as stacking will increase the chances of seeing the filter)
Polarizer was good too, but there will be a change in light/effect across the horizontal

+1 for the beach comment above. Filters at this size are more expensive, but don't scrimp. Personally, I bought step-down rings too, so that I could use the filters on other lenses. With this in mind, I also bought a 3-set of ND grad, blue-grad and orange-grad.
 
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