>i'm currently using adaptor rings to use my 67mm filters to even a >lense as small as 48mm...the question left off my previous post is: > >is there any drawbacks and shotcomings in this practice? (like flaring >and lower image quality?) Not much more than using the right size filter. >i know many of you would suggest using rectangulr Cokin filter sets, >but i find that system highly impractical for my kind of photography, >and i do not think many of us could afford dedicated glass filters for >any lense filter size. I suppose it depends on how many filter sizes you have. >so what do you think? Oh, I bit the bullet, and have the right filter sizes. OTOH, when you stay with manufacturer's lenses, there's less sizes to worry about. Don't forget the right SHADE for the focal length. --- Luis =============================================== so... no matter what, CHEER UP MY FRIENDS! Life is too precious to jump the other side of the fence... kostas papakotas / clenched teeth photography http://groups.msn.com/clenchedteethphotography/home.htm 'COS SOMETIMES IT IS BETTER WITH CLENCHED TEETH! _________________________________________________________________ Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com