I have both the lens hood and a UV filter for my X100F because I assumed I needed to protect the fragile exposed glass. I recently took if all off and embraced the beautiful minimalism of that camera.
I go back and forth between the two. I'll use a lens hood for a couple of months and then I'll decide that I am unnecessarily making the camera bigger and take it all off. Then I decide that managing the lens cap is a pain and I put it back on. 😁
Totally agree. Polarazing filters do an amazing job to the point that's easy to become addicted to them and start feeling that you really need them for almost any photograph! Much better than the non-sense and fake filters that many phone cameras have and are often used and abused...
I am still waiting for the X100v to become available, but on my present Sony, I have had a Polarising filter on the lens as the weather has been so great. I bought a Diffusion filter recently and will switch to that when the opportunity arises
after owning all 4 versions. 2 have developed dust marks on the sensor after careful non exteme use (ruining my limited edition original 😢). even though they are fixed lens, they do suck up dust. i think a good quality uv lens is actually a great addition to help seal them (along with taping up the ports but thats going to the extreme). having tested with and without a quality filter, i have been hard pushed to tell which photo was taken with the filter. just my opinion. you do a great channel and podcast.
I believe what is meant by using a filter to "protect the lens" is not protection from drops, but accidental impacts like at corners of cabinets/table tops, or other items that can get past the shade, plus protect lens mechanism from liquid spills like coffee or soda, sugary liquid in there is guaranteed trip to repair depot. They sell filters that are not UV filters.
Nisi have released the tiny kit for X100 cameras, inc a polariser, natural ight, ND0.9 stop, and medium grad o.9 comes in a tiny pouch with the holder I think about US69. It weighs virtually nothing. So very hand to slip into ones pocket. I am sing it with my original X100
Thank you for another very instructive video. An experienced user claims a few things in some forum I looked at. 1) He doesn't use a polarizer with lenses wider than 50mm because according to him the sky then gets unevenly polarized. I guess this is what we see in the first picture you show (with the palm trees) : as you say : the sky doesn't have the same blue everywhere. Still, in the other examples you show the use of the polarizer is not so debatable to my eye. 2) It seems that a polarizer can influence the white balance. 3) He speaks of the danger of 'binding', which I don't understand (English is not my first language, I never used a polarizer before and the X100V is my first digital camera...). 4) Because of 2 and 3 he now only uses polarizers from the brand Breakthrough Photography. They use copper instead of aluminium for the rim which seems to be important. I would most appreciate your comments on this. Happy continuation !
Pretty short sighted advice given here. Some of us shoot on the water. Last time I checked a good deal of the planet is covered with it. I shoot on boats quite often and sure prefer to keep water off my lenses. I also prefer to keep sand and any kind of particles away from coatings. On cameras like the X100v, the filter improves the weather-sealing and worthwhile for many users. As for the safety factor, filters can protect a lens. It's saved me a few times, though it's less likely on these compacts. Either way, given that a good filter won't hurt IQ, it's fairly cheap insurance across the board.
i've added a Tiffin Black Pro Mist 1/8 to my kit. Leave it on all the time. Apparently big thing for people who shoot video. Softens the image a slight touch.
The X100F is not weather resistant camera. Wind can blow dust inside the lens. A UV filter will stop this. If you buy a high quality filter there is no loss in image quality.
In filters world you get what you pay for. There is nothing bad in getting UV or LENS PROTECTOR for the ONLY LENS X100 has. Once you get it scratched - there is no too many option what you may do about it. Just let it be something like B&W F-pro one, it will does its work just fine and won't effect a picture quality at all.
Hi Booray! Thanks for your video and advice. I recently purchased my x100f and I’m getting some accessories for it. I was wondering which is the right size of the UV filter for x100f? Thanks in advance!
I recently went through some weight loss with my X100T. I removed the Gariz half case and leather strap. I like being able to throw this camera in my pocket and go. I now just use the lens cap and carry a B+W F-Pro filter inside my Haoge LH-X49B in a pocket for when I want to add protection to the element. Do you find you are unable to put a filter directly on the camera due to the clearance needed to focus? I found that by using a cheap UV filter and removing the glass, it works very nicely as a spacer to be able to use a filter when you want to and still allow clearance for the focus to work properly. A little tip from Zack Arias a few year back.
