Customer Reviews

B+W 58mm Clear UV Haze with Single Coating (010)

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I was using an Quantaray Pro Digital filter and getting green spots from flares even with a hood. The lens was a Canon 70-200mm f/4L and it can flare sometimes without a hood, but the Quantaray filter created strange artifacts even with the hood. I switched to this B+W filter and no problems since.

I have switched entirely to B+W for all my filters except for some Cokin specialty filters which I don't want to buy for each camera and lens.

I have purchased filters made by Tiffen, Hoya, Heliopan, and B+W. B+W filters are made by Schneider optics, the same company that now owns Century Precision Optics. The Century lenses are the best out there, and the B+W filters meet the top standards as well. The metal frame on the filter is very solid and strong, I once had a Tiffen filter that got bent when trying to attach a wide angle lens onto it. And, trust me, I did not force it. The B+W is much heavier and more solid, the glass seems to have more quality and density to it as well. As for the performance, it is much clearer than the competitors and definitely performs better under high-resolution situations. No color distortion or image quality distortion whatsoever. From now on, B+W filters are the only ones that I will buy. I just wish that Amazon carried more of them.

I bought this filter for my new 50mm f/1.4 lens. Great for daytime shots, but creates ungodly flare at night. It mirrors streetlights and even bright stars onto the opposite side of the picture, so all my night shots look like there's UFOs flying around in them. If you need to point the lens into bright lights - which always creates problems - you'll need to remove this filter lest it compound those problems.

While it is expensive, go with the
B+W 62mm UVA (Ultra Violet) Haze MRC Filter #010
version instead with the MRC coating.

There are two aspects to a protective filter, one is the degree in which the filter does not give any ghosting, minimizes flare, while keeping an optically pure path.
This and other multi-coated filters will do this fine, such as hoya, sigma, b+w (not tiffen, bower, and brand x)

The next step is durability.
I have several sigma filters, and while they are optically great, the coating on them is very fragile, i.e., they gets knicks in the coating from even a bit of dust it seems, maybe some wind blew a bit of sand, but very fragile.
I have not had the couple hoyas long enough to tell, seem better than the sigmas in terms of durability, however from reviews i have read it is an issue.

I did some research into the MRC coating that some of the B+W filters have, which the manufacturer claims is harder than glass. I have this same type of coating on a pair of eyeglasses and it is the first eyeglasses i have had that do not get scratched (over 2+ years).

Basically, if you want the filter to still be in good shape over time, then get the hardened coating instead, which for this filter is the
B+W 62mm UVA (Ultra Violet) Haze MRC Filter #010
(Notice the MRC as part of the product name), it cost about $20 more, but what to do?

This is my first B+W filter, didn't figure out the other MRC model's difference, so ordered this one.

Very well built, made in Germany, kind of heavy for such a small size filter, feels solid and robust, precisely engineered and manufactured, nice and sexy glass surface. No problem to keep the lens cap on it. I totally trust this filter and completely don't worry about it.

Ultimate filter, highly recommended.

It is a known cosmetic side effect (artifact) of the high performance polarizing foils that Schneider/B+W uses in its True-Pols to produce a "ripple reflection" to the human eye when viewing high intensity reflected light that "bounces" off the actual polarizing foil. This is simply a "reflected artifact" and is not transmitted through the lens.

This effect is apparent when viewing the filter under certain specific lighting conditions (such as a bright table light being reflected off the polarizing foil's surface from 45 degrees behind the viewer). It appears as a slight visual "rippling" appearance in the virtual surface of the foil. You cannot see this effect under any other viewing conditions. It is an artifact from a reflection coming from the polarizing film.

For a simple UV filter, this thing's pretty substantial. I don't think I've held a thicker filter before, yet there's absolutely no distortion. I haven't taken a single picture without it since I recieved it. Great stuff.

I purchased two of these filters for my Ricoh GXR camera units (A12 28 and A12 50). There were less expensive UV filters on the market, but I decided to go with the B+Ws because they are among the world's top quality filters and were being put on top quality lenses. Why take a chance on lowering image quality just to save a few bucks. The B+Ws are made by Schneider Optics in Germany, one of the world's premier lens makers. The mounts are (black) brass and the glass is Schott glass. You get what you pay for.

I stay with B&W for their high-quality filters. Why put poor quality glass in front of the fine optics in your lenses?

B+W filters are the best! I purchased this filter to use on my Nikon 24mm-120mm and it is a great fit; clear and sharp. No problems!