Interesting UV filter test
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ferider
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Thanks for the link.
They seem to have only tested the quality of UV filtering, not the coating and how easy the filters are to clean.
This being said, I really like my Hoya HMC filters.
Roland.
They seem to have only tested the quality of UV filtering, not the coating and how easy the filters are to clean.
This being said, I really like my Hoya HMC filters.
Roland.
Sparrow
Veteran
The B+W mc filters are a pig to clean, but they are brass and don’t get jammed on lenses like the cheaper ones
Benjamin Marks
Veteran
Interesting to see the additional reflections in the "with filter" side-by-side tests for individual filters. The sun is hitting the filter at an oblique angle for these shots -- one of the reasons I had resisted filters, except for special effects (e.g. red filter to darken skies on b&w film), until I started using an M8. I did have a 52mm filter save the "life" of a 28mm Nikkor that a friend did not realize was in a canvas bag he threw onto some stone steps. CRUNCH. The filter was trashed. But the lens was fine and 18 years later I am still using it.
Ben Marks
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Jamie Pillers
Skeptic
Thanks VERY much for the link! Much appreciated.
sanmich
Veteran
I am yet to put a cleaning/coating mark on my B&W filters while the hoya are so easy to damage...
When cash and availability are not crazy, and for important lenses, for me, it's B+W all the way...
When cash and availability are not crazy, and for important lenses, for me, it's B+W all the way...
squirrel$$$bandit
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They do address that in the text below, saying that B&W glass IS easier to clean, but not all that much easier...
35mmdelux
Veni, vidi, vici
B+W or Heliopan here.
35mmdelux
Veni, vidi, vici
BTW who buys giant 72mm filters? The Nocti is 60mm and its the largest element in the lineup.
BobPS
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i I have B+W on my 50 cron and just ordered a second one for my new 28 elmarit. The reason I go with B+W even though they're not available locally and I had to order them form Ffordes, is because they're the only one available in 39 mm size. For my canon and nikkor lenses though I use Hoya filters bought locally.
peter_n
Veteran
B+W also make MRC filters with alloy rings that are sold on eBay. They are less expensive than the brass filters and the glass is identical.
Bruin
Noktonian
Other than UV filtering, B+W MRC filters are as good as it gets.
How many of us buy UV filters to filter UV? 🙄
Al Kaplan
Veteran
Rub a little candle wax on the filter threads. It doesn't take much. It solves the sticking problem with aluminum filter threads.
Don't obsess too much about having totally spotless filters, and it's more important to have the back of the filter clean than the front. It's mostly the light getting bounced around BETWEEN glass surfaces that degrades the image.
Don't obsess too much about having totally spotless filters, and it's more important to have the back of the filter clean than the front. It's mostly the light getting bounced around BETWEEN glass surfaces that degrades the image.
Sparrow
Veteran
CV's 12mm takes 77mm....... there's always one smart-arse
wallace
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I've just been shocked reading the results of that test! Most of my (many) filters, UV and B/W color, are from Tiffen! I always thought Tiffen was 1.class...
Didn't know filter quality could be so different.
wallace
crawdiddy
qu'est-ce que c'est?
Canon FD 200mm f/2.8
Canon FD 20mm F2.8
Canon LTM 50mm f/0.95
...all use 72mm filters. Not quite as large as a saucer, but as large as a medium sized ash tray (for those of you who remember ash trays).
Al Kaplan
Veteran
Starbucks still has ashtrays on the outside patio and I have them throughout the house, including the darkroom. Got a roach clip or two also just in case.
Doesn't anybody remember the old trick of blowing a cloud of smoke under the enlarger lens when you wanted just a bit of diffusion?
Doesn't anybody remember the old trick of blowing a cloud of smoke under the enlarger lens when you wanted just a bit of diffusion?
crawdiddy
qu'est-ce que c'est?
I never did that, but it's a great idea.
I was always afraid of a cigarrette in the darkroom putting out too much light.
glchua
Established
Looking at the data, visible light transmission seems to be the highest for B&W. That to me is most important. Time to change to B&W.
back alley
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i have mostly used b+w filters and one new tiffen, bought new locally.
can't really see a difference.
can't really see a difference.
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