15 of 17 people found the following review helpful:
Good value for average performance
With these filters you pretty much get what you pay for. They have good solid construction, and offer great protection for the lens. Threaded in front and hold caps pretty well too, which is a plus. But, once you start becoming more demanding of quality and move into more "serious" direction, the shortcomings would become more and more evident and very hard to...
90 of 106 people found the following review helpful:
Vignetting
While this filter kit does a fine job with doing the filtration these 3 filters were designed for, you can be guaranteed that when you use them on wide angle and ultra-wide angle lenses you will get vignetting. Vignetting is the darkened areas around the edges of your photographs. This is caused because these particular filters have threads in front of the filter glass...
While this filter kit does a fine job with doing the filtration these 3 filters were designed for, you can be guaranteed that when you use them on wide angle and ultra-wide angle lenses you will get vignetting. Vignetting is the darkened areas around the edges of your photographs. This is caused because these particular filters have threads in front of the filter glass which partially block the light coming into wide angle lenses when set at their widest setting. I normally like this type of filter because it allows me to replace the lens cap, thus allowing me to leave the filter on the camera's lens all the time - one of the prime reasons I like the UV lens - lens protection. The alternative is to purchase an ultra-thin lens which doesn't have the threads on the front, doesn't cause vignetting, but doesn't allow you to replace the lens cap. So, as you can see there is a trade off. Do you want to leave the lens on the front when you put the camera away for the moment, but have to remove your filter as well....what a pain at a sporting event or where you need your camera to be ready all the time. Or, do you want to be able to replace the cap on the front and protect the filter when you put the camera away or replace lenses, but realize you can't shoot at your wide angle lens' widest setting due to vignetting? Tough choice. I've done it both ways. There's no real happy medium....just a choice.
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With these filters you pretty much get what you pay for. They have good solid construction, and offer great protection for the lens. Threaded in front and hold caps pretty well too, which is a plus. But, once you start becoming more demanding of quality and move into more "serious" direction, the shortcomings would become more and more evident and very hard to compromise on. My main issue with these is glare they produce in extreme lighting conditions (night photography or very bright light). Some vignetting (although not terrible) is also introduced. For these reasons I never stack them either.
I feel that for kit lenses and less expensive ones they do an excellent job hence the 5 star rating with price-benefit ratio in mind. However, if you're using professional glass or feel that photography is something that you will be sticking to for a while consider doing a bit of research before committing to these.
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Very clean piece of glass. I'm not to impressed with the color of the filter, would like it to be just basic black, but it'll do. I only use filters when I need to, not as extra piece of glass for safety. That's why I bought the ultra clear.
The Tiffen Digital HT Ultra Clear Filter was just released this year. BUT amazon.com has ALL of the reviews for Tiffen's filter lumped together for EVERY one they sell on their website.
AMAZON you have some cleaning to do, as well as you need to put some thought into upgrading your websites search function for items.
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I give this filter 4-stars because it does what it's advertised to do. Not because it's an outstanding filter, or even a great filter.
Many of the other reviews have pointed out vignetting, effects on the image, etc, so I'm not going to belabor those points.
Something that hasn't been mentioned is why would you use a filter, any filter? There's an odd trend in digital photography to apply all the old ideas of film photography, including use of filters, and it just doesn't apply. Particularly with regards to warming or cooling. Frankly, you never, ever need a warming or cooling filter in digital photography if you understand white balance, and how to set it manually. The filter is built into your software with no negative effects on image quality, no added noise, nada.
Polarizing, haze and other wavelength modifying/filtering elements are another story, and can provide benefit, but they should be thoroughly understood before being used. Many digital photographers throw a UV or Haze filter on just because they've seen photos with great color, the guy said he used blah-blah-filter and so they ran out to get it, thinking it was the magic bean to get their photos to really pop. Again, this just isn't the case.
I suggest that you really understand what a filter does before you put it on your lens, and only put it on when you want that specific effect. Otherwise why would you put a signifcantly cheaper piece of glass in front of your objective lens? You're basically shooting through a car window.
