What filters and film do you carry on travels?

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<P>My question is: what filters and film do you usually carry on your travels when weight and space is at a premium? I always seem to have problems with mixed light. Of course I have filters at home to help (though in this particular example I'm not sure I could have fixed it if it had been a slide) but I can't carry them all around town.</P>

<P>So what are your suggestions? A warm-up filter, a FL-D, a FL-W, tungsten conversion, ... ? And do you use screw-in filters (Hoya et al.) or square filters (Lee et al)? (I guess it depends on how many filter sizes you need to cover?)</P>

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<P>One question on the forum: is it open for photo critique questions? It doesn't seem to be clear in the guidelines...</P>

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OK Allen how the heck did you do that? Would you be willing to create

a post telling posters how to insert their own images if I create an

"Image Critique" category? Until I can figure out how to add the

'post an image' part to the new question screen, letting posters know

how to add an image would be a great help...

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<i>I'm hoping that such critiques become a large part of PPF.</i>

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As for filters, unfortunately, I really don't use them at all. Just

the glass and a hood, though I've been toying with getting a polarizer

and a magenta filter (maybe 5cc's worth) for portraits occasionally...

And thanks for noting the lack of clarity on the intro page. I'll fix

it. shawn

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ps: In the meantime, <b>for those who can code to put an image up,

feel free to, in the "Image Critiques" category</b>.

When weight and space is at a premium, I make sure all my lenses

accept the same size filters (e.g.: 24/2 and 50/1.4 both take 52mm

filters). Then, I take a Nikon A2 (roughly an 81B, only pinker,

like a Tiffen 812) and a polarizer. That's it. If I could take one

more filter, it'd probably be a +2 diopter. As far as mixed lighting

goes, when in doubt I err on the side of warmth.

my down and dirty slr kit is a nikon fg with a 24/2.8, and two series

e lenses: the 100/2.8 and the 75-150/4 zoom. hard to beat for a

combination of variety and convenience. with color film, then just a

polarizer and a 81b. with b&w, an orange and a green filter.

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wayne harrison