bioteacher Loc: Brooklyn, NY

I have a number of filters that I used with my Canon EF film camera. I was wondering about the different effects these filters (colored, cross hatch, etc) would have when I use them on a digital SLR. Any info would be appreciated.

JimKing Loc: Salisbury, Maryland USA

Most of your filters will have a similar effect on a digital camera. However colored filters, yellow, orange, red, and green were for use with black & white film. Now many photo editors will create a monochrome image from your digital color image "as though" it was shot through a color filter. The filters that have effects that cannot be duplicated in the computer include a polarizer (modern cameras require a circular polarizer)which kills reflections, graduated neutral density filters which allow you to maintain detail in the sky without underexposing the land(yeah, you can do this to some extent in the computer), and a neutral density (non-graduated) to allow longer exposures when necessary. Star filters and other special effect filters will still work and you won't have to learn how to do the effect in the computer. Hope this helps.

bioteacher Loc: Brooklyn, NY

Thanks