Author Topic: UV or Skylight filter (Read 1052 times)

Marin26 · « **on:** September 02, 2010, 12:16:24 PM »

Do you guys use UV or Skylight filters to protect your lenses? And if so are Tiffen filters any good?

hovis · « **Reply #1 on:** September 02, 2010, 12:42:48 PM »

Tiffen filters are good quality. use both UV and skylight

Centauri27 · « **Reply #2 on:** September 02, 2010, 03:08:26 PM »

Oh boy oh boy....should we direct this new member to that other thread about filters to protect your lens?

@Marin26: Welcome to the forum! Though some pros recommend against them, it doesn't hurt to use either of these filters, to give you peace of mind if nothing else. Just avoid buying the cheapest no-name brands. (Of course, filters from Olympus and other major brands is enough to send you into sticker shock, so that's why I don't use any filters currently.)

Panther · « **Reply #3 on:** September 02, 2010, 04:57:18 PM »

I rarely use filters...but if I do, I have the following:

B+W Circular Polarizer
Heliopan Circular Polarizer
Tiffen Gradient Neutral Density Filter

voyager · « **Reply #4 on:** September 03, 2010, 01:22:29 AM »

UV filters are good if you want to protect the front element of your lens. Other than that, you're not going to notice much of a difference.

adash · « **Reply #5 on:** September 03, 2010, 04:13:08 AM »

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UV filters are good if you want to protect the front element of your lens. Other than that, you're not going to notice much of a difference.

Indeed. You may only notice degradation. Film used to be UV sensitive and UV filters did a good job removing bluish colour in landscapes and the like. Now they have no effect, apart from multiple reflections in several cases.
What may have effect on a digital camera is an IR-stop ( not just IR filter, but an IR-stop!) filter, as IR sometimes saturates areas which would not saturate otherwise.

UV or Skylight filter