chip j Member Allowing Ads Joined Oct 26, 2012 Messages 2,193 Location NE Ohio Format 35mm Oct 28, 2018 #1 I've bought a couple on ebay & they seem to be fine, but I haven't used them yet.
Helios 1984 Member Joined Aug 4, 2015 Messages 1,858 Location Saint-Constant, Québec Format 35mm Oct 28, 2018 #2 I have a few of these in 52mm size, LZOS if I remember well. I use them with my Helios 58mm & EF 50mm f/1.8, I haven't had any problems so far.
I have a few of these in 52mm size, LZOS if I remember well. I use them with my Helios 58mm & EF 50mm f/1.8, I haven't had any problems so far.
AgX Member Allowing Ads Joined Apr 5, 2007 Messages 29,972 Location Germany Format Multi Format Oct 28, 2018 #3 Well, should they be less than their lenses?
faberryman Subscriber Allowing Ads Joined Jun 4, 2016 Messages 6,048 Location Wherever Format Multi Format Oct 28, 2018 #4 They are colored glass so should work fine.
AgX Member Allowing Ads Joined Apr 5, 2007 Messages 29,972 Location Germany Format Multi Format Oct 28, 2018 #5 The KMZ ones I got are not coated (if I remember right), but 90% of all my non soviet filters are not coated either.
The KMZ ones I got are not coated (if I remember right), but 90% of all my non soviet filters are not coated either.
OP OP chip j Member Allowing Ads Joined Oct 26, 2012 Messages 2,193 Location NE Ohio Format 35mm Oct 28, 2018 #6 I thought ALL filters of the modern era, except old Vivitars, were at least single-coated.
AgX Member Allowing Ads Joined Apr 5, 2007 Messages 29,972 Location Germany Format Multi Format Oct 28, 2018 #7 Do you consider me modern...? I buy my filters out of the rummage box. But yes, my filters are from a period when lenses had been coated already for decades
Do you consider me modern...? I buy my filters out of the rummage box. But yes, my filters are from a period when lenses had been coated already for decades
Ko.Fe. Member Allowing Ads Joined Apr 29, 2014 Messages 3,209 Location MiltON.ONtario Format Digital Oct 28, 2018 #8 No filter on left, soviet filter on the right. https://periscope.com.ua/foto-accessories/o-kachestve-sovetskih
No filter on left, soviet filter on the right. https://periscope.com.ua/foto-accessories/o-kachestve-sovetskih
OP OP chip j Member Allowing Ads Joined Oct 26, 2012 Messages 2,193 Location NE Ohio Format 35mm Oct 28, 2018 #9 HOLY SHIT!!
OP OP chip j Member Allowing Ads Joined Oct 26, 2012 Messages 2,193 Location NE Ohio Format 35mm Oct 28, 2018 #10 I wonder if the old Arsenal filters are that awful??
AgX Member Allowing Ads Joined Apr 5, 2007 Messages 29,972 Location Germany Format Multi Format Oct 28, 2018 #11 Puzzling. But a incidental result does not make a test. (The author uses a per definition not spectrally neutral filter and is surprised by a color cast.)
Puzzling. But a incidental result does not make a test. (The author uses a per definition not spectrally neutral filter and is surprised by a color cast.)
faberryman Subscriber Allowing Ads Joined Jun 4, 2016 Messages 6,048 Location Wherever Format Multi Format Oct 28, 2018 #12 chip j said: HOLY SHIT!! Click to expand... A great reason not to use a UV, Skylight, or other filter unless you have a specific purpose for doing so. Last edited: Oct 28, 2018
chip j said: HOLY SHIT!! Click to expand... A great reason not to use a UV, Skylight, or other filter unless you have a specific purpose for doing so.
RalphLambrecht Subscriber Allowing Ads Joined Sep 19, 2003 Messages 14,859 Location K,Germany Format Medium Format Oct 28, 2018 #13 chip j said: I've bought a couple on ebay & they seem to be fine, but I haven't used them yet. Click to expand... SO< YOU"LL TELL US<RIGHT?
chip j said: I've bought a couple on ebay & they seem to be fine, but I haven't used them yet. Click to expand... SO< YOU"LL TELL US<RIGHT?
Sirius Glass Subscriber Joined Jan 18, 2007 Messages 50,717 Location Southern California Format Multi Format Oct 28, 2018 #14 I have never had a Russian that I needed to filter.
Theo Sulphate Member Allowing Ads Joined Jul 3, 2014 Messages 6,489 Location Gig Harbor Format Multi Format Oct 28, 2018 #15 Here is an excellent, scientifically conducted, test of UV filters by various manufacturers. https://www.lenstip.com/113.1-article-UV_filters_test.html
Here is an excellent, scientifically conducted, test of UV filters by various manufacturers. https://www.lenstip.com/113.1-article-UV_filters_test.html
fdonadio Member Allowing Ads Joined Jan 15, 2015 Messages 2,129 Location Berlin, DE Format Multi Format Oct 31, 2018 #16 Sirius Glass said: I have never had a Russian that I needed to filter. Click to expand... For that you’d need a “Russian minus” filter. Unless you want him/her to look brighter.
Sirius Glass said: I have never had a Russian that I needed to filter. Click to expand... For that you’d need a “Russian minus” filter. Unless you want him/her to look brighter.