UV filter

[TC]

Re: UV filter

Yep. 72mm.

You should order from EVS, you can get a DVXuser discount.

 

[Boomerang]

Re: UV filter

Thanks for the quick response TC!

 

[Barry_Green]

Re: UV filter

Cheap usually means "bad". Get the best filter you can afford, because anything that's bad in front of your lens is just going to degrade every image you shoot.

Great brands are Schneider, B+W, Heliopan, and some others. The Hoya SMC is not bad. Get a multicoated one if at all possible.

 

[Boomerang]

Re: UV filter

Just out of intrest does the thinner ones have much of a difference? What is the price range to be for really great one. I have to buy two but budget isnt an issue im more concerned about maintaing glass quality.

 

[Boomerang]

Re: UV filter

I bought the Heliopan 72 SH-PMC (Multi-Coated) UV Haze Filter
hope its good ???

 

[Terry_Lasater]

Re: UV filter

Turn that ??? into a ;D 4 U have chosen wisely.

 

[Boomerang]

Re: UV filter

Thanks Terry, you just never know. Plus I have to justify to my wife why im spending even more money on glass ;D

 

[Carrington Benz]

Re: UV filter

OK - ****! I have been shooting loads of stuff lately & with the sun in shot while trying out my century op wide angle - do the rays damage the lens ? Im a dumb ass - I should of cheked this uv stuff out - I didn't even think about that.
Someone let me know more about this - I don'twant shell out another £600 pounds for a piece of glass - cause I pointed it at the sun for a few sec's - help ?

 

[Thistlebop]

Re: UV filter

I cannot testify to the effects of the sun on the lens, but from "Everything" that I have read on this forum, its a BAD idea to point your camera at the sun. Some people on the board have been successful in doing so. I believe some of disjecta films have some great shots of the sun, but he uses filters and is extremely careful to only point it in the general direction of the sun for as "short" as a time as possible. So it obviously can be done. But best to be super careful if doing so.


--Bop

 

[Boomerang]

Re: UV filter

I know you siad lense paper, is it OK to wipe the lense with an opticloth?

Its the only thing my store had. It says to clean DVD CDs monitors and cameras.

thanks

 

[jhvid]

Re: UV filter

Anyone know of a lens cap that will fit over the filter so that I can just leave it on the camera all the time (instead of taking it off each time I'm done shooting and run the risk of introducing dust, debris, whatever)?