Customer Reviews

TIFFEN 77WIDUVP 77MM UV Protector Glass Filter

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I didn't realize as stated in the description that there are no threads in the front of this filter. The lens protection cap falls off very easily.

Purchased from Amazon in conjunction with new 16-35mm nikon lens. Works fine. Experts perhaps could distill differences between current Nikon, Hoya and Tiffen coated, UV filters, but I haven't seen anything in print that says so. All my other filters are nikons.

It's so thin, that the cap of the lens doesn't have any chance to get hold on. All right it can fit, but at the little touch of everything it goes lose. For the price, I bought other brands and work better. Remember, the cheap you buy, the problems you get, but if you know about it, use it until you can afford to get the right one. For me, this lesson cost a lot.

The lense cover arrived promptly and on time. It was easy to find on Amazon.com. It was exactly what I ordered.

The Tiffen 77WIDUVP is a thin frame UV and protection filter intended for very wide angle lenses. It works correctly as far as that statement goes, but it's got some serious deficiencies. The worst is that it's got only a single filter thread on the front. I tried lens caps made by Nikon, Tokina, and Fotodiox, and none of them would stay on through even the slightest bump, even when I carefully seated the cap at exactly the right angle. If I put it on at the wrong angle, it wouldn't stay on at all. A screw-in cap worked a little better, but not much, and it's extremely prone to cross threading.

with my Tokina 11-16 at 11mm, a "normal" 5mm UV protection filter doesn't give any vignetting and lens caps stay on as they should. With the 77WIDUVP and a second filter (I tried the thinnest normal filter I had--the 5mm UV) I got very visible vignetting in the viewfinder. A thick filter like a polarizer or color-grad would be worse. And that second filter was very tough to put on correctly, because of cross threading, and even after getting it on right, it didn't take much of a bump to knock it off.

perhaps for an even wider angle lens than my 11mm, this thing may make a difference, but at 11mm, it offers no improvement over a 5mm version of the same thing, and you'll need some other sort of lens cap. Not worth it.

Yes, it's a clear piece of glass that blocks UV, and screws on the lens, wow...
Specially profiled to minimize vignetting.
Why does Amazon bug me for this review??? Dunno...

The filter itself works and fits great. But my lens cap can't attach to it. It's not deep enough. Very frustrating!!!

I wish I would have read the reviews earlier. I didn't know how thin this filter was until I got it and now I have to either store it without a lens cap on or take it on/off each time which isn't ideal either.

What a pain. Will likely just get a new filter that I can use my lens cap on.

Great service with very professional advise. I will continue to use this vendor for all of my filter needs.
Stehen Smith
Idaho

The price was right, the condition new, and the delivery was speedy!

Thanks,

Charles in Ohio