People say a good filter won't affect image quality at all but purists say that putting a $50 piece of glass in front of a lens that costs $500 or more is defeating the point of having an expensive lens.
Newbie- just got the camera! What size of polarized filter do I need for the fujix100f? Do you have a link, I didn't see one. What size of hood? Thanks.
Thanks. I will probably keep the hood for back up protection then. And use the circular polarizer Anyway u mention hood is not really needed. We can just cover with the hand at times. 👍🏼
Recently heard the argument to use a clear filter of some kind instead of a lens cap. This way you can't forget to take the cap off, caps are a hassle, you lose them, and can mean you may lose a quickly passing shot opportunity. As others mention, a filter is a lot more dust resistant that a cap or certainly just a hood. I like your sweet short lens hood but it sticks out a fair bit and the camera is not so compact anymore for carrying around. Also, I ruined a lens front element once going filter-less, in my bag. It was not cheap. And yeah, some filters are quite good quality and don't alter the IQ.
Okay, so again here, I am a novice photographer at best (and not a great writer either), so forgiveness, please, if this is a dumb comment or my writing is not up to grammar police standards. Anyway... So I bought one of these polarized lenses based on this video's suggestion (as well as experimenting with automatic ISO and shutter speed as suggested in another of your videos) and took a bunch of pictures with my X100F the other day. I found that while using it indoors near or after sunset, the automatic settings would constantly be at super high ISO and/or have a very long shutter time, even though it really wasn’t dark inside the house. Another thing I noticed was that, when I stopped by the lake near my house on the way home to take some pictures of an amazing Georgia sunset (Here's a couple of those shots if anyone's interested: boring.host/album/LWMJRN ), the camera would freeze up when trying to autofocus and display a red bar across the LCD screen saying "autofocus error." I had to turn the camera off to unfreeze it each time it happened, and turning the camera off resulted in a very discomforting noise about the lens. Never experienced anything like this before screwing that polarizing filter on. Any ideas what's going on with either of these issues? Oh, and what exactly does the little ring that you can rotate on the polarized lens do? I don’t really notice any difference when you rotate it one way or the other.
let's start with the little ring. That ring allows you to adjust which direction the polarizing filter is affecting in terms of the light goes crossing the lens.. you should definitely see a difference when you are using it provided you are using it in a situation where it can make a difference. In addition to being a polarizing filter it also acts as a neutral density filter. This is probably why your camera is using a slow shutter speed or high ISO. I can only guess about the problem with the autofocus but I know that with my S, if I try to focus on something that was very close, like within a few feet, with a filter on the front it would give me an error. This is because the lens element has to move out and sometimes the filter will block it. Hope this helps!
Thanks for telling the truth about the uselessness of UV filters today. So many (mostly older) people have this false belief that a super thin piece of glass is going to protect the front element of their lens. I guess I should get a large super thin piece of glass and place it an inch in front of the windshield of my car to protect it from rocks chipping it. 🙄
LOL.. well that's one way to explain it. :) I think the argument can be made that you might save a scratch with a UV filter but I've just never had a problem.
UV Filters are cheap compared with the cost of a lens, especially in sandy or dusty areas and are disposable. The downside is minimal and gives people a comfort factor that is their choice to make. Unfortunately the comparison to a windshield is somewhat disingenuous, it’s there to protect you from rocks, but you’re more than welcome to drive without one.
This is really bad advice, I could not disagree more! The X100 series has a fixed non removable lens so if the lens gets damaged your camera is a paper weight! I recently put my X100T into my camera bag having forgotten that I tossed my keys in there an hour previous. Dumb mistake true but who doesn’t make dumb mistakes on occasion! When I removed the camera from the bag I had a nasty scratch across the expensive filter but lens unharmed. I tossed the $80 filter gladly because it saved my camera, In another occasion I was photographing some rock climbing when a tiny pebble that was dislodged from above impacted and cracked the filter. Another expensive filter into the trash but camera unharmed. In my opinion not putting a protective filter onto an expensive camera with a fixed lens is foolish! Yes if you put a $10 filter on your camera you may experience image degradation but a high quality filter will not. If you don’t agree, test it! Take a few shots with the filter on and a few with the filter off and see if you can tell the difference. I guarantee you can’t!
