
Camera Filter Facts

So...What's the
difference
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This list does not cover
every camera filter brand sold in the USA,
but the major ones are
listed
here
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Sunpak DHG Cir Polarizers |
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Enhancing |
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Filter Packaging
Important if you are going
to carry
your filters in your
camera
bag
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round cases |
cases |
cases |
POUCH |
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| B+W FILTERS |
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| B+W ROUND GRADS |
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| B+W POLARIZERS |
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| B+W MC POLARIZERS |
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| COKIN FILTERS |
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| HELIOPAN FILTERS |
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| HELIOPAN POLARIZERS |
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| HELIOPAN GLASS GRAD |
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| HITECH CC's, GRADS |
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envelope |
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| Marumi Japan |
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| OPTIFLEX GELS |
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envelope |
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| Sunpak Filters |
large sizes only |
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| TIFFEN FILTERS |
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| Tiffen UVp
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| TIFFEN ROUND GRADS |
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A little about the glass itself and the coatings
Sunpak made in Japan, by a major filter manufacturer, The polarizers are very equal or better than most of the brand H and K. The enhancing series of filters are priced, very competitively with the other similar brands. The Sunpak C39 optical resin graduals come in large sizes at a good value Tiffen UVP (Uv-Protectors) are solid glass filters, with no optical coatings. All other Tiffen filters Uv-1's and skylights are laminated (2 pieces of glass, with the laminate carrying the color or effects) and no coatings. For more Tiffen Information B+W filters
are solid
Schott Glass, water type, crystal clear. No B+W filter has ever been
made
with green glass. and they never will, I hope. Quality should always
have
its standards and the word quality should be more than just a word on a
box. Most of all B+W filters have mono coatings on both sides (in some
places called double coatings, the double = one on each side)
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Connection Last Updated on August 25, 2009