Now I do understand that some people like the protection a Haze-1 or even a clear glass filter gives them. It keeps dust off the objective, is easier to clean, adds a bit more protection from dust getting inside the lens if it hasn't a high-end sealed unit... and if you ever did drop/bang the lens against something, ideally the filter would take the brunt of the impact. The only argument of that group that really holds any water with me is the last one, and if you know you're going into a rough environment, then sure, pop it on. But if you're using a lens hood, again, what's the point?
Final words.. I really like B+W filters but lord are they expensive. I have one, it's a CP and I use it particularly for outdoor portraits and landscapes (which I rarely shoot). I've used Tiffen and Hoya CPs and quite honestly, while I haven't done a side-by-side comparison with all the same conditions, same lenses and sensors.. there really isn't an enormous difference. Especially if your images are going on the web or being printed to 8x10 or smaller. The B+W is low profile, which helps avoid light falloff on a full frame sensor with a wide angle lens. It's a 90% solution for a 5% problem that can be easily fixed in post.
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The worst constructed filter I've seen in my life time. Extremely thick. Its light weight makes me doubt if it is really made from glass. The mount ring can move sidewards for about 1mm apart from the glass ring, because it is made from a piece of plastic[...] When mounted on lens, it is really too loose to keep it from dancing. It's already full of dust between the glass ring and the mounting ring before I took it out from the shipping box, which make rotating a painful feeling. Avoid any rotation needed filter made by Tiffen!!!!!! Perhaps, any filter from Tiffen. Go B+W or Heliopan, they won't cost you much more but you'll see what a truly beautiful filter should look like. [...]
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The ND filter by Tiffen gets some light use (20%) on our outdoor shots. This allows us to darken the skies a bit if the sun is too bright. The graduated filter allows you to select which areas of your frame you want to darken because you can rotate it.
PROS
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1. Good vibrant shadows.
2. Saves time from PhotoShop.
CONS
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1. None yet.
Thanks,
Don
Refined Touch Photography
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This protective filter fit perfectly on my 70-200mm/f2.8 Nikkor lense. Very well build and sturty, it was highly recommended for keeping my $2,000 lens clean and scratch free.
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I took an advice from my friend and bought this filter to protect my expensive Canon lense. I got a lot of good pictures out of this filter. I did not get any glare and I can take picture of the water very clean and clear. I am extremely happy and I am sure you will like it. Its a good investment to have something to protect your expensive lense
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This is top quality workmanship! The carry bag is OK but the filters are excellent. The bag does the job but isn't spectacular. The filters on the other hand are quality. I would only buy Tiffen or the camera manufacturer's filters. Those are much more expensive though. I think the Tiffen's do the job.
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I bought these filters for use on my 35-100mm F2 Olympus lens (70-100mm 35mm equivalent at the same time of purchases from Amazon. It is a good deal, on some decent filters.
They come with a carry folder/case, which is nice and padded. Over several months time though the inside netting wore through in 5 places between the filters. I do allot of hiking though, so if kept in different conditions I am sure this wouldn't be a problem.
The filter work pretty well. but I ended up purchasing a separate Circular Polarizer (CP) filter due the very shallow threading on the front of the CP. The problem that this caused was my lens cap would fall off the CP with the slightest bump. This isn't a problem with the other filters.
I ended up going into a camera chain store to buy a different CP to keep from loosing another lens cap. I defiantly paid much more for the replacement filter, but I am not replacing lost lens caps now. So it end up being cheaper for me. My new filter is a Tiffen as well, but seams to be a higher quality model. The lens cap for my lens is fairly deep, most high end Nikon's are the same way. If your lens cap doesn't need to set back into the front of the lens or filter more than 1/8 of an inch you defiantly won't have this issue. And again it is only with the CP.
These filters a good in my opinion for most people. If you are shooting for fun, not a very serious photographer, or very picky like me then defiantly get them. They are a great deal. If you demand higher filter resolution for VERY fine high resolution detail. Then buying the higher end Tiffen or other lens filters. The issue is they can cost more than this whole kit. Most people honestly will have no issues with these filters.
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