Hoya HMC Skylight 1B - Filter - skylight - 72 mm Review

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(More customer reviews)This is unfortunately not a ultra thin filter with a thin filter ring. This is just a regular Skylight 1b filter. This is totally misleading. I am surprised Adorama is doing it. Got mine and no difference from my existing one :( and no mention of thin or ultra-thin in the box of the filter or the filter itself.


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Reduces the excessive bluishness that frequently occurs in outdoor color photography, especially in open shade under a clear, blue sky.The absorption peak is in the range which corresponds to the film's green spectrum. This means outstanding outdoor shots with superb color balance and clarity under all conditions.Also keeps skin tones free of colored reflections from nearby objects such as the shade of trees

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Quantaray UV Multi-Coated - Filter - UV - 67 mm Review

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(More customer reviews)This is a must have for everyone. This saves your lens from scratch..I cannot say of anything specifically good for this brand. I think it is probably the same as any other UV Filter. I am not a pro and just use it to prevent my lens.

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Multi-Coating improves overall quality of filter by correcting for refractive properties of the filter glass. With multi-coated glass your photos will look sharper and have more contrast. Though most people use the UV Haze to protect their lens from dust and scratches, it also absorbs ultra violet and blue rays without affecting exposure or color.

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Hoya Moose 52mm Warm Circular Polarizer Glass Filter Review

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(More customer reviews)The bottom line first: This is the best polarizing filter out there for around 30 bucks or less.
I was looking for a polarizing filter for my S2 IS camera. And there are many filters out there at very cheap price. Some just around 15 bucks or less. And some are very expensive at several hundreds bucks for dSLR users. I didn't want to pay more than 50 bucks for a polarizing filter, but I didn't want to waste even a cent on a useless stuff. So I found this filter. It seemed to be a very good deal since it is a circular filter and it has warming effect. I bought it and I was impressed. All outdoor pictures look really good; the color is deep, water is clear, and clouds are all well shaped. Most nonmetal reflections was filtered out. You should remember that the best effect happens when your camera at 90 degree to the sun.
I doubt that those hundreds dollars filters will be much better than this one. They are certainly better but the difference must be very little in everyday pictures. If the professional one can filter out 99% of reflections, this polarizer must be able to filter out at least 96%.

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Moose Warm Polarizer filters, an exclusive collaboration between Hoya and respected wildlife photographer and conservationist B. Moose Peterson of Wildlife Research Photography, are a combination of a polarizer and an 81A warming filter.For many years, polarizers have been used to remove reflections from non-metallic surfaces such as water and glass as well as being used to darken blue skies to increase contrast in scenic photography. When using a camera with a split beam metering system (a metering system that employs a polarized half mirror) which is most of today's auto focus camera bodies, traditional linear polarizers will cause exposure errors due to their light absorption properties. Circular polarizers yield the same optical effect while not causing exposure problems with modern metering systemsA side effect of both linear and circular polarizes is they "cool down" or make the over-all color balance of a scene slightly bluish. The addition of the 81A glass corrects the color temperature, bringing the scene back to the original 5500K for daylight film's color balance. The 81A glass creates a much more pleasing and warm color balance to the entire scene while the circular polarizer increases color contrast and reduces the effect of atmospheric haze.

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Hoya Moose 67mm Warm Circular Polarizer Glass Filter Review

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(More customer reviews)I am a huge fan of this filter-it stays on my Minolta 5D/28-75mm f2.8 lens almost always, except when shooting indoors. I tried a few other filters, both by this manufacturer, and the other leading filter makers, and this one was the best. Had the best color reproduction-truly seems like the combo filter does exactly what it says it will.
If you are after one filter to shoot landscapes, this is it.

