B+W 77mm Clear UV Haze with Multi-Resistant Coating (010M)
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Digital Cameras Photo Reviews of B+W 77mm Clear UV Haze with Multi-Resistant Coating (010M)
Customer Review: You should have one of these on all your quality lenses!! All my Canon L glass has them!
Summary: 5 Stars
If you have quality glass, like the Canon L series, then you need quality filters. the B+W are made from ground optical glass, not a piece of plain glass like as you see in the tiffen and hoyas filters (even the expensive ones are still cheap grade glass). Only B+W and Heliopan put the time and $$ into making filters that are designed to be used with your quality lenses and not distort and reduce the optical quality of them. I have a Heliopan as well, and I prefer the B+W a little bit more as its a brass ring and not aluminum and thus does not bind up as easy, and thats important when you want to change filters quickly! If you use a cheap filter on a pro grade lens, you are wasting your money, on the lens and the filter as the filter just hurt your image quality, and thus you lowered the quality of your lens! In filters, like lenses, you get what you pay for!!!
I shoot in all kinda of weather conditions, from sunny and warm, to windy and cold or snowy, and I have never had any major issues with any of my B+W filters acting up! I prefer the MRC, but even their entry level one is ground glass, so you still get a great quality filter at that price point.
You need a UV filter on all your lenses, as it helps to protect your front element, as I have seen many lenses saved when bumped or dropped by the UV filter. If you are outdoors shooting or around kids or food at all, you have to have a UV filter no matter what! The B+W does not degrade your optical quality from a quality pro-series lens, like a Canon L Series, where a lower grade window glass filter would, like all the Tiffen, Hoys, etc. Even the Canon filters are not ground glass, and thus why I dont use them! Just be aware if you are using good filters, you can't blame a bad image or blurry shot on the glass or filter then, you will have to own up to actually taking a bad picture every once and a while... :)
Customer Review: Don't buy cheap
Summary: 5 Stars
For amateurs it's very tough to decide if you should go cheap on a filter. I know because I was that guy.
There's a rule with photography: the moment you start dealing with glass, picture quality will be affected with what you choose.
B+W makes great filters and they take pride in their quality. This is the 4th filter that I've gotten from them and once again it arrived flawless. When going with cheaper alternatives like the Tiffen 77mm UV Protection Filter or *gasp* the Zeikos ZE-UV77 77mm Multi-Coated UV Filter you are sacrificing a couple of areas.
There will always be glass quality that you should be concerned about. Chromatic abrasion is an example that when dealing with glass anything in between your sensor and the subject can affect quality. With "cheapies" you may not notice a sharpness decrease, but "shadows" around your subjects may occur. This is something that would not be enough of a concern if you are just taking pictures of your kids and want to protect your lens. If that's the case then get the Zeikos, but if you're going to try and do anything professional enough to be critiqued, then spend the money.
The other factor to consider is thread quality. My first lens was a kit lens and I threw on a Zeikos. The thread was bad and it took forever to put it on. Heaven forbid if I ever wanted to take it off to switch filters or anything. This is what I was used to though, so when I got my B+W filter and it threaded effortlessly, I never went back.
To summarize, if you want to take pictures professionally, spend the money and get this one. If you want to just protect your lens, don't worry too much.
Customer Review: Top quality lens protection
Summary: 5 Stars
I'm lucky enough to own some of the best lenses made, and when it comes to protecting them, B&W is my first choice. In addition to UV filters, I also use B&W for their polarizers and ND filters.
The filter is obviously high quality, threading easily and securely onto my lenses with no binding or looseness whatsoever...this tends to be my number one complaint with other brands - they either don't go on smoothly, don't stay on securely, or are difficult to remove (especially in cold weather). Not so with the B&W.
From an optical perspective, although I don't have any exacting way to measure it, I certainly don't see any degradation in image quality from use of this filter on my lenses. Colors and contrast seem identical with and without. One thing I do with filters is to inspect them by looking at reflections at a steep angle. If you look at the reflection of a bright object with lots of straight lines off the filter, some brands reveal a bit of rippling or color difference, and sometimes it's different with the filter mounted on a lens. I've never seen this with any B&W product.
For ultra-wide angle lenses, B&W makes a line of thinner filters that won't cause vignetting, however I only use them when absolutely necessary as I find it difficult to attach lens caps or hoods to the thinner mounts.
If you have thousands of dollars invested in your lenses, the cost of a high quality filter seems like a no-brainer.
Highly recommended.
Customer Review: Great product
Summary: 5 Stars
First and foremost, this Filter sold regularly for $140. but I got it on sale from The e^Basement for $78 and some change. The filter wasn't due until today through next Wednesday.
delivery speed: ***** 5 stars
product quality: ***** 5 stars
ease of use: ***** 5 stars
I got the product promptly and in great condition. The box had no flaws and the filter was manufactured flawlessly. The twisting part of the filter was quite brisk to turn but, that is because it helps from the thing turning too easily and ruining your pictures.
I took several test photos outside with the clouds and EVERY photo gave me crisp, sharp and dark blue skies and the clouds tonality was flawless. EVERY shot. F4 - F22, all shots look spectacular. I'm glad The e^Basement sells tiffen and this should be a testament of their knowledge of selling quality products. the photos were a tad dark but a little longer exposure would take care of that. so really a non issue there.
If you are looking to buy a quality filter at a price that won't require a mortgage itself, then Tiffen filters are the answer. Oh, I also own a Tiffen .9 Neutral Density filter as well. So I know about the tiffen quality
Customer Review: Don't get a cheap filter. Get this one.
Summary: 5 Stars
This is a 77mm filter. Obviously you paid good money for your lens, so why get a $20 lens with cheap window glass that will just degrade your pictures? Sure, any filter will protect your lens from dust and scratches, but why not get one that actually reduces haze and helps your images?
I would say that this particular filter is great, but it should be the cheapest you should go when buying a UV filter for a nice lens (and most 77mm lenses are pretty nice). Some people would say that this one is not good enough, but I have 2 of them for different 77mm lenses, and they work great.
I learned the hard way though. I bought a canon 50mm prime lens and figured the best thing to get would be a canon UV haze filter. Bad idea. I got so many strange light reflections at night and if anything, it just made my pictures less clear. I ended up removing that piece of junk and my picture quality suddenly improved. Since then, I will only buy quality filters from names like B&W and Hoya. Bottom line with optical products - you get what you pay for. So why put a $30 filter on a $800-$2000 lens? You might as well not use a filter at all - and get better results.