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I'd probably get hoods rather than filters. Hoods will stop flare and protect the lens, whilst UV filters don't really do much and in some cases hinder image quality
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If I'd be shooting b&w mainly I'd just get a yellow filter and leave that on all the time.
This is basically a default one for black and white.
When using a SLR it obviously turns your whole finder monochrome / yellow - which, to me, is a good thing as you can concentrate on light and dark and are not mislead by the colours.Actually, assuming the lenses both have the same diameter, I'd get one yellow and one UV / skylight one, and swap as needed, or even just to have a place to put the yellow one if you shoot color for a change.
Filters only suck when you don't need them, as you have to have either the stupid case or some other place to put them safely, also they get smudged not while using them but while being screwed on or off the lens, ha.If you get some filters do get some proper (read: expensive) ones though. Multicoating is a godsent, for the pictures (less reflections / less robbery of contrast in your image), and also they are much easier to clean. The Hoya HMC ones are good for example.
Personally I only use filters with some lenses on analogue cameras, when shooting b&w - and use hoods for everything else - often I need a hood anyway, and it does help to protect the lens against scratches.
That being said they don't protect against dust obviously and they do make the lens longer, thus there's more chance you bump the whole thing against something or somebody when it's over your shoulder.
If I had a lot of money I'd probably put really good UV filters on all my lenses as well.
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Hi, does anyone have any recommendations for filters? I've just got two new lenses (both were gifts, it wasn't intentional!): a 50mm f1.4 and 35mm f1.8. I use a nikon D750 and mainly shoot black and white. I guess my primary purpose with the filters would be to protect the lenses (i.e. so they don't get scratched - clearly not going to stop them getting smashed if I drop them) but I've never really used filters before so any other tips would be appreciated.
Thanks!!
PS, I in my reading so far, I saw that the UV filters are the ones to get for this sort of purpose, and that generally more expensive = better, but I am hoping that someone might have slightly better advice than that....