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Moose Warm Polarizer filters, an exclusive collaboration between Hoya and respected wildlife photographer and conservationist B. Moose Peterson of Wildlife Research Photography, are a combination of a polarizer and an 81A warming filter.For many years, polarizers have been used to remove reflections from non-metallic surfaces such as water and glass as well as being used to darken blue skies to increase contrast in scenic photography. When using a camera with a split beam metering system (a metering system that employs a polarized half mirror) which is most of today's auto focus camera bodies, traditional linear polarizers will cause exposure errors due to their light absorption properties. Circular polarizers yield the same optical effect while not causing exposure problems with modern metering systemsA side effect of both linear and circular polarizes is they "cool down" or make the over-all color balance of a scene slightly bluish. The addition of the 81A glass corrects the color temperature, bringing the scene back to the original 5500K for daylight film's color balance. The 81A glass creates a much more pleasing and warm color balance to the entire scene while the circular polarizer increases color contrast and reduces the effect of atmospheric haze.

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Opteka OPT UV 67mm 67mm High Definition II UV 0 Ultra Violet Haze Multi-Coated Glass Filter Review

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(More customer reviews)This filter saved my lens from breaking.
I definitely recommend it as a protective filter.
Fits Nikon D80.


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Detailed DescriptionThe UV filter is one of the most important filters to own and it should be available for every lens. The filter blocks the invisible UV rays which can cause a loss of sharpness. The use of the filter is particularly recommended for work in the mountains, at the ocean, and in areas with very clear air. The contrasts are heightened, and distorting fog is avoided. The Opteka HD² Multi-Coated UV (0) Ultraviolet Haze Filter cuts haze for sharper black and white prints and corrects the blues and violets in color prints. The filter glass is colorless, and hence no increase in the exposure time is required.Multi-coating can prevent light reflection, ghost light, internal reflection etc, making image clearer and sharper. It can dramatically improve image quality. This is specially important in digital cameras. Since the image sensors CCD or CMOS are highly susceptible to reflections, this stray light can ruin your photographs. Multi-coated glass benefit substantially reduced light reflections, resulting clearer image with greater contrast.This type of filter is also eminently suitable as protection for the front lens, and because of its color-neutral properties it can remain on the camera lens permanently. A scratched front lens element can not be repaired; and replacement is costly. Exchanging a damaged UV filter for a new one is more economical than the purchase of a new lens.

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72mm Pro-Digital UV Filter Review

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(More customer reviews)Wherein this was a quality filter for my Nikon 18-200 lens, after two weeks, the glass fell out of the rim. Just fell out while changing filters. What was an important component to my photography, and camera protection, is now an expensive piece of trash. As a replacement, I went with a different brand. I guess when the packaging says, "professional filter series," it means that "professionals" have enough money to purchase replacements when their equipment goes prematurely south. I can only hope my filter was a fluke and Quantaray does not have serious quality control issues. But like I said, it was a nice filter when it was in one piece.

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Absorbs ultra violet and blue rays without affecting exposure. The Digital UV filter also acts to protect the lens and minimizes flare and ghost reflections to optimize the performance of your lenses for digital imaging. The very thin frames of these filtes allow pictures to be taken with most normal range wide-angle lens without vignetting.
What Make this Filter special for Digital? Special Coatings - This filter has a newlly developed ultra-low reflection coating for digital camera to minimize flare and ghost reflections.
Black-ink Outer Rim Processing - The outer edges of the optical filter glass are blacked with ink to minimize inner reflection.
Special frame - All surfaces of these filters have a satin-like smooth surface to minimize extra reflection.
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Tiffen 67mm Hot Mirror Filter Review

