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Looking to buy a 77mm uv filter, but there is a wide selection available and i am unsure of which one(s) to get, following are some of the ones sold by warehouseexpress:
Hoya 77mm SHMC Pro-1 Digital UionV Filter
Hoya 77mm Haze UV Filter
Hoya 77mm HD Digital UV Filter

Can you recommend me one, Hoya or other ?
cheers
 
the hoya HD is the top end of hoya and has a coating that means you dont get water marks if it gets wet and its got a thread unlike the b+w slims that means you can stick your own lens cap on... had the same dilemma last week and called ukoptics (hoya and B&w distributor and spent half an hour talking to a guy that really knew his stuff and went for the HD... think they are cheapest for it too.
 
Is it for a DSLR? UV filters are for film which is susceptible to UV light.
 
Yes it is for a dslr, should i go for a polarizing filter then ?
 
If it's just to protect the lens I'd suggest a skylight - but if you're shooting landscapes then a polarizing filter is a handy thing to have.
 
aberal said:
If it's just to protect the lens I'd suggest a skylight - but if you're shooting landscapes then a polarizing filter is a handy thing to have.
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Skylight is not such a good idea! I just got 67mm Hoya HMC skylight 1B for 70-200 thinking it is good for portraits and it should be OK for the rest. Well I can clearly see magenta cast everywhere.

Haze is just as bad if not worse.

Hoya HMC UV series are pretty good. The Pro bit adds very little on top. It clearly reduces flare and doesn't affect colour.

Polarizer is very handy but is a completely different thing. You should ideally have both CPL and UV.
 
I shoot mostly landscapes and wild life. Is there a difference in quality betwee Hoya and Cokin ?
Thanks
 
daugirdas said:
Skylight is not such a good idea! I just got 67mm Hoya HMC skylight 1B for 70-200 thinking it is good for portraits and it should be OK for the rest. Well I can clearly see magenta cast everywhere.

Haze is just as bad if not worse.

Hoya HMC UV series are pretty good. The Pro bit adds very little on top. It clearly reduces flare and doesn't affect colour.

Polarizer is very handy but is a completely different thing. You should ideally have both CPL and UV.
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A skylight filter is just a colour correction filter that 'enhances' the colour of your image, a UV filter will filter out UV rays - not colour correct, the light that cause blue tones. Alternatively just put a clear protection filter on there, B+W make clear coated filters including a new slim mount with threads in the front - XS-PRO I think
 
paddyfrog said:
I shoot mostly landscapes and wild life. Is there a difference in quality betwee Hoya and Cokin ?
Thanks
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Did you mean Hoya and Kenco? They would be about the same. Cokin is known for their cheap square filter systems however the quality is not the highest.
 
bostin said:
A skylight filter is just a colour correction filter that 'enhances' the colour of your image, a UV filter will filter out UV rays - not colour correct, the light that cause blue tones. Alternatively just put a clear protection filter on there, B+W make clear coated filters including a new slim mount with threads in the front - XS-PRO I think
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Can the stacking of 2 filters (e.g skylight and uv) improve the quality of the photos or is this a plain stupid idea !!
 
paddyfrog said:
Can the stacking of 2 filters (e.g skylight and uv) improve the quality of the photos or is this a plain stupid idea !!
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Don't do it. It wont help but only reduce IQ. I stack UV and CPL sometimes due to laziness but that is another story.
 
Vey good :thumbs:
 
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