Is it OK to use multiple step up rings

[LukePhoto]

Hello,

I want to buy some filters, however I have different lenses with different filter threads(58mm,62mm,67mm,72mm).What I am wondering is if I buy a packet of step up rings(https://www.kentfaith.co.uk/SKU0800_11-in-1-step-up-ring-set ) could I purchase 72mm filters and then use the 58-62MM,62-67MM,67-72MM step up rings in conjunction with each other to mount the 72mm filter on the 58mm lens, would this cause any problems?

 

[ZilverHaylide]

Hello,

I want to buy some filters, however I have different lenses with different filter threads(58mm,62mm,67mm,72mm).What I am wondering is if I buy a packet of step up rings(https://www.kentfaith.co.uk/SKU0800_11-in-1-step-up-ring-set ) could I purchase 72mm filters and then use the 58-62MM,62-67MM,67-72MM step up rings in conjunction with each other to mount the 72mm filter on the 58mm lens, would this cause any problems?

You could, but on a wide-angle lens, the rate at which the contraption grows from a sequence of step-up rings might be too slow to avoid vignetting. Even if vignetting is avoided, what you want to do would put the filter a considerable distance away from the lens, increaing the chance of dirt having an effect at small apertures. If you want a common filter size (i.e. 72mm), better to buy step-up rings that step-up directly from each lens to that common filter size.

One other problem if you use larger filters: you often won't be able to use any manufacturer lens hood which bayonets onto the lens. So you should buy the appropriate type of lenshood (wide-angle, normal, or telephoto) to screw into that larger filter. Some rubber hoods give you some flexibility in that regard, because they can to some degree be folded back, for different lens angles of views

 

[MJ_Photo38]

I'm also in that boat. I bought a nice 72mm CPL and a nice 72mm VND and I use it on all of my lenses, doesn't matter if they are 77mm, 72mm, 67mm, 58mm or 52mm

I have two lenses that are way too small, with a 43mm and 46mm filter thread, but I bought a little stack of cheap inexpensive ND filters and a little polarizer in 43mm sizes.

At the cost of those step-up/down rings (less than 10 bucks a pop), I would get one for each size that your lenses have to go to 72mm. That's what I did. That way I avoid any problem regarding potential vignette introduce by the stacking of several rings + a filter.

Getting just one large kit or all step up rings seems like an unnecessary cost optimization if you're only using one size of filters anyway.