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Sally (96sally) 1 pts

January 8, 2008 11:14 PM

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how do you attach bower filters

I purchased a set of bower filters for my sony dsc-h9 camera and I have tried to attach to lens with an adapter ring to the lens hood since it is the only thing that is the right size and I can not get a filter on that .... is there another way?

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by James DeRuvo (byjamesderuvo) 58448 pts

January 9, 2008 3:36 PM

With the exception of a polarizing filter or a 1A skylight to protect the lens elements, I'm not much a fan of filters anymore. Reason being is that just about any effect a filter can provide can now be done "in post" using a photo editor like Adobe Photoshop (or it's smaller sister Photoshop Elements). And if you don't like the effect, you simply hit "undo" and try something else.

Affixing filters to the lens means there's no turning back as it's affecting the image directly.

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Larry (logcabiny) 4897 pts

January 9, 2008 5:11 PM

I'm sorry to have to ask -- What is a bower filter?

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bukit97 (bukit97) 12611 pts

August 15, 2008 9:34 PM

Bower is the name of a brand , just like Hoya.

2. In the case of H9, filter cannot be ' affixed to the lens ' . It has to be screwed on to a filter adapter or filter tube which in turn slips over the lens and attached to the camera body. It can be easily removed if needed.

3. Filters do have a place in digital photography. Besides ' circular polarizing filter ', ' 8 point star filter ' , ' macro and closeup filter ' and ' density filter ' are rather useful while ' infra red ' filter is in-dispensable for infra red photography.

If Sally is still interested, probably purchasing an H9 filter adapter will solve the problem.

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