> Congrats, this is an incredible lens! My experience with my own > EF 300 2.8L non"IS" was that the gels don't last as well and are > somewhat less sturdy. I so I finally bought a couple of screw on > filters and I did use them a bit but found that unless I had to > use a filter on this lens I usually just didn't.
Hi Chip, I'm not planning on using a lot of filters on this lens but I do a lot of wildlife photography in South Africa, and there in the daytime using a warming filter can just warm the shot up a little so you get a useful picture. I try to take most of my shots in the early morning and late afternoon, but I don't put away my camera in the daytime so filtering is sometimes necessary. After having ploughed/read through the google newsgroup archives I was afraid that gel filters wouldn't be the way to go, and your comment only strengthens that belief. Bugger, that means I'd also have to buy the screw-on filter holder. My wife will not be amused :)) Arnoud http://www.wildlifephotography.nl * **** ******* *********************************************************** * For list instructions, including unsubscribe, see: * http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/eos_list.htm ***********************************************************