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(More customer reviews)I own the 52mm version of this kit, and found it a shame to see this kit only received one star. Below is my review I wrote about the 52mm kit, I have recommended this kit (in several different sizes) to fellow photographers, they all have been very happy with their purchases, baring in mind Tiffen's quality control problems.
This is one of the best bargains that i've seen, "essentially" you get 3 filters for the price of one. The image quality with these filters is great, the 812 (warming) filter is by far a favorite giving back the color richness that flash photography so often washes out, that is unless you have the patience for constantly tweaking your flash power. Aside from the 812 the UV protector is basically a clear protective filter. While it obviously has advantages over clear glass, I tend not to think of it as any different. This too is a great filter which I use about half the time because it doesn't affect color hues or change f stop values too greatly while it takes the worry out of carrying the camera around ready for any candid shots that may occur. Finally included is the circular polarizer. This filter adjusts the amount of uv light entering the camera by spinning the filter to the direction the uv rays are entering (or turning the thingy till things look better). This lens is great for sunny days and will take surface glare off lakes and glass making them transparent again. It also makes colors more crisp in general when photographing buildings and other large "reflective" man-made things. So things sound great so far, but now to why I only give this item 4 stars. While Tiffen is known to be one of the best at photo and video filters, they have quality control issues that do no live up to thier reputation. In my case the 812 filter arrived with a discoloration in the glass. While it was didn't hurt image quality, with the flaw being towards the edge of the filter, I none the less didn't want to find a situation in which the flaw would diminish quality. Seeing as it was not amazon's fault my first e-mail went to Tiffen for a replacement which they said they would gladly do, but only after I send them the filter and they recieve it would they ship my replacement (not an option in my circumstances). Instead Amazon's wonderful customer service shown through again, and within 3 days they had replaced the entire set. The second set arrivided without flaw but since my other two filters were in perfect condition I traded just the 812. I havn't had any other issues and i'm very satisfied with my filters. The only other word of warning would be to that of the circular polorizer. While I recieved 2 that were flawless occassionally I have read in reviews customers have received ones that were assembled backwards making the lens useless. A quick way to check to see if your CP is working correctly is to hold it, thread facing yourself, and look at an LCD monitor or TV and spin it until the picture dissapears(obviously working correctly). I still wouldn't pass up this deal knowing what I do now, chances are everything will show up perfectly but none the less if you're concerned order it before you need it and check everything over carefully. Amazon is always the best for returns and will often ship a replacement the next day with overnight shipping.And a little further insight...
I was recently doing some black and white film photography, and decided to use my 812 warming filter as a protective lens as I was carrying 3 lenses with me. Just thought that I would mention that using this filter will produce a "White" sky in some outdoor photographs. The shots were taken with a gradient blue sky to which the entirety showed up white, even on bracketed sets, that should have shown something in one of the series. While itself was a interesting effect for some shots, it mostly just caused me frustration in the darkroom. I just wanted to add this as fair warning. I discovered this on accident, so I don't know if it applies to all sky conditions as I didn't do a lot B&W sky shots, I might test it using Photoshop later as I see they have the 812s effect built in. Anyways, good luck and have fun photoing.

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Remedies color rendition problems in digital cameras by reflecting most infrared light.

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Hoya 62mm UV Filter Review

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(More customer reviews)I have several Hoya filters for various lenses. This 86mm UV filter fit perfectly on my new Sigma 150-500mm zoom lens. With such a large surface on the front of the lens I didn't want to take a chance of scratching it or worse. The UV filter
protects the lens and provides added clarity to images. This is a high quality filter with mutliple coatings and a sturdy metal ring. It's worth the money.

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Absorbs the ultraviolet rays which often makes outdoor photographs hazy and indistinct. A multi-purpose fine-weather filter for color as well as black and white films.

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Hoya 58UV 58mm UV Filter Review

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(More customer reviews)Works fine - at a very reasonable price. Used to protect the actual camera lens.

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Absorbs the ultraviolet rays which often makes outdoor photographs hazy and indistinct. A multi-purpose fine-weather filter for color as well as black and white films.

