Hoya SUPER HMC Haze UV(0) - Filter - UV - 52 mm

by Hoya

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 1.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• ASIN: B00009R98B
• Item model number: Y8UV052
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (21 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank:
  • #80 in Camera & Photo > Accessories > Filters > Skylight & UV Filters
• Date first available at Amazon.com: October 2, 2001

Product Description

HAZE UV (0) absorbs the ultraviolet rays, which often make outdoor photographs hazy and indistinct. It is a multi-purpose fine-weather filter for color as well as black and white films. It also serves as a permanent lens protector.

Customer Reviews

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64 of 64 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Don't Skimp, July 4, 2008

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John S. Johnston (Newnan, GA) - See all my reviews
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You spent a lot of money for the lens on your SLR or DSLR. The glass in that lens is multi-coated to prevent unwanted reflections from ruining your pictures. You can see the coating as a color, maybe green or blue, when you look at the front element of your lens in certain light.

Now, you want to add a filter, probably a UV, to protect the front glass element of your lens. This is not the time to skimp by buying the cheapest filter you can find, because that cheap filter is not likely to have an effective multi-coating of its own, and you could be adding a piece of glass to your lens which will actually degrade your photos with unwanted reflections.

Hoya has several price levels of filters, and I have never had problems with any of their multi-coated products. The Pro 1 and this "Super multi-coated" both seem to be exactly what any serious photographer wants on the front of the lens.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good inexpensive filter, November 29, 2007

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White Lotus (Seattle, WA) - See all my reviews

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I gave this product 4 stars because it works, it is multicoated on both sides of the lens, and it is inexpensive. However, the orange coating comes off really easily. Coating both sides of the lens is crucial to eliminate glare and reflection on the inside of the lens. It also allows more light to travel through the lens which results in less haze and better picture quality.

I have compared the quality of the shot with and without the filter. The filter does seem to reduce some of the glare making the sky slightly bluer and getting rid of some of the glare. It will also decrease some of the light coming into the lens but the kit lens is so fast it doesn't really hurt performance (even indoors or low light situations). I think the glare reduction as well as the protection it offers to the lens makes this a great buy. I paid over $19 for mine last month and now the price has dropped a bit.

I keep the UV filter on my lens at all times (unless I break out the Polarizer filter). I do not like the prospect of getting my main lens dusty or dirty.

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Causes lens flare, November 17, 2009

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Peter Hoang Phan (Saginaw, MI United States) - See all my reviews
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I purchased this filter to protect my lens, but found that it caused lens flare when mounted on my D40's kit lens. It wasn't a problem when used with the 35mm f/1.8 AF-S DX lens under similar shooting conditions, namely subjects in front of white seamless, all lit with strobes. I've taken 5000 photos with the kit lens before mounting this filter, and it only took a hundred photos since mounting the filter to show that the flare is present now that wasn't present before. Buyer beware.