Other cheap filters available too. Click and collect seems available for me.
Hoya Filter 55mm HMC UV Standard $3 @ Harvey Norman
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Very cheap and good quality. But lol… nothing I have uses 55mm… a 52mm which is a kit lens which I dont care about or a few 67mm f2.8 big boys… ahh well 55mm is a small kit lens size I guess.
Do I buy? For $3? Nah, not the ozbb way I guess.
I have a lens that can use it but no store nearby and $15 to deliver.
That's a great price, but very limited availability. Are these any good?
Yes. You can pay a lot more for premium and it will cut down glare marginally. You can pay about this on Ebay and end up with a filter that makes every image soft and lacking contrast, perhaps tinted too. Hoya has always made decent lower end filters and this would be a good one to have on consumer glass.
This is untrue, UV filters, if anything, increase glare. The only reason to get this is as protection for your front element.
I just read what you said again, I think you meant that more expensive filters wouldn't increase glare as much as cheaper ones which is true.Yes that is what I meant. More expensive cuts down more glare. But it's really quite marginal.
This is quite an old article now but still valid:
http://www.lenstip.com/113.1-article-UV_filters_test.htmlA bright source is still going to wreck your photo if it wasn't included with artistic intent. Whether it's a little less wrecked or not seems moot to me.
The real cheap and nasty filters are the ones to avoid. The ones that regularly sell for $5-$10 on Ebay. About 5 years ago I bought a stack of such filters - Massa brand. They are so bad that I put them on a lens as protection only when I'm storing the lens for extended periods. After seeing how badly they affect the image I wouldn't intentionally use them for day to day photography.
On the other hand the cheaper Hoya and Kenko filters are fine. There is little or no noticable degradation to the image even when pixel peeping unless there is a bright source causing flare. The only time they've ruined images for me is for long exposure night shots. If I'm fumbling in the dark I'd rather a few ruined images than accidentally putting my paws all over the lenses. And if my lens costs $200, I'm not going to spend $100 on the filter to protect it for a marginal improvement.
Of course some people won't touch filters and will insist they are a waste of time. I disagree completely. They mean I'm more than willing to use my sleeve to wipe the front element (protected by a filter) of dirt and finger smudges with my tshirt if need be in the field whereas I would never do that with the unprotected front element of a lens.
Most people have filters for protection purpose.
UV filters have little effect on digital sensors. Multi coating protectors are the way to go. Slightly cheaper than UV filters too. Been using Kenko Pro1, previous had the Hoya version. Same manufacturer. Just different badge.
@syousef: Any thoughts/suggestions for a variable ND?
I'm an amateur, about to learn shooting video outdoors (with a cheap EOS-M DSLR)… a variable-ND seems like it'd be very convenient, but I don't know what to get that is a step above "complete waste of money" but not hundreds of dollars? :)
@nuchalis: The only way o can think of to get a variable nd is to stack 2 polarizers together. The front polarizer will need to be linear and the rear a circular polarizer.
@nuchalis: I'am an amateur myself, and don't have a variable ND as I ended up settling on a 10 stop ND, but while I was researching it seemed that the Hoya variable ND's were a decent cost/quality trade off. There are issues with variable ND's but I'm sure you've read about them, but that said it probably is better having a variable for video.
They're good, but the only reason to have them is to protect the lens element a bit imho. I'd much rather run some microfibre over that one of these that the front of my lens…
Just ordered this plus a polarised 55mm for $13 total. Both available at Mt Gravatt Qld, free click & collect. Cheers OP
Yeh sure lets put a $3 piece of glass infront of a few hundred dollar piece of glass.
Hoya is a great brand though. And they are great if you're worthless and likely to damage the front element.
you'd have to be pretty careless to damage the front element.
i've been doing motorsport photography for 15 years and never damaged the front glass.. rally racing spraying rocks and dirt everywhere..
Its called a lens hood.
You can find it for $50+ if it helps.
Try again tommorow buddy.
Try what again?
Thanks for the link…..very informative
No chance, Im a Canon shooter.
As usual HN don't have anything in my area, but I did manage to pick up a Circular Polarising filter that I'm going to Frankenstein for my dash cam :) cheers OP.
The Hoya HD Pola seems decent value…. http://www.harveynorman.com.au/hoya-55mm-circular-hd-polaris… - and FWIW you can get step up/down adapters on eBay etc - I've never used them but theory is you get filters that fit your biggest lens and then use the adapters on your smaller lenses. Just need to be careful with vignetting…. oh, and lens filter spanners/wrenches can be handy.
Yep, exactly. I use step up filters all the time. All my filters are 77mm to fit my widest lens and I have several step up rings for my smaller lenses. If you're going out for a landscape shoot, I recommend leaving the step ups on and buying cheap generic lens caps matching the filter size (77mm in my case) so you don't have to muck around taking the step up rings on and off.
None near me unfortunately :( Would have got a CPL for my MFT lenses and stepped them up to the 55mm. putting a 77mm filter on the 46mm lens will look a bit ridiculous lol.
FWIW I wouldn't get step up rings for a UV filter if you plan to use it all the time. They're great but if it's always on your lens might as well get the right size. I don't really ever use my UV filter… I find them good for CPL and ND filters
The problem with that is you need 77mm hoods as well.
Yeah it's impossible to fit a hood on with step up rings, for obvious reasons. Mind you, even with the 77mm filter thread lenses it's not really practical as you would need to take the hood off and on when changing filters and it's not possible at all with a cpl as you need to be able to rotate the filter, so I never use a hood with filters. Therefore for me at least, the step up rings don't negatively change anything in that regard.
Bought one, tried it, wouldn't let any coffee through. 0/5
I'm a dad, so 5/5 for your comment
You might be using it wrong. Works fine on my Commodore.
Great find, thanks. Just got a 37mm UV for the stock lens on my Olympus OM-D for $5 pickup. All stores in North Brisbane had stock.
I thought Michael Bay brought glare back in style ? :)
Well picked it up today, time to get modifying.
i had to google what the hell this thing was haha.
http://www.harveynorman.com.au/search/lens+filters/1065?dir=…
Other filters are also sold at good price.
I bought Inca 72mm Circular Polariser for $10.
Wow, CIR-PL for $5. 55mm, but still
http://www.harveynorman.com.au/hoya-circular-polar-filter-55…
Good luck if anyone lives near them.