Hoya vs B+W Filters
Jan 22, 2024 19:19:09 #
Longlens24
Loc: Cedar Park, Texas
Every experienced outdoor photographer I have ever been with (the late Galen Rowell was a friend) used a protective lens filter (UV, other) to protect the soft lens glass & coatings from dirt, water, anything else. The lens filter could be easily cleaned (years ago we used Kodak lens cleaning papers, now it is microfiber cloths)without ever possibly damaging the lens and its coatings. I ran lens filter tests years ago using monochromatic lens beams when I had access to an optical bench with meters: the high quality B+W, Hoya, Nikon, Canon, Heliopan were tested. As I recall, the coated ( anti-reflection coated) UV filters all had superb resolution, had slight(1.5% or less)light loss, were not a problem. The polarizing filters could not be evaluated due to their immense variation. The Tiffen filter had greater than 2% light loss, also had greater resolution loss, and was apparently made of glass with greater impurities. I use a lens cap(as suggested by others)and a protective UV filter, since my lens has greater value than $15. filter. I have never damaged a lens.
Jan 22, 2024 20:07:03 #
Rick from NY
Loc: Sarasota FL
Longlens24 wrote:
Every experienced outdoor photographer I have ever... (show quote)
Appreciate your reply and your experiences mimic mine, but alas, the know it alls on this site will not be swayed by your real world experiences since your conclusions differ from theirs and there’s is the absolute gospel. Wasting our breath attempting to express a contrary position to the all knowing blowhards.
Btw - I met Galen several times (once during a visit to Garden of the Gods in Colorado Springs). He had spent the week hanging from a rope halfway up (or was it down?) one of the cliff walls. Man, that guy was NUTS! He would do some weird stuff in order to get the shot. Filter wise, he was a big fan of Singh Ray.
To other huggers, If you’ve never seen his stuff, Google it. That guy was one helluva landscape shooter and we’re not talking about setting up a tripod at the edge of the lake kind of shots. We lost him too soon.
Jan 22, 2024 21:10:02 #
TonyP wrote:
Why not just reduce sharpening in the camera settings? The second one appears to have had a touch of HDR or something??
Cant see any problem with the first one. Nice portrait. Doesn't look oversharp to my old eyes.
edit: What happened there? You changed the second photo while I was answering.
edit: the, now, colour second photo looks good to me, focused on the clarinet.
Cant see any problem with the first one. Nice portrait. Doesn't look oversharp to my old eyes.
edit: What happened there? You changed the second photo while I was answering.
edit: the, now, colour second photo looks good to me, focused on the clarinet.
By the way, it is a Soprano Sax, not a clarinet.
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