UV filters

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Cheesesailor77

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I'm looking at where to buy my DVX and what to get with it. I'm probably going to go with B&H. The UV filter is only 25 bucks extra, which is fine, but I don't know how much they're suppossed to be or if the ones the come in the packages are bullshit ones.

Are the $25 UV filters at B&H good?
 
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B&H sells many different brands.
You don't want to skimp on filters.
Buy the best you can afford. Wait a mouth save your money and get a B+W, or Hoya or Schneider Optics. An especially with the UV - make sure it is multicoated.
 
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OK. Since I'm in the same boat. UV-A or UV-B? (Are there such animals anymore? I haven't been photographically inclined since about 1983. So, of COURSE I jump right back in by buying a 100A. ;D )

Dan
 
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[quote author=GenJerDan link=board=Links;num=1088228625;start=0#4 date=06/26/04 at 14:01:48]  I haven't been photographically inclined since about 1983.  So, of COURSE I jump right back in by buying a 100A.  ;D )

Dan[/quote]


Ha ha thats funny Dan. Go big or go home. I like it.

The big thing you want to go with, no matter what brand is get a multicoated UV.. it will say MC or something like that in the model. Tiffen, doesnt make a multi-coated filter so dont bother.

It doesnt matter what size it is, as long as its bigger than 72mm.. but remember, if you see a 80mm for cheaper (will never happen) your gonna need a 72mm-80mm adapter ring
so it will cancel out. I would stick with 72mm, because you can leave it on and almost forget about it, and mount almost anything else made for the dvx in front of it.

And yes you can still get 1A, 1B. 2A etc. UV and then you have skylight and Haze filters, which is a whole other similar ballgame.
 
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[quote author=Jarred Land link=board=Links;num=1088228625;start=0#5 date=06/26/04 at 14:44:33]

Ha ha thats funny Dan. Go big or go home. I like it.

I would stick with 72mm, because you can leave it on and almost forget about it, and mount almost anything else made for the dvx in front of it.
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Just got tired of listening to myself talk about it instead of doing it. I can just imagine how everyone else felt... :P

As to leaving the filter on and forgetting about it...yep. ANYthing to avoid having to clean the lens.

Now, if only the rest of it will be as easy. Aside from screenwriting, I know diddly about filmmaking. An adventure!

Dan
 
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Learning to use the DVX is a pleasure and using the DVX is fun. Screenwriting, now that takes real talent and hard work.
But I guess that's for another topic and section.
 
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[quote author=Student link=board=Links;num=1088228625;start=0#1 date=06/26/04 at 11:53:51]B&H sells many different brands.
You don't want to skimp on filters.
Buy the best you can afford. Wait a mouth save your money and get a B+W, or Hoya or Schneider Optics. An especially with the UV -  make sure it is multicoated.[/quote]

I'm hunting for filters too. What are some other online stores for filters?
 
 
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The $37 Hoya is what I use, and an excellent filter--it's all you need. The terms UV and Haze are used interchangeably.
 
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I've got that same Hoya and its great... I do have one question though... I had a smudge on it, so i cleaned it with one drop of formula mc and kodak lens paper. I still have a slight film on it in a couple spots.. mainly around the edges. Am I doing something wrong?

Thanks,
Vince
 
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Can you leave the uv filter on when shooting indoors?
Or does it reduce the light to much? Because I want protection for the lens everywhere, and looking for a solution.
 
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You should leave it on indoors. A multicoated filter will transmit 98-99% of the light passing through it.
 
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