Sand and the like

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Hi guys, I got my Camera over summer and spent a lot of time in fields taking pictures of cows.

Now I want to go a little closer to home, I live about 2 minutes walk from the beach, I know of plenty of interesting things I can take photos of. But the weather is turning, it's windy as hell at the moment and i'm scared of sand getting blown in to my lense and damaging it.

Is this likely to happen? Obviously I will be trying my best to keep sand out (Standing with the wind behind me etc)

But any other advice you can give me on keeping my camera safe outside would be great.
 
Best advice would be not to change lenses while on the beach and to get a skylight or uv filter for which ever lens you will be using, so as to not get sand or scratches on the glass of the lens itself.

These filters screw into the 'front' end of the lens and can be interchanged. Many people on the boards including myself keep a skylight filter attached to protect the lens because they don't really affect the picture quality or colour/lighting etc. *Disclaimer: debatable but not for this thread*

Because lenses have different diameters you will need the filter that will fit your specific lens. That's not to say that a 50mm lens needs a 50mm filter because that defines the focal length of the lens and not it's diameter. There should be a reference to what diameter ( Ø ) the lens is either on the lens or with any documentation you have that came with it. Failing that let us know on here which lens you have and we should be able to help.

Filters range in price from under a fiver to over £35 but skylight and UV filters are usually around £10 to £15. Some good brands to look at are conklin or Hoya.

Hope that helps.

Panzer
 
My camera doesnt have interchangeable lens, what size do i need?

Thanks for your help in my threads :)



Model Digital camera FinePix S5200 / FinePix S5600
Effective pixels 5.1 million pixels
CCD 1/2.5-inch Super CCD HR
Number of total pixels: 5.22 million pixels
Storage media xD-Picture Card (16/32/64/128/256/512 MB/1 GB)
File format Still image: DCF-compliant
Compressed: Exif ver.2.2 JPEG, DPOF-compatible
Uncompressed: CCD-RAW (RAF)
✽ Design rule for Camera File System compliant DPOF
compatible
Movie: AVI format, Motion JPEG
Audio: WAVE format, Monaural sound
Number of recorded pixels Still image: 2592 × 1944 pixels/2736 × 1824 pixels („)/
2048 × 1536 pixels/1600 × 1200 pixels/640 × 480 pixels
File size See the table on P.129.
Lens Fujinon 10× optical zoom lens
F3.2-F3.5
Focal length f=6.3 mm-63 mm
(Equivalent to approx. 38 mm-380 mm on a 35 mm camera)
Digital zoom Approx. 5.7×
(10× optical zoom lens is used together: Max. zoom scale: 57×)
Aperture (Wide-angle) F3.2 to F8 9 steps 1/3 EV steps
Focal range Normal: Wide-angle: approx. 90 cm (3.0 ft.) to infinity (In High-speed
shooting mode: approx. 2 m (6.6 ft.) to infinity)
Telephoto: approx. 2 m (6.6 ft.) to infinity (In High-speed shooting
mode: approx. 4 m (13.1 ft.) to infinity)
Macro: Wide-angle: approx. 10 cm (3.9 in.) to 2 m (6.6 ft.) (In High-speed
shooting mode: approx. 10 cm (3.9 in.) to 2 m (6.6 ft.))
Telephoto: approx. 90 cm (1.5 ft.) to 2 m (6.6 ft.) (In High-speed
shooting mode: approx. 90 cm (1.5 ft.) to 2 m (6.6 ft.))
Sensitivity AUTO/Equivalent to ISO 64/100/200/400/800/1600
Photometry TTL 64-zones metering Multi, Spot, Average
Exposure control Program AE (B, √, À, U, ,, /, N), Shutter-priority AE,
Aperture-priority AE, Manual exposure
Scene position √(Anti-blur), À(Natural light), U (Portrait), ,(Landscape), /(Night)
Exposure compensation –2 EV to +2 EV in 1/3 EV-step increments
Shutter speed 15 sec. to 1/2000 sec. (depend on Exposure mode)
Continous shooting Top 3-frame: Number of recorded frames: up to 3 frames
(Max. 2 frames/sec.)
Final 3-frame: Number of recorded frames:
last 3 frames before releasing the shutter button
(Max. 2 frames/sec.)
Long-period continuous shooting mode:
Number of recorded frames: up to 40 frames.
(Max. 0.9 frames/sec.)
Auto bracketing ± 1/3 EV, ± 2/3 EV, ± 1 EV
Focus Mode: Single AF/Continuous AF/Manual focus
AF system: TTL contrast-type, AF-assist illuminator
AF frame selection: AF (CENTER), AF (MULTI), AREA AF
 
Hey mate,

Based on a photo I found of the finepix S5600 you need a 55mm diameter filter (Ø 55mm) Have a look at the front of your lens where it says something like 10x optical f=6.3-63mm 1:3.2-3.5 Ø 55mm if it has a different number after the Ø then you need that diameter filter.

Panzer
 
I remember that I saw somewhere you could get a set with ND, polarising and UV filters in for cheap. It's worth getting the polarising and using that as well if you want to take pictures on the beach/of water without the glare.
 
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