Filters

[gustav[] pEña]

can some one name the filters companys in quality order?
:angel:

 

[nwcanonman]

Gustav,
You'll probably get 10 different answers from 10 people, the "best" of anything can be subjective.
I try to use B&W made filters when I can. Singh Ray is also good. But at times I'll use a Tiffen or Hoya.
The bottom choice is Quanteray.

 

[Roman]

Heliopan and Rodenstock are pretty good, to!

Roman

 

[gustav[] pEña]

what about kenko filters????????

 

[nwcanonman]

I've found Kenkos to be like the lower priced Tiffens and Hoyas. Not my first choice.

 

[Penguin_101]

I use the Cokin filter system.

 

[jdos2]

I just use whatever I can find. 60mm (really, 62mm, with the step up ring- Noctilux) ND, red, and yellow, from THREE different companies, and the 46mm (Contax filters fit the 35mm Summilux) filters are plain hard to find here.

 

[back alley]

kenko is actually pretty good glass.
b+w are very good glass and the rings are brass. most rings are aluminum which can bind at times (like when you are in a hurry).

joe

 

[peter_n]

What Joe said. B+W MRC F-Pro are probably the best, they are certainly the most expensive listing around $70, but you can get them for about 1/2 that in the discount stores. Heliopan are good too but hard to find in the USA, Hoya is also good but the glass is a bit on the soft side. A B+W will far outlast a Hoya because the glass is treated to withstand abuse. Hoya do a lot of OEMing, I think Kinko uses Hoya glass, and I have a 58mm Vivitar that by its stamping on the ring is clearly a Hoya.

 

[Roger Hicks]

It's not hard to test filters. Shoot pics with and without. Check the difference. I've done this, and so has Ctein who is a better experimentalist than I. Our conclusions are identical. A filter has to be REALLY BAD before it produces detectable image degradation -- something ike 2mm window glass. I cheerfully use plastic 'system' filters on my Zeiss 38/4.5 Biogon, the most valuable lens I own. Worrying about filter quality is a real waste of time.

Cheers,

Roger (ww.rogerandfrances.com)