View Full Version : Which UV?


Douglas Joseph
April 2nd, 2007, 08:48 PM
Hey, guys. I'm tossed up between these two UV filters. I wondering if any of you have experience with either. And, if there's really a difference between the two.

Here they are.

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/800515040-USE/Bronica_82mm_UV_Glass_Filter.html

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home?O=details_accessories&A=details&Q=&sku=72720&is=REG&addedTroughValue=333503_REG&addedTroughType=accessory_detail

The Tiffen filter is slightly more expensive. But is the extra 30 dollars worth it?

Jack Walker
April 2nd, 2007, 09:54 PM
How about Hoya?

Standard for 43.50:
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home?O=Search&A=details&Q=&sku=23722&is=REG&addedTroughType=search

or Multi-Coated for 58.50:
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home?O=Search&A=details&Q=&sku=23736&is=REG&addedTroughType=search

Here's the whole assortment from B&H:
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home?ci=1&sb=ps&pn=1&sq=desc&InitialSearch=yes&O=product.jsp&A=search&Q=*&bhs=t&shs=82mm+uv&image.x=0&image.y=0

Since they go all the way up to $144.95 for B+W and $132.95 for Formatt (both multi-coated) I would be inclined to get Hoya Multi-Coated if I were going toward the low end.

Douglas Joseph
April 2nd, 2007, 10:35 PM
Would there actually be a noticable difference in quality to the human eye with the hoya filter?

Mike Marriage
April 3rd, 2007, 02:31 AM
Douglas,

It is 100% worth buying a decent multi-coated filter, even if only UV. The main reason being that it minimizes reflections into the lens. A cheap filter will be terrible. I have a HMC super Hoya filter that I leave on my lens and it is great.

I actually picked it up cheap on ebay without a mark on it.