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What Filter to Buy? I am planning to buy filters and thought I would go for a 58mm Hoya circular polarizer and a UV lens. I found various types of polarizer filters - like, multi-coated, ultra this, etc. - and I don't know what type to buy.
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John C. Schwentner |
I favor Tiffen. That's what they use in Hollywood, and I've used a bunch and they are great. I think they are multicoated, but check the Tiffen.com site.
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Jon Close |
Hoya is a good brand, as is Tiffen - pretty good and reasonably priced. Multicoated filters will have better resistance to flare. Hoya has different lines of filters, see http://www.thkphoto.com/products/hoya/coatings.html - "Standard" is their economy line that are either single or uncoated, HMC/S-HMC/Ultra are multicoated. Tiffen makes coated and multicoated filters, but they (other makers) don't necessarily segment their line of filters based on that. "Slim" (Hoya calls theirs "Ultra") filters are specifically for wide-angle lenses, especially zooms covering 28mm or shorter focal lengths. These filters do not extend as far in front of the lens (usually by eliminating the front threads from the filter ring) to minimize the vignetting (darkened corners) that normal filters would cause.
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Michael McCullough |
The best common filters are made by Heliopan and B+W next comes Hoya,hope this helps.
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