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Digital Concepts 67mm Video Filter Kit with UV Protection, Polarizer, & Fluorescent Daylight Filters and Filter Carrying Case Review

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(More customer reviews)Ordered this inexpensive filter kit to play with before investing in some better ones. The box that I received was labeled "Crystal Optics Limited Edition Digital camera/video 3-piece filter kit" This is totally different from the product listed on Amazon.
Upon opening the package, the filters don't look anything like what is pictured. They are actually black (not silver as in the product pictures) The seller needs to correct this so that buyers know what they are getting. They are un-coated despite the fact that it says "multi coated" on the box. The CPL and UV filters are glass, while the fluorescent daylight filter is plastic garbage. Build quality is so-so, I really just wanted the CPL to play with and it does a decent job, not as much polarization as other more expensive ones but it was cheap so no complaints. Just annoyed that the product I ordered was not what I actually got and it's not worth my time to send them back.

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This is a 67 mm Video filter kit with UV Protection, Polarizer, and Fluorescent Daylight filters. This kit also includes a filter carrying case.

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Hoya SUPER HMC Haze UV(0) - Filter - UV - 55 mm Review

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(More customer reviews)The Super HMC UV filter is distinguished by the optical coating on both sides of the glass. This is a high quality filter and worthly of high end lenses. I have them on both an 80-200mm f/2.8 and a 17-55mm f/2.8 Nikon lenses. No demonstrable reduction to the image quality is visible on images taken with either lens. In my sports photography work, I am typically right on the court very close to the action and having the glass of a $1,000 lens exposed is too much of a gamble for me. The only downside of this lens is that it's a bit difficult to clean as streaks seem to stick to it if the lens cleaning cloth (microfiber)isn't wet enough with cleaning fluid. However, I've found that if I flip the cloth to a dry spot right and swirl from the center outward to the edge, away go the streaks. The price ($39) through the Amazon affiliated dealers is excellent.

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Absorbs the ultraviolet rays which often makes outdoor photographs hazy and indistinct. A muliti-purpose fine-weather filter for color as well as black and white films.

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Sunpak DF-7036-UV 67mm Coated Ultra-Violet Filter Review

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(More customer reviews)At $18 (when I got it), it was a good price and has worked out great on my Canon 70-200 f/4 IS. No complaints.

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Sunpak¿s Coated Ultra-Violet Filter Improves contrast and color saturation by reducing ultraviolet light, dust, and haze in sunny shots. Coating reduces glare on lens. Sunpak is one of the world's largest manufacturers of electronic flash equipment. It has earned a reputation for advanced technical achievement and superior quality. Sunpak electronic flashes are produced for professionals, advanced amateurs, enthusiasts, and casual photographers. They are designed to work with today's auto focus cameras having dedicated flash capabilities. All Sunpak flash units offer advanced features, which provide the widest range of creative control. They are supported by a wide spectrum of system accessories, such as dedicated modules, filters, adapters, batteries and more.

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Sunpak DF-7037-UV 72mm Coated Ultra-Violet Filter Review

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(More customer reviews)It was very difficult to screw on my 28-135mm Canon, otherwise it does the job. I have not really shot too many pictures but from the first 50 shots, it seems fine. For the price you pay, you get what you pay for. That said, it's good for the price I paid. It protects my lens and does not affect image quality. At least not that's noticeable (i'm not a professional). 7 out of 10 stars.

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Sunpak¿s 72mm Coated Ultra-Violet Filter Improves contrast and color saturation by reducing ultraviolet light, dust, and haze in sunny shots. Coating reduces glare on lens. Sunpak is one of the world's largest manufacturers of electronic flash equipment. It has earned a reputation for advanced technical achievement and superior quality. Sunpak electronic flashes are produced for professionals, advanced amateurs, enthusiasts, and casual photographers. They are designed to work with today's auto focus cameras having dedicated flash capabilities. All Sunpak flash units offer advanced features, which provide the widest range of creative control. They are supported by a wide spectrum of system accessories, such as dedicated modules, filters, adapters, batteries and more.

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Promaster 62mm Ultraviolet (UV) Filter Review

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(More customer reviews)When looking into a UV filter, its is one of the most important filters to have on the end of any lens.
The more expensive the lens, the more important to have a UV filter (helps keep dust,dirt,grime off the lens)
The promaster series is one of the best I have used to far, great optical quality, good haze reduction, and very sturdy metal thread design.
For the price that i paid, cant complain at all.

