Tiffen 58mm 80A Filter

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Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 3.8 x 3.4 x 0.9 inches ; 3.2 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B00004ZCCW
• Item model number: 5880A
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (53 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: September 29, 2000

Product Description

Product Description
Sunlight, daylight, incandescent, fluorescent, and other artificial light sources all have color characteristics that vary significantly. Filters give you better images by adjusting for these light variations. Film and video are rated for a particular color temperature such as that of daylight or tungsten light. Filters are used to correct differences in color temperatures between the recording medium and a light source.The 80A filter balances daylight film for use with most standard tungsten lighting, studio lighting and copy stand lighting.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

108 of 116 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Do as advertised, but I'm not impressed by the quality, January 31, 2004

By	C. Boyd "macsensai" (New York) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Set that I got came in a somewhat cheap case and has poor anodizing on them. Shiny and seemingly worn in some of the threads. At first I thought they had been used but at closer examination, they were just poorly finished. The circular polarizer does not turn smoothly, again probably due to the poor finish in the threads. I may return them and get something more acceptable, such as Promaster.

74 of 79 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Good price, but not great quality, May 12, 2005

By	J. Chen "weez" (Cali, USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I am not impressed with Tiffen filters I got in this set. The finish of the rings are poor. Despite of previously poor reputaion, I recently purchased some 67mm Quantaray filter from the local Ritz Camera store which are of much better quality compared to this set of Tiffen filters. I never got Tiffens before, had good experience with Hoyas. I will probably stay with those from now on. Now come to think of it, Ritz camera indicated the Quantaray they had were made by Hoya.
The glass on all the filters are quite a bit more reflective compared to the Hoyas and the Quantarays. Not a good sign.
The circular polarizer had some smudges and some lense swirl that after 10 sheets of lense tissue and quite a bit of cleaning solution failed to be fully cleared off. Quite frustrating. All of the filters came with lint and a few little smudges on them, not sure if the store handling or the manufacturer handling was to blame, but none of the other filters I got before had this kind of problem right out of the box.
The set might be cheap, but it sure is for a good reason.

163 of 181 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great Price but...., November 2, 2003

By	P. Pattison (United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

There is no doubt that the price is right with this set as it comes with 3 filters. but using relatively inexpensive UV filters on lenses as protection is not a good idea because it will degrade your image slightly. if you have superior lenses (like Canon L glass or IS) you will probably want to buy a much higher quality UV filter as protection. and if you have cheaper lenses, then i would not use a cheap UV filter because you will be degrading your image too much.

the good news is that you also get a circular polarizer and a warming filter in this set. so that helps make this kit worthwhile.

just don't fall into the trap of thinking that cheap UV filters on your lenses are necessarily a good thing.