does this effect the bokeh if I put the lens on a 1.4f but the filter up as dark as it can go?
1858254
Shouldn't. Bokeh is a factor of f-stop, not the amount of light you are letting in or not letting in.
1858255
I would say yes even at f-stops far slower that 1.4. This thing is cheap. You will get an uneven purple cast throughout your exposure. Put it this way, if you can afford a lens that stops down to a 1.4, spend some money on something better. Singh-Ray would be the best but the Tiffen (what I have) works very well for the price.
1858256
this shouldn't interfere with any portion of focusing either in or out of focus regions. If you put this to its fullest setting you will be left with a very close to black out filter. What you will notice its that you will probably have areas off uneven filtering the darker you set the filter.
1858257
Great question. I think people are right saying it will not affect bokeh. A good reference is a search on Bokeh at wikipedia. I never heard of bokeh before this question.
1128542
Assuming you're asking about the polarizing filter, I have not noticed any significant darkening of the corners at 16mm (NEX-6). It may depend on the angle of the sun though. For the price I paid, these are an excellent value.
1598280
It should work just fine with your lens. There is a bit of a color cast produced by the filters, depending on your editing skills, this is something somewhat easy to fix. I mostly use the graduated filters for sunset and notice a a purpleish tint in the sky that is otherwise not there. For sunsets, this is an acceptable fault for me. For ~$20 you cant go wrong, especially if you are buying these to determine if a higher end filter would be a good fit for your bag.
387101
This is a matter of personal choice, and finances....the Canon lens is about twice the price of the Sigma. You gain a stop of light. I use this lens for portraits, and get spectacular results. The bokeh is beautiful. However, at 1.4, it is entirely possible to lose focus on the subject's back eye. I did use it for an event, too....and opened it all the way up....beautiful shots.
1794472
Certainly not for me, I could not justify the reduced light transmission of the APD filter. I use this often at f/1.2 and the APD version may be worse than f/1.4, some say 3/4 an f stop. Personally I thought about changing until I saw the impact on light and a rendering that i did not prefer.
40106
In short. How much bokeh effecf there is. How much is in focus.. The 1.4 will blur your background more than the 1.8. I have the 1.8 and it works great for me.
511449
No. You just screw it onto the lens which makes it darker. Also when you zoom out you see black edges, a round black circle, on all your photos. I never use them. Also my tripod is already broken.
90061
it depends on the design of the lens. It won't affect the image quality though.
1205533
OK it's just a lens and it's fixed at f:8 so unless you're shooting at a very high ISO it's not going to work in low light. Also it's not the clearest lens in the world....
727262
I believe the fish-eye filter merely gives you a fisheye-like distortion. The wideness of the view will depend entirely on the lens you use.
2073712
Yes, for sure. I have bought all availiable Nikon 1 lenses. This is the best Nikon 1 lens to get large bokeh in the background.
1060548
As long as it stays on the lens and doesn't drop off you are probably OK. A polarizing filter needs to turn, that's how you adjust it to the maximum effect.
1820637
Yeah, it doesn't affect the pictures at all you're right. Sometimes it's annoying when I'm trying to use my 50mm prime, as I have to manually focus that and the blurry line doesn't help.I called Nikon also and they said I could ship it to them and they would look at it. I'm slightly worried to do that because I'm afraid they'll do something to screw it up worse. I guess I can live with it. If you send yours in, could you let me know if they actually fix it by replying here?
1279249
Yes Scott, any additional filter you add to a lens will affect the sharpness, but dependent upon the number of stacks, the effect may not be detectable on the photos with the naked eye.
350251
One more thing, unless you have excellent light collection, I'd be careful. Both of these lenses absorb some light, and at maximum magnification the image may be too dark.
230129
It has nothing to do with the lens, low light has to do with the camera. The 1.4 Fstop helps, but if you have a pro level DSLR going to 100,000 ISO is no problem.
1774788
I love the bokeh on this - however I very rarely use it - I use my 50-1.2 more and my 200mm - however it is a lovely lens that really I should pull out and use more often!!