Can anyone recommend a descent/cheap 72mm anti glare UV filter? I had purchased a cheap $20 Tiffan on Amazon, but can't stand the green lens flare. Anything better from $20 - $35?
sokun Senior Member  276 posts Joined Sep 2008 Location: Los Angeles, Ca More info | Oct 01, 2008 15:40 | #1 Can anyone recommend a descent/cheap 72mm anti glare UV filter? I had purchased a cheap $20 Tiffan on Amazon, but can't stand the green lens flare. Anything better from $20 - $35?
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milorad Senior Member 515 posts Joined Sep 2008 Location: Melbourne, AU More info | Oct 01, 2008 15:44 | #2 anti-glare? you may actually want a Circular Polarizer to reduce glare from water, windows, etc. Gear List
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Probably have my jargon mixed up. I use my UV filters indoor to protect my glass, but have noticed that when taking pictures with a light behind my subject, there's this nasty green lens flare that the filter creates.
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homersapien Senior Member 350 posts Joined May 2008 Location: Denver, CO More info | Oct 01, 2008 16:40 | #4 So don't use a UV filter; they don't do anything, and can only HURT image quality. Even a circular polarizer will introduce flare in some situations.
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So even the high end UV filters will have the same lens flare? I'll probably just shoot with my lens hood on 100% of the time.
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Jon Cream of the Crop  69,628 posts Likes: 227 Joined Jun 2004 Location: Bethesda, MD USA More info | Oct 01, 2008 19:24 | #6 No, good multicoated UV filters won't flare any more in normal use than your unprotected lens will. And a lens hood won't help if the light source is in the picture, filter or no filter. But good multicoated filters (B+W MRC, Hoya S-HMC, Heliopan SH-PMC) aren't in the $20-$35 price range for any filter size EF lenses take. Jon
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Woolburr Rest in peace old friend.  66,487 posts Gallery: 115 photos Best ofs: 2 Likes: 143 Joined Sep 2005 Location: The Tupperware capitol of eastern Oregon...Leicester, NC! More info | Oct 01, 2008 21:27 | #7 sokun wrote in post #6418569  So even the high end UV filters will have the same lens flare? I'll probably just shoot with my lens hood on 100% of the time. Now you are talking...lens hoods should be on all the time...with the exception of those times when you are using creative filters. Real hard to rotate a CPL with the lens hood on. Some lenses are very prone to flare when you add a filter....the 28-135 is notorious for horrible flare when you throw a filter on it. People that know me call me Dan
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Oct 02, 2008 02:48 | #8 sokun wrote in post #6418569 So even the high end UV filters will have the same lens flare? I'll probably just shoot with my lens hood on 100% of the time. Yes, even the most expensive filter will increase flare to some extent. Of course, the more you spend the less flare you'll get. Frank Hollis - Retired mass spectroscopist
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