When buying a lens, an important factor is the purchase of a protective filter. Why is this needed? As the name comes up - to protect the lens, and these are not just empty words, but sensible advice to all amateurs and professionals to protect their favorite lenses.
Type of lens filter
Protective filters protect against:
- Finger sticking hands of the front lens of the lens is the most common oversight of any photographer. Even having not a little experience behind me, I still see both my and my photographers lenses flogged with their fingerprints. Like it or not, sometimes you want to remove the protective cover from the lens, but it’s not there, and you bury a bare lens instead.
- From mechanical stress. Sometimes, the front lens is hit by a photo bag, shoulder, witness's chest at a wedding when shooting a ransom, etc. It is also practically impossible to protect yourself from this. Actually, the motivator for this article was the fact that I broke my protective filter on the corner of the bar counter when reporting. And if it were not for the protective filter, then the front lens would not have been sweet. Therefore, filters really protect against mechanical effects.
- From dust, dirt, liquids, etc. You can safely fasten the filter and not worry about the cleanliness of the front lens.
Do you really need a protective filter?
Yes, unlike specific polarizing, stellar, gradient and color filters, which are needed only for a narrow kind of use, a protective filter is desirable always worn on the lens... For example, a protective filter is 100 times cheaper than a lens, and a good lens costs a couple of thousand dollars. it will be a pity to scratch. In the event that the lens has been subjected to strong impact, then scratches and other unpleasant trifles will remain on the filter, which can be easily, painlessly, and most importantly, very cheaply replaced with a new one. You can also wipe the filter with any cloth and also don’t worry that the first piece of cloth that comes across will not leave scratches on the lens.
After installing the filter, the front lens can do exactly the same close with a protective black cover - that is, the filter has two threads on one and the other side. One is screwed into the lens, and the other imitates the same thread as on the lens - for example, for wrapping a hood.
Personally, I use protective filters with an ultraviolet absorbing layer, thus killing two birds with one stone. Protective filters are usually marked as neutral, clear, which usually looks like an English lettering. UV filters are labeled as UV (0), UV (C), etc. Different manufacturers have different designations. It is best to take protective filters with high light transmittance of 95-97% and multilayer coating. You can still read about polarizing filter.
Conclusions:
For expensive lenses, the presence of at least a protective or ultraviolet filter is not a luxury, but irreplaceable thing, which will extend the lens service. And as everyone knows, cameras change, and lenses remain for almost a lifetime.
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Good evening, Arkady. What filters can you recommend?
I won't recommend it, as it will be an advertisement, but personally I like Hoya, who have a great box when buying. But I also have a couple of Marumi filters - I didn't notice the difference. When it comes to choosing a polarizing filter, you need to take a closer look.
Hoya are good, but they have different series there too. More expensive is better, but there is no direct relationship either.
On lenses without STK (super-heavy crowns - "lanthanum"), you can put any. Such lenses are all Soviet optics for Zeniths with M39 thread (Zenith, Zenit-S, Zenit-3 and 3m). Helios-44 of all issues. For optics with STK - only with multi-coating.
Now you can easily buy ultraviolet on any wallet
http://infoto.com.ua/filter/uv
HOYA, Powerplant, Extradigital, Cittwide, GreenL. Hoyu is made in the Philippines. All the rest of the above is China, although Powerplant, Extradigital are Ukrainian brands.
You shouldn't save on the protective one - you will always shoot with it. Here is an article http://infoto.com.ua/news/article/protective-filter-usage
Great note. Thanks!
As always, useful information does not hurt! Thanks.
I completely agree with the author, there was a case when I strongly scratched the filter on the bridge railing)
1) it's a pity the filter 2) the lens is safe and sound =)
I also love Hoy. I completely agree that at least a protective filter must be present on your optics. There are different cases - it is cheaper to change the filter than optics.
Tell me, does the filter protect only the lens or the matrix too? And how critical is this?
Of course, it protects the matrix and bag from scratches. And also extends the shelf life of products in the refrigerator by 2 times!
Ahaha))))
Imagine, yes! Especially neutral gray when shooting sunrises and sunsets.
Does the filter degrade the quality of the lens?
A good filter does not degrade, an excellent one can even improve, since it will block ultraviolet light. And other filters, for example polarizing filters, on the contrary, can radically improve the image. However, if the filter is thick, then on wide-angle lenses it can give a vignette that cannot be corrected in the editor. And if the filter is of low quality, it can add extra glare, hares, etc.
Tell Arkady how noticeable is the difference between UV protective filters of brands like Hoya and Marumi and more (an order of magnitude) cheap no name counterparts and is there any difference at all? What is it expressed in practice?
Between the cheap any brand will not be noticeable. Cheap ones will give hares anyway.
Good day. Tell the teapot how to choose a filter (or hood / which is better? /) For 18-55VR and 55-200 NON VR lenses. The specification for the 18-55VR lens specifies a dia. 69 mm, and I have not seen filters of this diameter, only 67 mm. What is a General Purpose Multi-Coated Filter? Should I take an expensive filter for NIKON D3100? I just bought a fotik, I want to use it wisely. I would not want to overpay, but it’s scary to go too cheap ... :)
Thank you for your reply.
