@Sirius Glass I had to google the lens then google the filters. What is the approximate od of those filters 32mm? I think some of the modern filter holders that are made for the Lee, etc plates could work but the little guys would be sloshing around in the oversized spaces. Do you own any old filter "wallets?"
Here's a random budget friendly version:
Why so many? The good and the bad of the two Fisheyes I have is that they both have built in filters, but limited to just 3 filters each. Which filters did you get? With all the Nikon bodies I have, someday I'd like to get a NIkon Fisheye. Is this the one you have? Did you get it new?
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UV, A2 skylight warming, B2 tungsten [who uses that anymore, but it came with package from KEH, Y47 yellow, O56 orange, and R60 which I can also use with IR film.
What? No PL? I use one on the rear of my Mamiya fisheye all the time.
I have the Nikon AF NIKKOR 16mm f/2.8 D Fisheye Autofocus Lens.
UV, A2 skylight warming, B2 tungsten [who uses that anymore, but it came with package from KEH, Y47 yellow, O56 orange, and R60 which I can also use with IR film.
I also just received from KEH the Tamron SP 150mm to 600mm f/5-6.3 DU VC G2 AF zoom lens, which I now see that I cannot carry it in my shirt pocket like a Leica M6 with a pancake lens [no, I do not have one of those]. Along with some other goodies that I got from KEH they are giving some good discounts and free shipping.
I do not see a need for a polarizer for a long lens. I have not used it for my Hasselblad 500mm lens which is equivalent to 312mm on a 35mm camera. I use the longer lenses mostly for wildlife and I am not dealing with spectacular reflections or the need to darken skies.
I was talking about a fisheye lens. Pretty short focal length -- you know 180° view. I thought that's what we were discussing. 180°, not 180mm. And I don't use a PL on my fisheye just to darken skies. It's great for getting rid of problematic reflections -- which can be a problem with fisheyes.
Sirius, I’m not familiar with the lens or filter. Is there a bayonet fitting on both
Front and back of filters? For my Leitz 39mm filters I simply make a filter sausage by screwing filters together.
First of all the two fisheye lenses I have, Hasselblad and Nikon, only use rear filters because the front lens is too curved to take a filter. Also, ever on 20mm lens a polarizer can cause wildly varying sky across the photograph rendering not very useful. A polarizer on a fisheye, if it were possible would be highly unuseful.
To each his own. My fisheye only takes rear filters, and I have found a PL filter to be very useful. Most of my fisheye shots don't have much sky in them, even when I'm outside, but as I said, they do a great job when I want to get rid of reflections. No one is forcing you to use them, but others might want to.
Using any fisheye has its challenges, as you surely know, but with ample dexterity toes and skies can be avoided -- or cut out in the darkroom. And while rear PL filters add an additional bump in the road, they can be added -- when you want them -- by looking through them and figuring out where the PL MARK needs to be to get the effect you want. I do this all the time with large format gear because looking through the ground glass with a PL filter on the lens is often too dark. You simply get the PL filter at the point where you want and then put it on the rear of the lens in the same position.
Of course CIRCULAR PL filters don't have marks -- as far as I know -- but adding one is simple.
I just ordered 8 15mm bayonet filters for the rear of the Nikon f/2.8 16mm AF Fisheye lens, but I do not have any good way to store and carry those filters. Any suggests or recommendations will be appreciated.
I think that a single page of a PrintFile slide holder sheet might work.
I.simply use a wide mouth pill bottle for small FSU push on filters that fit an Industar 50 (think early Leitz Elmar
Interesting. I had not thought of that.
Any suggests or recommendations will be appreciated.
The Nikon CA-2 Filter Wallet is what you need to do it the way Nikon wants you to. Some on ebay but a bit expensive. Perhaps lurk on there for a while until a cheap one comes along. The plastic on them cracks over time, but the interior seems to hold up.
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