Milo filters

[cabledog]

Has anyone used the milo filters? They seem to be a great value but wasn't sure if the quality is on par with brands like hoya.

 

[chriscrawfordphoto]

I would not buy filters from anyone who isn't actually manufacturing them. There are a million brands of cheap filters, and God knows who makes them or what quality they are.

Good ones:

Hoya, B+W, Heliopan. Those made by camera manufacturers like Nikon, Canon, and Leica should be good too.

 

[cabledog]

I think these were made in the 70s or 80s? I have seen the packaging on a couple and they definitely look vintage

 

[btaylor]

I have bought and used a few of these vintage filters and I have no complaints. I think their quality is as good as the other brands like Tiffen, Hoya, etc. from what I can see.

 

[AgX]

I would not buy filters from anyone who isn't actually manufacturing them. There are a million brands of cheap filters, and God knows who makes them or what quality they are.

Concerning the glass I assume there are at its best four manufacturers at all worlwide.

 

[chriscrawfordphoto]

Concerning the glass I assume there are at its best four manufacturers at all worlwide.

There's more to filter quality than who made the glass. The glass must be perfectly flat on both sides and must be mounted accurately in the filter ring to avoid degrading image quality.

 

[AgX]

I know, and for instance Heliopan only makes holding rings from brass, but I wanted to say there are less variables than indicated above.

 

[choiliefan]

Make sure any filters you buy are multicoated.
It's surprising how many filters floating around aren't.

 

[AgX]

It would only be 2 surfaces compared to likely 12 or more multicoated others.

(Though one could argue on the special case of such flat pane.)

 

[choiliefan]

Right.

 

[E. von Hoegh]

Make sure any filters you buy are multicoated.
It's surprising how many filters floating around aren't.

Quite a few aren't coated at all.
I use a lot of uncoated lenses and have found MC filters to be valuable for this application. Since the uncoated front surface of the lens reflects (relatively) a lot of light, it is important that the filter reflect as little of that light as possible.

 

[E. von Hoegh]

There's more to filter quality than who made the glass. The glass must be perfectly flat on both sides and must be mounted accurately in the filter ring to avoid degrading image quality.

But unless the glass itself is good, none of that matters.

 

[choiliefan]

No reason to put a crap filter on your lens unless you're looking for some special effect.