Which filter is best?

[_dobbo_]

I've purchased four filters on Ebay in order to protect my lens - three of which are UV filters. Oops - I didn't read the description properly.

So anyway, does anyone have any idea which of the following filter manufacturers is likely to be the best quality:

B+W
Hoya
Raydawn

Thanks!

[beano500]

Probably in the oreder you've listed 'em. Except that manufacturers like Hoya will have several ranges, the cheap and cheerful, the premium and the super-duper-many-multi-coated-with-knobs-on....

[_dobbo_]

beano500 said:

Probably in the oreder you've listed 'em. Except that manufacturers like Hoya will have several ranges, the cheap and cheerful, the premium and the super-duper-many-multi-coated-with-knobs-on....

Thanks Beano - given what I paid for all four, I don't think the Hoya one is super-duper.

After I posted this thread I thought I'd do the "feel test" to see which one feels the best quality. It's the B+W by a significant margin, and the order is indeed as I posted!

At least I've got the others as backups incase I scratch one - I've also got a Hoya skylight as well.

[beano500]

UV and skylight are similar. IIRC skylight will have a slightly pinker tinge. In the good ole days you'd get the camp that would swear by having a skylight that would remove a little more blue haze in landscape work. That is a little bit of the visible spectrum as well as the UV which you can't see.

I suppose in these days of digi trickery the skylight's a bit of a redundant little beastie....

[Bee_Jay]

Skylights are not good for digital, UV is better - google to find out why.

I use the Hoya HMC PRO 1's on my lenses - superb...

[_dobbo_]

Bee_Jay said:

Skylights are not good for digital, UV is better - google to find out why. I use the Hoya HMC PRO 1's on my lenses - superb...

I tried to google this but couldn't find anything... Can you elaborate?

Cheers!

[Bee_Jay]

Have a look here: http://dpfwiw.com/filters.htm

Skylight and Haze will cut out some blue, UV doesn't...