Monster wrote: I might be off on this, but Hoya makes filters, and Kenko just makes teleconverters and extension tubes.
Screamin Scott wrote: You have to be careful when saying an outfit makes something. More often than you think, a manufacturer will use a subcontractor to make some of their products. Take Vivitar for instance. They are simply a marketer. They sell lenses made for them by Samyang, As for the rest of their line, who knows who makes the items for them. Just because it has a "brand" name on it, doesn't mean it was produced by them..That said, I really don't know if Kenko makes filters or if they simply have them subcontracted out.
Silvrwhls1 wrote: Hi Barry!
I try not to use filters on as many of my photos as possible. The more glass you place in front of your lens, the more you can degrade the sharpness and quality of the image. Many of my favorite images in my photo stash were not made with filters. That being said, There are alot of times where corrective filters are necessary. (Keep in mind, i shoot film and digital may not have the same light recording characteristics as film) example - I use graduated neutral density filters to correct burn out in the sky when shooting many landscapes because the light from the sky tends to record brighter than non sky parts of the picture. The point is to get the correct balence of light and reproduce the picture as you see it when you are there taking it. Especialy when taking photos w/reflections in the water. The picture below i used the graduated neutral density filter to correct this. There is no way my camera would have been able to properly record the light in the sky in this photo to have a balenced reflection. It would have been much brighter than the foreground. In fact, i actually used a grad neutral density filter that was too dark for the scene. I believe this was 2stop filter. i should have used a 1stop filter because the top half actually looks darker than the bottom half.
I like polarizers as corrective filters also. They will help you darken sky like the grad neutral density filter does and also reduces the harsh glare on foliage, glass, paint, and water. This second photo shows what a polarizer does to reflections on water and foliage.
I try not to use filters as much as possible but there are times where they are necessary (speaking for myself only).
Karl
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