Customer Reviews

Hoya 77mm HMC UV Digital Multi-Coated Slim Frame Glass Filter

5 star:		(37)
4 star:		(8)
3 star:		(0)
2 star:		(4)
1 star:		(2)

 

 

Great filter, good build, glass, multicoated, not overpriced. Everything a filter should be. I've bumped the edge of this filter against hard surfaces more than once and it has not bent the aluminum ring or damaged the lens it was attached to. Good product.

The Hoya is affordable and seems to be very good quality
This was the most affordable "multi-coated" filter I could find to protect my lens. The next time you're in a camera shop, do a visual comparison between a single and multi-coated filter.

My order with Amazon shipped fast and arrived in perfect condition

Here's an intersting discussion "Do I need multi-coated filters vs mono-coated?"
http://photo.net/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=000Vya

This is a really nice filter. It has a good weight and screws onto the lens without an issue. I use this on my 17-40 4L Canon lens with my 40D. Since it's a crop sensor I don't have any issues with this not being a "slim" filter. The only reason I wish I had spent a little more on the Pro model is that this filter is next to impossible to get completely clean. This is an issue I see with all non-pro filters though. I have to remove this filter for night shots because of the long exposure, but during normal use it doesn't matter if it's a little spotty.

Let me preclude this review by saying I sometimes can be obsessive-compulsive. But even so, this filter is very hard to clean! It is well built and has excellent optics but I probably went through half of my lens cleaning tissue and I'm still not satisfied with how I cleaned this filter. The problem is the filter streaks even after you clean it. I tried different types of cleaners including pre-moistened wipes and even my sensor cleaners but I can't clean this filter to my satisfaction. I ended up actually not using a filter on my lens because of the streaking issue. If you want to read more about this, just google "hoya hard to clean". I'll probably buy B+H if I decide I'd like to use a UV filter.

Good filter lens. Dual function UV filter lens and lens protection. Reasonable price too for a multi-coated lens.

I use this on both of my Nikon 70-200 and 24-70 lenses. I wanted a filter to protect the front elements, but not alter the image at all. This filter does just that.

Lens flare is kept to a bare minimum (I noticed this right away as I utilize lens flare in some of my work... it's now more difficult to get that flare in the shot! haha).

Good product. Recommended.

I bought this filter mainly to use as a lens protector for an EF 100-400mm lens. I had concerns that while a good filter might not degrade the transmitted light too much for a shorter reach lens, that it nonetheless "might" have some negative effect on a light-starved longer reaching lens like this one. I did some indoor testing and saw a slight (very slight) amount of light loss, but no apparent loss of quality, or distortion. I shot a lot of outdoor shots, and saw no discernable loss of transmitted light, nor any noticeable impact to image quality. The weather has been uncooperative for testing its haze reduction effectiveness on long landscape shots though...

After shooting a lot of shots in the rain WITHOUT the filter, and then having to carefully clean the water spots off the front lens element, I decided this filter needs to live on the front of my lens, unless I am shooting with a polarizer or other filter. The long lens hood on the EF 100-400mm (~3.5" of protection) should be enough for most unplanned events, but won't help with blowing sand or dust. And who can say when I might have to shirt-tail (horror!) some spray off the front of the lens some day if I find myself without a lens cloth?

Since most of my photography is done indoors, this filter was purchased to protect my much more expensive lens from accidental scratching. The product comes in a nice plastic case with a foam insert, and mine was clean and clear upon arrival.

It's also important that this filter is multi-coated... just like most nice lenses are. There's no reason to throw an uncoated junky filter in front of a nice lens with coating!

Somehow, within minutes out of the box, I managed to put a small scratch toward the outer rim. I know it wasn't there out of the box, and was trying to be careful, but I managed to knick it somehow. Now, it's small enough where it won't affect pictures, but served as a warning to me to be extra careful handling it. Shot several hundred pictures after and it performed great. I'm using it with my Canon 70-200 L 2.8, and for what I spent on that lens, I wanted something to protect it. So far, so good. Per many other reviewers advice, I am cautious when taking it on and off to avoid it getting stuck, which seems to be problematic with just about all filters. So far, no issues, but I am careful to apply even pressure around as much of it as possible.

Worth every cent to protect any 77mm lens, I purchased this for a Canon EF-S 10-22mm lens I bought which was quite pricey. Was worth it as this assisted in keeping my lens from getting scratches or dings in the glass and the filter is durable and worth the price unlike some of the cheaper filters.