Build your own filter adapter for Nikkor 14 - 24mm lens...

... in less than 30min / HQ version will hopefully be available soon.

update! check out some of my blog-posts to see pictures taken with that adapter...

http://bizwiz-blog.blogspot.com/2009/07/and-off-i-am.html
http://bizwiz-blog.blogspot.com/2009/07/almost-in-san-francisco.html
http://bizwiz-blog.blogspot.com/2009/07/good-bye-palo-alto-hello-yosemite.html
http://bizwiz-blog.blogspot.com/2009/07/back-to-west-coast.html
http://bizwiz-blog.blogspot.com/2009/08/red-rock-canyon-land.html
http://bizwiz-blog.blogspot.com/2009/08/shifting-in-higher-gear.html
http://bizwiz-blog.blogspot.com/2009/09/and-trip-is-over.html

Category:

Howto & Style

Tags:

• filter adapter
• 14-24mm
• nikkor
• polarizer
• nikon
• photography
• dslr

[kindagoodphoto]

That's a great way to mount the filter.Very good thinking.But it's not very practical.I'm going on the fact that you are using this get up for landscape photos and that your camera would be on a tripod.If that is the case then why not just HOLD THE FILTER IN FRONT OF THE LENS AND USE THE TIMER OR REMOTE SHUTTER.

It's just a thought. Great idea though.

[bizwizvids]

thanks for the comment. the biggest problem with just holding the filter up to the lens is the reflection of light. the 14 - 24mm has a curved front due to the wide angle, which means there's a certain distance between the filter and the glass left. if you have the sun behind you or in your back, you'll have unwanted reflections on your pictures. this filter-adapter not only holds your filter plate, it also shields light off from the side & back.

[bizwizvids]

... behind you or somewhere on your side...

[videotubeification]

Just an opinion. Instead of going through McGuyver inventions, why don't you stick the filter to a cut-out extra lens cap?

Please don't drop that camera lens first on the table, and don't file plastic next to it.

[bizwizvids]

I thought about using an extra lens cap, unfortunately that doesn't work. The lens cap is very thin & exactly measured to fit the lens.

Another problem with that solution is that a simple slot in the lens cap won't hold the filter plate on its own.

Lastly - I wanted something that I can not only use on my 14 - 24mm lens but also on other lenses with have a smaller diameter. Smaller lens-caps definitely don't work, because their diameter is smaller than the width of the filter-plate.

[bizwizvids]

thanks for the comment, devilscuz! I actually used that adapter quite a bit... soon after I built it I went on a 6-weeks roadtrip, taking more than 10,000 pictures - most of which with this lens + adapter. I posted some of the pictures on my blog...

(see links in the sidebar)

but you are right that this set-up is an attention-getter / I was asked quite a few times if I am a pro-photographer.

[sesopenko]

@bizwizvids The idea could be modified for people who don't need to use the holder on multiple lenses. One could permanently attach the interior of the flange to the exterior of a 14-24 cap with the circular part of the 14-24 cap cut out. Then it's a quick slip-on fit.

[sesopenko]

@bizwizvids Yeap. Holding filters in front of lenses introduces flare because it's easier for light to get in behind the filter and reflect into the camera's front lens element.

[JAYCPRUDZ]

in your picture that you attached to the link you provided.. did u continue using polarizer or you switch to rectangular filter? since your polarizer on this video failed.

[marthynovak]

what about the lee push on filter holder? i mean i can fit!

[HoutmeyersP]

Hi

Thanks very much for this usefull info on making a much cheaper adapter than the Lee filterholder....you can even use the Cokin X-pro polariser. ( a polariser is not available on the expensive Lee filter holder).

Question ; have you tried this adapter with the polarizer on a full-frame body. Do you see the pol in the corners at 14mm . I have this Nik 14-24 and have used it without a filter on a 5DmkII. I need to know the usable range with the polariser before i buy a Cokin polariser.

[cjgan80]

What was that Accesory on your DSLR?

the black box thing..

i was keen to ask...