I have both the lens hood and a UV filter for my X100F because I assumed I needed to protect the fragile exposed glass. I recently took if all off and embraced the beautiful minimalism of that camera.
Scott Magoon I am right behind you
just be aware the moving focus of the lens sucks up dust which eventually ends up on the sensor as i have sadly found out.
I go back and forth between the two. I'll use a lens hood for a couple of months and then I'll decide that I am unnecessarily making the camera bigger and take it all off. Then I decide that managing the lens cap is a pain and I put it back on. 😁
Thoroughly enjoying all your X100F videos; keep them coming :-)
I really enjoying and appreciate videos that you do, very useful things you (me) cannot see (hear) everywhere. Thanks
Thanks! :)
Totally agree. Polarazing filters do an amazing job to the point that's easy to become addicted to them and start feeling that you really need them for almost any photograph! Much better than the non-sense and fake filters that many phone cameras have and are often used and abused...
I am still waiting for the X100v to become available, but on my present Sony, I have had a Polarising filter on the lens as the weather has been so great. I bought a Diffusion filter recently and will switch to that when the opportunity arises
after owning all 4 versions. 2 have developed dust marks on the sensor after careful non exteme use (ruining my limited edition original 😢). even though they are fixed lens, they do suck up dust. i think a good quality uv lens is actually a great addition to help seal them (along with taping up the ports but thats going to the extreme). having tested with and without a quality filter, i have been hard pushed to tell which photo was taken with the filter. just my opinion. you do a great channel and podcast.
That's a great point I've never thought of a filter as something to protect the sensor from dusk before. Thanks for watching/listening!
I believe what is meant by using a filter to "protect the lens" is not protection from drops, but accidental impacts like at corners of cabinets/table tops, or other items that can get past the shade, plus protect lens mechanism from liquid spills like coffee or soda, sugary liquid in there is guaranteed trip to repair depot. They sell filters that are not UV filters.
Nisi have released the tiny kit for X100 cameras, inc a polariser, natural ight, ND0.9 stop, and medium grad o.9 comes in a tiny pouch with the holder I think about US69. It weighs virtually nothing. So very hand to slip into ones pocket. I am sing it with my original X100
Thank you for another very instructive video.
An experienced user claims a few things in some forum I looked at.
1) He doesn't use a polarizer with lenses wider than 50mm because according to him the sky then gets unevenly polarized. I guess this is what we see in the first picture you show (with the palm trees) : as you say : the sky doesn't have the same blue everywhere. Still, in the other examples you show the use of the polarizer is not so debatable to my eye.
2) It seems that a polarizer can influence the white balance.
3) He speaks of the danger of 'binding', which I don't understand (English is not my first language, I never used a polarizer before and the X100V is my first digital camera...).
4) Because of 2 and 3 he now only uses polarizers from the brand Breakthrough Photography. They use copper instead of aluminium for the rim which seems to be important.
I would most appreciate your comments on this.
Happy continuation !
I suspect that you are getting some great tips. I don't use my polarizer for serious landscape work so I've never taken a deep dive into specs etc.
Wow. I never thought about lens hoods like this. It certainly is better than a uv filter for protection and wont cause ghosting
Pretty short sighted advice given here. Some of us shoot on the water. Last time I checked a good deal of the planet is covered with it. I shoot on boats quite often and sure prefer to keep water off my lenses. I also prefer to keep sand and any kind of particles away from coatings. On cameras like the X100v, the filter improves the weather-sealing and worthwhile for many users. As for the safety factor, filters can protect a lens. It's saved me a few times, though it's less likely on these compacts. Either way, given that a good filter won't hurt IQ, it's fairly cheap insurance across the board.