Hello !! but please tell me what is the approximate price category of protective and polarizing filters should be considered so that at least not worsen, and maybe even improve the picture ... ??
and more ... was it possible in your practice to try shading filters (to use light-sensitive lenses on an open aperture on a sunny day) in order to eliminate the lack of d90, so to speak ...?
Everything is as usual - the more expensive the better. In any case, you have to choose. I recommend German filters from B + W.
Thank you for your answer ... I haven't even heard of such people (I looked closely at HOYA), looking at the prices, probably good ...)))
Tell me which thread of the lens is left or right, or how it turned out to be screwed, now I can not remove it, I forgot ...
The thread is ordinary - we twist it clockwise, unscrew it counterclockwise. Sometimes, it is very difficult to unscrew, the easiest way is to take a pipe clamp (you can find it on the market), screw it onto the filter and unscrew it. Once I could not unscrew the filter (both threads were metal)
or tell me how to unscrew the filter?
Arkady! Plastic thread on both sides, Kenko filter, I'm afraid to break the whale lens on Nikon 3100
If you choose from these, which would you buy? http://voronezh.dns-shop.ru/catalog/97/
On that page are presented absolutely different filters. If you need a protective one, then I would take B + W, I like their quality, although others can be good too.
Yes, it meant personal protective filters, I have a whale lens Nikon D5100, it turns out for me the best option for a protective filter from that list would be: http://voronezh.dns-shop.ru/catalog/i143261/bw-010-uv-alu-52mm.html#faq , I understand you correctly?
Yes, right.
I found, it seems to me, acceptable options in my city:
Hoya HMC UV
http://www.ret.ru/tov_inf.jsp?gid=695326&name=Filtr_zashchitniy_ultrafioletoviy_Hoya_HMC_UV
and Marumi DHG LENS PROTECT
http://www.ret.ru/tov_inf.jsp?gid=798097&name=Filtr_zashchitniy_ultrafioletoviy_Marumi_DHG_LENS_PROTECT
TIFFEN 52mm UV PROTECTOR
http://sani.ru/catalog/92990/11350
Now I don’t even know what to give preference to, do you still insist that of these options B + W will be most acceptable?
I didn’t use both filters, I won’t really say anything, but I would take B + W
Marumi MC-UV HAZE
http://www.ret.ru/tov_infl.jsp?gid=798112&name=Filtr_zashchitniy_ultrafioletoviy_Marumi_MC-UV_HAZE
And this one with multi-enlightenment? maybe worth stopping at it?
Hello and Thank you again. In the passport to nikon d3000 it is written - “you can’t use a linear polarizing filter, but circular CPL is possible” - it was true. ???? on 67 to use through the adapter ring on 52 on fifty dollars ??
Thanks for the answers already received to my questions in your reviews!
You can use 67x52mm through an adapter. As for the ban on linear - I hear it for the first time, but most likely this is due to the metering of exposure to linearly polarized light, the phase focus sensor may be buggy.
Thank you for your promptness and correctness. I actually copied the information about the ban on linear ones from the full instructions. At the very end in the section “Other accessories” - “filters”.
TTL does not work with a linear polarizer, the camera refuses to correctly measure the exposure, so take a CPL, but if possible, you can connect these two filters to obtain a very long exposure (Often used in the landscape, but the color rendering is lost)
I read an article about filters and wondered if it’s worth protecting your own:
Nikon 18-105mm f / 3.5-5.6G AF-S ED DX VR
Nikon 55-300mm f / 4.5-5.6G ED DX VR AF-S
- Nikon AF 50mm f / 1.8D?
If the first two glasses are close and there is a danger in their damage, then the Nikon AF 50mm f / 1.8D fix lens is recessed deeply, is it really possible to damage these?
And one more question: Arkady, what can you say about the Hoya 67mm HMC UV (C) filters? Does it make sense in my case to buy the expensive HOYA PRO1D UV 67mm?
Thank you.
The filter protects from dust including, even your 50 1.8. For your lenses, it makes no sense to buy expensive filters.
Personally, I take a combined approach. There is dust, sand, splashes of water - I wind the filter, if not - I shoot without a filter. Cheap and not even very cheap. Filters unambiguously catch hares, checked them, filming the same subjects. Especially noticeable on point ist. Sveta.
And further. Price some. cool filters comparable to the price of whale lenses, sometimes even higher.
Well, maybe it makes no sense to buy a PRO series of filters, but it seems like the transparency of the glass also matters so that there are no distortions. And what can you say about the Hoya 67mm HMC UV (C) filter, will it be enough for my optics?
In my opinion, this is the filter that is used on my TV set (in the title picture).
And how is he? Is this a filter? Does it distort images?
Yes, it does. The question is how strong they are. The main problem with these filters is secondary images, for example, from light sources you can get something like bunnies.
But they just wrote about Hoya in the reviews that, unlike Kenko, these filters do not catch hares
Yes, my optics are not expensive, but still, Arkady, what do you advise, is it worth buying filters for my set of optics?
Definitely worth it.