Looking for filters (that snap on)

[jpkand]

Hi, I'm interested in filters (2,3 stop ND filters and a polarizer) that can go on the kit 18-55 lens of my Canon XS.

I would like decent filters that don't screw on but rather "snap" on like the lens cap does. Is there anything like that available?

If not, can you point me to decent screw-on filters - I suppose I can settle.

Thanks!

[jdepould]

Doesn't exist.

Filters are either screw-on or big square-in-frame cinema types.

B+W is generally the best, though Hoya is pretty good value.

[OsmosisStudios]

Why on earth would you need snap-on filters? It takes 3 seconds to screw a new filter on.

[jpkand]

thanks jd - I appreciate it

Originally Posted by OsmosisStudios

Why on earth would you need snap-on filters? It takes 3 seconds to screw a new filter on.

why would you need a snap-on lens cap?

[prabbit237]

Originally Posted by jpkand

I would like decent filters that don't screw on but rather "snap" on like the lens cap does. Is there anything like that available?

Like someone else said, they don't exist (as far as I know) but my school of thought is "what can snap on can easily fall off." I wouldn't wanna pay $100 for a filter only to have it fall off and get lost.

Originally Posted by OsmosisStudios

Why on earth would you need snap-on filters? It takes 3 seconds to screw a new filter on.

Maybe you have some of those magical ones but seems like mine always wanna cross-thread and never do go on straight right away I can agree with the other person about how I'd love ones that go on as easily as the lens cap but I don't think such would be as secure.

Also for snap-on ones, I'm having a hard time seeing how such would even work very well. Either there'd be a piece that'd block the lens view itself by sticking into the ring or it'd poke outside the ring and be something that could snag, break off, etc. Screw-on does make the most sense, engineering-wise.

[OsmosisStudios]

Originally Posted by jpkand

why would you need a snap-on lens cap?

Lens caps were always designed as snap in. Filters were not. A lens cap is something you put on your lens (or remove from it) hundreds, thousands, etc of times. Not so for a filter.

[phantasm]

I actually have two filters that snap on (ND and fogging). I didn't buy them though. My boyfriend used them with his old film camera and when we were digging through a box of stuff a month or so ago we found them.

I have to say, they are crap. They're plastic and cheap feeling. Especially the part that you squeeze before placing it on the lens and release after it's set in place.

They look much like this, but obviously are filters and not caps:



I would say just get good quality filters because the threads are going to be much nicer and more smooth than a cheap one that has crappy threads. I have both nice filters and cheap ones and the nice ones screw on much smoother and quicker.

[spazoid1965]

There were several filter manufacturers making magnetic filters at one time. I think Cokin is the only one left. Here is one of their products. Cokin S154MM Magnetic NDX8 (M) Magnetic Filter There was one manufacturer than came out back in the mid '80s. The made a series of magnetic filters that stacked on a steel adapter ring. Much like the Hoyarex, Lee, and Cokin filter system. But instead of square filters that slid into a plastic holder, they were round filters that magnetically stuck to each other. I can't remember the company's name. I never bought any.