Hoya 77mm DMC Pro1 Digital Multi-coated UV Filter by Hoya
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Digital camera reviews of Hoya 77mm DMC Pro1 Digital Multi-coated UV Filter
Digital camera Review: Protect your lens
Summary: 4 Stars
This is the second Hoya Pro1 filter I've purchased, with the latest one on my Canon EF 28-300mm L lens. You pay a lot for good lens so why would you want to skimp on protecting the front element?Digital camera Review: The Best is Not Always the Most Reputable or Most Expensive
Summary: 5 Stars
You can go to your pro photographer friends and ask for a recommendation... they may tell you BW, Heliospan, or a number of well know companies that make filters and have impecable reputations. If you buy on reputation or recommendation I think you are cutting yourself short. It is hard for a human being (the human eye) to objectively asertain the performance of a filter such as a UV filter... after all... we can't see UV light. We can see the haze in backgroung outdoor shots however it is hard to quantify it.
I read a lab test on a large number of el-cheap and very expensive (the full range) of UV filters that were analyzed using a Hatachi "State of the Art" spectrometer. This device is design to determine how much light of various wavelengts are being filtered and how much is being let through. I was SHOCKED and dismayed by the number of high end filter that didn't even measure up to the UV light filtering capabilites of plain old glass (glass is a good UV filter by itself!). They also tested how much the filter stops down your lens (reducing incoming light) and though this one didn't fare as well as a high end unit (that produced no UV filtering) it is still very very good.
The Hoya multi coated filters beat out ALL other in the UV tests. I bought the PRO1 filter because it is slightly lower profile and won't contribute to vignetting on my wide angle lens. The ring is metal... aluminum I think. It is also blackened to prevent reflections. Hope this helps someone... Google, "Filter Review Hatachi Spectrometer" to find and read the study yourself. Apparently some of these highly regarded companies are sitting on their laurels and not putting forth quality products anymore. Leave your mind open to Science... not to hype, recommendation (people tend to recommend their own bad purchases), and reputation. Thanks.
Digital camera Review: Totally pleased
Summary: 5 Stars
I read that another reviewer put the Hoya Pro 1 DMC UV on his Tokina 11-16mm F2.8 and he was pleased, so when I needed a filter for that same lens, I listened to his advice and got that same filter. I am very pleased and plan to buy another one for the Canon 24-105mm F4L I am getting next week. Expensive lenses require high quality filters, and this Hoya Pro 1 does the job for me!Digital camera Review: UV Filter
Summary: 5 Stars
I needed a new higher quality UV filter for my new Canon 70-200mm f/2.8 L lens and decided to go with the Hoya DMC Pro1. I am very pleased with my purchase and would recommend this filter.Digital camera Review: Very Good
Summary: 5 Stars
Very good quality. Thin and coated. Like the top quality professional ones but cheaper. I am changing all my old UV filters for this one. The point is you do not want to invest a lot of money on a Canon L lens and install a cheap UV filter on it, right? That would make no sense at all. Cheap filters degradetes the quality of excellent glasses such as Canon L lenses. Do yourself a favor... Buy a good UV filter like this one... I recommend.