Stacking filters

[Canonbassist909]

What are your thoughts on sticking lens filters… 58 mm for Lens size , filters are UV and CPL 

What are the advantages? 

cheers all ! 

[Tronhard]

You will doubtless get a variety of opinions for the use of filters, and while I use high quality filters to protect the front elements of my lenses, I don't see the point of stacking filters. The more glass you add, the more chance of diffraction and reflection.  While I accept that is a case for a protect filter, I consider that an acceptable price to pay for the protection they offer, but if I want a CPL filter, I remove the UV or protect filter and replace it with the CPL.  On wide-angle lenses there is a greater risk of introducing mechanical vignetting.

[Canonbassist909]

hey Trevor .. thanks much for the reply .. im personally not using wide angle at all.. very straight forward 75-300 canon lens .. I do have a CPL on there now.. im upgrading the filter from a no name brand to a HOYA alpha  2 series .. and with what ive been reading . that brand is pretty good .. 

[Tronhard]

I still would not stack filters, if you have a CPL on it, what is the purpose of the UV lens? 

I will hold my tongue on the 75-300...

[Waddizzle]

I didn’t know that filters could have threads so that you could stack them. Even if you could stack them, then you could have problems with vignetting.