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10/03/2004 04:47:36 PM · #1 |
I just got my adapter tube and now I'm entering the filter world. I'm having trouble finding anything on the internet comparing the quality of the different brands of filters.
Are there brands that are worth the extra $$$? Are there brands I should stay away from?
Thanks for any help.
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10/03/2004 09:35:31 PM · #2 |
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10/03/2004 09:43:28 PM · #3 |
| I would look for the brands that have the multicoated ones. |
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10/03/2004 09:48:44 PM · #4 |
The more you pay the better the results. I have two canon polarizing filters 72mm and 77mm the 77mm was twice the money but works twice as good. Hope this helps.
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10/03/2004 10:12:50 PM · #5 |
Cokin and Hoya have good reps. For my $, there was no difference in my Cokin polarizer and my cheapie ones.
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10/03/2004 10:47:36 PM · #6 |
Originally posted by louddog:
I just got my adapter tube and now I'm entering the filter world. I'm having trouble finding anything on the internet comparing the quality of the different brands of filters.
Are there brands that are worth the extra $$$? Are there brands I should stay away from?
Thanks for any help. |
I'm not sure if there is a significant difference between brands. I think the multi-coated surfaces can be important though. Any time you add glass to the end of your lens, you are going to diminish the resulting image quality to some degree. The higher quality multi-coated filters help diminish this loss. They also help reduce reflection and flare generated by the use of the filters. The extra glass surfaces create potential for light diffusion, refraction, reflection, and flare in general.
Some things to look for when buying filters:
1. Multi-coated surfaces (both side when possible)
2. Thin filters - stacking thicker filters can sometimes create unwanted vignetting. However, thinner filters sometimes do not allow you to stack an additional filter on top of it.
3. Glass filters generally have better optical properties than plastic ones, and cost more at the same time.
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10/03/2004 11:28:24 PM · #7 |
Filters, who needs em?
Smoke unfiltered Pall Malls like a real man.
Oh, that kind of filter.................
I like the Hoya filters, but there certainly more expensive brands that I'm sure provide some immeasurably great benefit that I'm missing, but I wouldn't know.
Message edited by author 2004-10-03 23:38:02. |
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10/04/2004 12:52:17 AM · #8 |
| I like Hoya as well, but I have also used Tiffen and I could not differentiate between the quality of the two. |
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10/04/2004 09:11:36 AM · #9 |
Thanks all for the input.
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