If you get a polarizing filter it will do the same thing without being useless. Did you watch the whole video?
i've added a Tiffin Black Pro Mist 1/8 to my kit. Leave it on all the time. Apparently big thing for people who shoot video. Softens the image a slight touch.
Now I have to look at that filter, you're the second person to mention it. :)
Do you need the adapter ring in order to use a CP filter?
Yes.
@@BoorayPerry -Thanks
Agreed, I have been a pro for forty years including nine years in the military, I have never scratched a lens.
The polarizing filter can weather proof the x100V. I'm getting one for my TGg5.
which one are you taking?
49mm right? Filter size I mean
@@keimmatteocamarda9263 that is correct 📷
@@BoorayPerry but I think It needs an adapter, otherwise It would not be possible to screw filters on the Lens, right?
@@keimmatteocamarda9263 Correct. :)
Hi, do you have any tips on how to adapt a dcr 250 macro on the x100 F? Some say you need to add a filter first..
That's new to me. I have no experience with that. Good luck!
Thanks for the reminder. I carry one with me and rarely think about it. It is also the only filter I have.
I do the same thing. Always in my bag and always forgetting how cool it can be...
Nicely done ... agree on the not use uv
No, the one filter I need is a Tiffen Black Pro Mist 1/4. ;-)
(And a 4-stop ND filter so I can shoot at f/2 in full daylight, and stay under 1/1000s)
X100F has a built in ND 3 stop! Toggles on and off. You can assign it to a custom button. So great.
Eric Peltzer, you need 4 stops of ND to shoot at f/2 in full sun.
The X100F is not weather resistant camera. Wind can blow dust inside the lens. A UV filter will stop this. If you buy a high quality filter there is no loss in image quality.
Hello there.
I tried with two different web browsers to check the reference of the polarizing filter,
but except two videos, nothing appears 🤷🏻♂
Sometimes Amazon links don't work right in certain parts of the world. Here's the link and it works fine for me amzn.to/3UqFust
I thought you would say an ND filter is not needed as it is built in.
In filters world you get what you pay for. There is nothing bad in getting UV or LENS PROTECTOR for the ONLY LENS X100 has. Once you get it scratched - there is no too many option what you may do about it. Just let it be something like B&W F-pro one, it will does its work just fine and won't effect a picture quality at all.
Hi Booray! Thanks for your video and advice. I recently purchased my x100f and I’m getting some accessories for it. I was wondering which is the right size of the UV filter for x100f? Thanks in advance!
It's a 49mm fiter size. :) Thanks for watching!
I recently went through some weight loss with my X100T. I removed the Gariz half case and leather strap. I like being able to throw this camera in my pocket and go. I now just use the lens cap and carry a B+W F-Pro filter inside my Haoge LH-X49B in a pocket for when I want to add protection to the element.
Do you find you are unable to put a filter directly on the camera due to the clearance needed to focus? I found that by using a cheap UV filter and removing the glass, it works very nicely as a spacer to be able to use a filter when you want to and still allow clearance for the focus to work properly. A little tip from Zack Arias a few year back.
Can I use the polarizing filter to weather seal the camera instead to the fuji kit?
Hmmm... since the filter turns I suppose that technically it would not be as good a seal?
I use quality "clear" filters.
hi, where did you get female to female 49mm ring? it looks like I need it to install filter properly. Thank you
It comes with any lens hood that you buy I believe
@@BoorayPerry Thanks
how much will it affect picture quality ??? feel better with the filter on.....
People say a good filter won't affect image quality at all but purists say that putting a $50 piece of glass in front of a lens that costs $500 or more is defeating the point of having an expensive lens.
Newbie- just got the camera! What size of polarized filter do I need for the fujix100f? Do you have a link, I didn't see one. What size of hood? Thanks.
I only ever use a polarizing filter and this is the one I have: tinyurl.com/ycvvseyb
Hi Booray, can you use a Polarising filter with a lens hood together?
Not a variable filter. You wouldn't be able to turn it for the hood.
Is it possible to use circular polarize filter with lens hood?
Possible but can be difficult. The hood can make it hard to adjust the filter, or impossible.
