Domain Name Com's Tiffen 52mm UV Protection Filter

Tiffen 52mm UV Protection Filter

Domain Name Com's - : Tiffen 52mm UV Protection Filter

- if you care about your lens, get it.
This is pretty simple. If you are a new DSLR shooter as I am, you'll learn that lenses are very expensive. This is simple to screw onto any of my Nikkor lenses for my D40. The UV protection is also nice for outdoor shots, reducing glare, etc. I've already been really glad I had this attached to my lens as my camera was sitting in my car's passenger seat and I had to take a sharp corner...saved the lens, and I've only had the thing 2 weeks. Lesson learned, zip your camera back up in it's case before driving around town.

Rating:

- Junk, Cheaply Made, Poorly Designed... BEWARE
I read a bunch of good reviews on this filter. I had compared this Tiffen (I bought 2 of them) and the Hoya and another brand. Let me tell you, do yourself a favor-- and get another brand.

Here are my complaints, and why I am terribly disappointed:

1) The instant I picked my [...] package up off the porch, I heard a rattling. I immediately thought the filter(s) may have broken. But since there was other stuff on the box, I decided to hold judgment. Well it turns out it was the filters, and they were not broken-- the just RATTLE-- A LOT. So badly, I heard it through the Amazon box when I picked it up from the porch! The glass is too small for the frame-- significantly small, not just a tiny bit. So, you can immediately forget keeping dust out. I cleaned the inside off, and put them on my lenses. Next, I sprayed some Nikon Lens Cleaner on the outside surface, and cleaned off the filter's outside face... got it all nice and clean, only to find out-- some of the liquid ran inside the filter, and onto the lens surface. So I had to take it off, reclean the lens, and try again... what a fiasco.

2) I used the Nikon Lens Cleaner (high quality stuff) to clean the filters. That stuff contains isopropyl alcohol, so I know it can clean almost anything. No matter what, there are spots that WILL NOT come off. They are embedded in the glass somehow.

3) The filters were FILTHY when I received them. I spent 30 minutes just cleaning them, and was still unsuccesful. I used the Nikon Lens Cleaner, as well as a Microfiber cloth... didn't work. Then I used a Q-Tip instead. Guess what? The Q-tip head was BLACK after I cleaned off the filters. There was a greasy film and dirt all over both surfaces of both filters. And I still cannot get it all off!

4) The packaging they came in was poor.

These are junk-- save your money and buy a better one. Or, go cheaper and at least expect to get a piece of junk and save yourself $4 each.

Rating:

- This is not a good filter
This is a first impressions review. I just got the filter and have not used it yet, so I have had no real problems with it yet. However, I ordered this filter at the same time I ordered a Hoya 67mm filter. I got a discount on this filter with my new lens, so I went ahead and got it. All of the reviews I read said to go with Hoya, so for my other lens, which didn't offer a discount, I went with a Hoya, which was not much more than the Tiffen for that model. I got them both the same day and took them both out of the box at the same time. There is a world of difference between the two filters. First of all, there is a huge difference in the quality look and feel of the Hoya over the Tiffen. The Tiffen looks very cheap next to the Hoya. The Tiffen was also dirty as many people on here have reported, while the Hoya was clean. The biggest difference, though, is when I stood in my kitchen under the flourescent light, looking down at both filters. When looking at the Tiffen, all I could see was a reflection of the light above me. I could not see anything at all through the filter. When looking at the Hoya, I can see right through the filter to the floor. There is only a very slight greenish reflection of the light above me. As I said before, I have not actually tried the filters yet. But after looking at the two filters, I don't see how there won't be a difference between the two filters when I use them. It is amazing that the difference in cost between the two filters is so small considering the difference in quality. I strongly recommend that you pay the little extra for the better Hoya filter unless someone just gives this one to you.

Rating:

- good for its price
A good, cheap UV filter for protecting lenses.
It can often introduce flares into your images when shooting towards sunlight or strong light sources so beware.

Rating:

- Good filter.
This is a really good filter for the price. The main reason that I use a filter is to protect the lense from scratches. for the price of this filter, you could be a little mor care free about getting the perfect shot and scratching up an expensive lense or filter. I could not tell you the difference between a Tiffen and a Hoya filter except that the Hoya costs almost twice as much. If you dont use filters, it is worth it just for protection of your lense.

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