Maine Guide Loc: Portland, Maine

I just purchased a refurbished DX 55-200MM VRll for my D7000. Want to put a filter on it and I'm not sure as to what I should get. I was looking a Hoya UV Pro1 from B&H. I'll be using it outside and for some wildlife photography. I know it's not the top of the line lens but I'm retired and its what I could splurge for and it did get respectful reviews. Any help or suggestions would be appreciated.

Thanks
Maine Gude

rmalarz Loc: Tempe, Arizona

If you go with B+W, you can't go wrong.
--Bob

mwsilvers Loc: Central New Jersey

You will get mixed feedback on whether you should spend your money on a UV filter at all. The UV part actually serves no purpose on a DSLR, leaving you with the sole purpose being "protection" of the front element. Half the people here will tell you it's useful for that purpose, and half will tell you it isn't. I personally have not used a protective UV filter on any of my lenses for years, but the choice is yours. If you feel it gives you peace of mind, than use it. There is no hard evidence that proves a thin glass filter will prevent a very thick and robust front element from damage. Many will argue that point to oblivion so in the end, it really depends on your comfort level. Having said all that, the filter you mention should be good enough for your purpose, especially given that yours is a decent but lower end kit lens.

DaveO Loc: Northeast CT

Well put!! If I'm near salt water and don't use a polarizer, I'll use a clear filter. Other than that the only filters I use are polarizers and that's rare. I carry my lenses with the hood on. Many miles, no issues....

John_F Loc: Minneapolis, MN

I keep a UV filter on to keep dust, etc off the lens. Mishaps cleaning crud off a filter are cheap to remedy compared to the same with a lens. But like anything that transmits light to the sensor you want best quality filter glass that you can afford. Filters are also much easier to clean and dry. As for major incident damage, nothing suffices with certainty - due caution is your only guard.

sueyeisert Loc: New Jersey

If you go to the B&H site and put in your lens there are recommendations for filters. You can call B&H and ask which one and why it's recommended. If I recall NXT are recommended.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

I have that filter on my lenses just for protection, but I remove it for "important" photography. I use Xume magnetic filter adapters, so I can have the filter on and off in less than a second.

amfoto1 Loc: San Jose, Calif. USA

Save your money. No filter is necessary and may cause more harm than good.

Just use the properly fitted lens hood, which gives better "protection" than any filter ever could.

amfoto1 Loc: San Jose, Calif. USA

Had any problem using magnets around your memory cards? (I sure wouldn't risk it!)

I think it's bass ackwards to "remove filters for important shots".

I do just the opposite.... I have "protection" filters stored separately in my camera bag and use them only when they might actually do some good! Which really isn't all that often: shooting out in sand storms, or at the coast where there's a lot of "salt air", and a few other situations.

For one thing, I hardly ever know if a shot will be "important" or not, until after it's been taken. Plus, when an "important" shot opportunity presents itself, the last thing I want to be doing is fumbling around removing filters.... or, worse, forget to do so.

Gene51 Loc: Yonkers, NY, now in LSD (LowerSlowerDelaware)

Well, the good news is that you have a decent filter in mind. There is no need to spend $$$ for a Heliopan or B&W - the glass is not better, and that is a helluva price to pay for brass threads.

Hoya 72 mm HMC UV-0 is really all you need - the Pro 1 is pretty similar only more expensive.

http://www.lenstip.com/113.4-article-UV_filters_test_Description_of_the_results_and_summary.html