khairul haque
(K=504) - Comment Date 9/6/2004
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Hi Armando,
i gues you are looking for a close up filter kit from 1x,2x,4x etc.I dont know whic bran is better,but actually they wont get you the result you can have with a Macro lens,like 50mm f/1.4 or 100mm f/2.8.if i were you i'll look for a macro lens that suits my needs.I've used close upp filters they do the job to some degree deepending on what lens ur going to attach them and dont expect much qality above 2x from them. better go for a macro lens.
hope this helps.
regads.
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ARMANDO ALCÁZAR
(K=42404) - Comment Date 9/6/2004
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Khairul: Thanks for your soon request , but my camera is a compact Kodak dx6490 and i cant change the lens like a reflex camera, i was making some test using the frontal lens of an old binocular and here is the result, for this reason i think that the close up filters can help me a lot.
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Kevin H
(K=22502) - Comment Date 9/6/2004
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I would have to agree with khairul haque, the filters don't do much and you do lose alot of quality. But to anwser your question, I don't think there's much difference between them but if I had to pick I would go withTiffen because all of my filters are Tiffen.
P.S. Close up filters don't work with any lens higher then 120mm.
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Stephen Bowden
(K=64141) - Comment Date 9/6/2004
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Hi Armando, I bought a set of Tiffen ones to go with my Olympus C8080 (also a compact camera similar to yours).
Unfortunately, they did not work as well as I had expected. To be honest, I lost less detail blowing up the the picture bigger from software.
There was quite a lot of loss using these lenses!
I have since passed them on to a friend who uses a Canon EOS 300D (Rebel) and on removable lenses they seem to perform better !
Armando, if you can get to a store and try them out then I would recommend you do this first :-)
Best wishes,
Steve
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ARMANDO ALCÁZAR
(K=42404) - Comment Date 9/6/2004
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Hello my dear friend Emmet Brown, I already proved the lens in the store and I believe that better result gave me the lens of the old binocular with which I took the fly, hahahaha, but I also made the test indoor and I believe that those lens need a lot of light to work well, my question is Tiffen or sunpack. "To buy, or not to buy" : that is the question, hahaha
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Stephen Bowden
(K=64141) - Comment Date 9/6/2004
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Great to hear it seems to work on your camera Armando. I have seen results on Usefilm with the Tiffen closeup lenses on I think it was the Canon G5 camera and the results are incredible. I think I have them in my favourites somewhere !
To choose between the two my friend ... definitely Tiffen :-)
Best wishes,
Steve
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Mary Sue Hayward
(K=17558) - Comment Date 9/7/2004
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Armando, I used the Tiffen filters, sometimes stacked, on my Olympus E10. I was happy with the results, but my images have a limited DOF and the parts that I wanted sharp were just fine with the close-up filters. The loss of quality did not bother me.
Still, in the long run a true macro lens produces a far better quality image. If you ever upgrade your camera someday, you can decide then if you want to get one with interchangeable lenses, which would give you more options.
In the meantime, enjoy the Tiffen filters. They are fun to play with.
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ARMANDO ALCÁZAR
(K=42404) - Comment Date 9/7/2004
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Thank you Mary, I will buy the tiffen, greetings from Peru and thanks for your advice.
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Adam E. J. Squier
(K=9803) - Comment Date 9/8/2004
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Close-up diopters can be used to produce very high quality images. I've used Nikon 5T and 6T diopters for years and have produced images for catalog covers and sold others. It really depends on the quality of the diopters. Canon makes good ones, too.
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ARMANDO ALCÁZAR
(K=42404) - Comment Date 9/8/2004
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Thank you for your advice and for your interest in helping me my friend, now I have a panorama more clear in this respect.
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