Thanks. I will probably keep the hood for back up protection then. And use the circular polarizer Anyway u mention hood is not really needed. We can just cover with the hand at times. 👍🏼
What's the size of the filter?
49mm
Recently heard the argument to use a clear filter of some kind instead of a lens cap. This way you can't forget to take the cap off, caps are a hassle, you lose them, and can mean you may lose a quickly passing shot opportunity. As others mention, a filter is a lot more dust resistant that a cap or certainly just a hood. I like your sweet short lens hood but it sticks out a fair bit and the camera is not so compact anymore for carrying around. Also, I ruined a lens front element once going filter-less, in my bag. It was not cheap. And yeah, some filters are quite good quality and don't alter the IQ.
Valid argument. I go back and forth on the clear filter issue.
Okay, so again here, I am a novice photographer at best (and not a great writer either), so forgiveness, please, if this is a dumb comment or my writing is not up to grammar police standards.
Anyway...
So I bought one of these polarized lenses based on this video's suggestion (as well as experimenting with automatic ISO and shutter speed as suggested in another of your videos) and took a bunch of pictures with my X100F the other day. I found that while using it indoors near or after sunset, the automatic settings would constantly be at super high ISO and/or have a very long shutter time, even though it really wasn’t dark inside the house.
Another thing I noticed was that, when I stopped by the lake near my house on the way home to take some pictures of an amazing Georgia sunset (Here's a couple of those shots if anyone's interested: boring.host/album/LWMJRN ), the camera would freeze up when trying to autofocus and display a red bar across the LCD screen saying "autofocus error." I had to turn the camera off to unfreeze it each time it happened, and turning the camera off resulted in a very discomforting noise about the lens. Never experienced anything like this before screwing that polarizing filter on.
Any ideas what's going on with either of these issues? Oh, and what exactly does the little ring that you can rotate on the polarized lens do? I don’t really notice any difference when you rotate it one way or the other.
let's start with the little ring. That ring allows you to adjust which direction the polarizing filter is affecting in terms of the light goes crossing the lens.. you should definitely see a difference when you are using it provided you are using it in a situation where it can make a difference.
In addition to being a polarizing filter it also acts as a neutral density filter. This is probably why your camera is using a slow shutter speed or high ISO.
I can only guess about the problem with the autofocus but I know that with my S, if I try to focus on something that was very close, like within a few feet, with a filter on the front it would give me an error. This is because the lens element has to move out and sometimes the filter will block it.
Hope this helps!
Thanks for telling the truth about the uselessness of UV filters today. So many (mostly older) people have this false belief that a super thin piece of glass is going to protect the front element of their lens. I guess I should get a large super thin piece of glass and place it an inch in front of the windshield of my car to protect it from rocks chipping it. 🙄
LOL.. well that's one way to explain it. :) I think the argument can be made that you might save a scratch with a UV filter but I've just never had a problem.
UV Filters are cheap compared with the cost of a lens, especially in sandy or dusty areas and are disposable. The downside is minimal and gives people a comfort factor that is their choice to make. Unfortunately the comparison to a windshield is somewhat disingenuous, it’s there to protect you from rocks, but you’re more than welcome to drive without one.
This is really bad advice, I could not disagree more! The X100 series has a fixed non removable lens so if the lens gets damaged your camera is a paper weight! I recently put my X100T into my camera bag having forgotten that I tossed my keys in there an hour previous. Dumb mistake true but who doesn’t make dumb mistakes on occasion! When I removed the camera from the bag I had a nasty scratch across the expensive filter but lens unharmed. I tossed the $80 filter gladly because it saved my camera, In another occasion I was photographing some rock climbing when a tiny pebble that was dislodged from above impacted and cracked the filter. Another expensive filter into the trash but camera unharmed. In my opinion not putting a protective filter onto an expensive camera with a fixed lens is foolish! Yes if you put a $10 filter on your camera you may experience image degradation but a high quality filter will not. If you don’t agree, test it! Take a few shots with the filter on and a few with the filter off and see if you can tell the difference. I guarantee you can’t!
BUT, it is needed to make the Fujifilm x100V waterproof... when you upgrade to x100v lol