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Promaster 62mm UV Filter

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Canon 72mm UV Haze Filter Review

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(More customer reviews)I never take my UV filter off of my lens unless I am going to immediately put on a different filter. There are basically two camps out there, those that feel you should always use a UV filter to protect your lens from dirt and scratches and those that feel it is a waste of time and only degrades your image. Well, I tried going without one for awhile and then dirt started to build up on the front element of my very expense lens. And although you can clean the front element of a lens, I feel much, much safer wiping my comparatively cheap UV filter time and time again rather than chancing any actual lens damage. I think for the nearly unquantifiable loss in image quality you may suffer by having a UV filter on, it is well worth the extra piece of mind it gives me.

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The Canon 72mm UV haze filter not only helps to protect your lens from dust, moisture and scratches, it also allows you to correct for UV effect and eliminate haze from your photos. This filter will absorb approximately 71 percent of UV rays, helping to eliminate haze's bluish cast that can obscure distant details. This filter easily screws onto your 72mm lenses.

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Sigma DG 55mm Wide Multi-Coated Circular Polarizer Filter Review

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(More customer reviews)The filter works well, it's very slim and is easy to adjust. It's a little hard focusing manually while using it; and in cold weather it can get stuck on the lens. If that happens putting a rubberband around it to provide a better grip will do the trick. I use it with my 18 mm lens and have never noticed any vignetting on the photos I take with it, although there is usually a little bit of a bluish cast to the photos. That however, is faint.

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The Sigma Multi-Coated Wide Circular Polarizing Filter allows you to remove unwanted reflections from non-metallic surfaces such as water and glass, and they also improve color saturation, clarity and contrast. This threaded filter is often used to increase the contrast and saturation in blue skies and white clouds, for example. Polarizing filters do not affect the overall color balance of a shot, and they will provide protection for your lens while shooting. This filter is recommended for color and black & white film, as well as digital photography. A polarizer is different than most filters in that it is composed of two pieces of glass, mounted independently inside a round frame so that one can be rotated relative to the other. As it is rotated, it increasingly cuts out glare and haze. With an SLR, you can actually observe this change through the viewfinder. Polarizers reduce glare from water, glass, or any non-metallic surface. You can also use a polarizer filter to darken blue skies. Polarizers come in two versions, linear and circular, and autofocus cameras will perform best with a circular polarizer, since a circular polarizer allows for proper exposure metering and/or autofocus distance settings. This particular circular polarizer is designed especially to benefit wide angle lenses, utilizing thinner filter rings to avoid vignetting, a common side effect of wide angle photography. Multi-Layer Coating for Superior Protection: Sigma has treated this filter with a multi-layer coating process, which, in addition to its reflection-reducing qualities, makes these filters especially scratch-resistant. This coating does not affect the optic characteristics of the filter, but significantly optimizes the protective effects.

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Zeikos ZE-FLK82 82mm Multi-Coated 3 Piece Filter Kit (UV-CPL-FLD) Review

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(More customer reviews)MOST HAVE FOR YOU CAMERA, POLARIZED FILTER WORKS GREAT ON OUTDOORS ELIMINATING GLARE RELECTIONS ON ANY SURFACE. THE UV FILTER DON'T GAVE MUCH ADVANTAGE ON MY CAMERA SO I DON'T USE IT. THE FLOURESENT LIGHT FILTER WORKS GOOD YOU ONLY NEED TO KNOW WHEN TO USE IT. SO FOR EVERYDAY FILTER THE CPL IS THE ONE BUT WITH SO LOW PRICE THE KIT IS VERY HANDY.

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Zeikos 82mm Glass Multi Coated 3 piece Filter Kit consisting of an Ultra Violet (UV), Circular Polarizer (CPL), and a Fluorescent (FLD) Filter. They have Black metal rings to match most cameras. Protective hard case included.

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