The 49mm UV Protector Filter from Tiffen is a wise initial investment. It can help protect your valuable investment from dust, moisture and scratches, which can lead to costly repairs. A UV filter not only minimizes the bluish cast sometimes found under daylight conditions, but is also the best available protection against accidental damage to the front element of your lens.
A UV filter is the best available protection for the front element of your lens. A lens that accidentally gets dropped on its front element while hiking can potentially be saved by purchasing this item. Some people refer to them as "cheap insurance".
Aside from that more-than-significant benefit, UV filters cut through some of the haze in the atmosphere rendering your photos clearer, sharper and more contrasty. For those who enjoy outdoor photography, especially distant vistas, a UV filter can produce a more distinct image by removing much of the blue tint normally associated with atmospheric haze.
A UV Protector is probably the most popular UV filter people use. As a lens protector, it should be left on at all times to guard against front element damage but also adds the benefit of rendering your images clearer.
Tiffen's ColorCore glass is produced through a process that entails permanently laminating the filter material in between two pieces of optical glass that are ground flat to tolerances of a ten-thousandth of an inch, then mounting them in precision aluminum rings.
| Type | UV Protector |
| Size |
49mm 5mm thick |
| Grade | Not Applicable |
| Filter Factor | Not Applicable |
| Multi-Coated | Not Applicable |
| Rotating | Not Applicable |
| Effect |
Reduces excessive blue Cuts through haze and can improve image clarity Protects front element of lens |
| Application | Helpful when photographing mountain and marine scenes, where increased haze threatens to make your photographs indistinct in color and clarity |
| Color Temperature | No change |
| Construction | ColorCore Glass |
| Front Filter Thread Size | 49mm |
| Front Lens Cap Size | 49mm |
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Excellent sacraficial filter
This filter was purchased to protect a SLR lens and did it's job perfectly after less than 2 weeks. My daughter had her camera equipped with this filter on the edge of the kitchen table...Read complete review
This filter was purchased to protect a SLR lens and did it's job perfectly after less than 2 weeks. My daughter had her camera equipped with this filter on the edge of the kitchen table. It slipped off and she grabbed the camera strap, but the camera swung down and hit the corner of her chair lens first. The filter broke, but the lens was completely unharmed. I ordered a replacement the same day. Excellent cheap lens insurance.
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Works OK, but recommend MRC filter
I bought this filter to use with my Sony NEX-5 18-55mm lens. It fits well and easily onto the lens with no problem. However, as other users have pointed out, it ...Read complete review
I bought this filter to use with my Sony NEX-5 18-55mm lens. It fits well and easily onto the lens with no problem. However, as other users have pointed out, it may cause some lens flaring or reflections with pointed at sources of light such as lamps/sun/spotlights, etc. One way to avoid this is just to avoid having these items in your field of view, but if you want to just eliminate this problem in a set-and-forget kind of way, I would recommend the B+W UV MRC-coated filter, which I subsequently bought and am currently using instead of this Tiffen filter.
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I just wanted a protective filter and for the money this does the job.
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Great protection for your expense lens.
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Use this product with my Sony digital camera alfa 5.
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Just ordered this, mostly to protect my new Sony nex5 lens.[...] Pictures came out a little clearer too due to the UV coating.It's a perfect purchase to protect your lens, in the future maybe I'll look for a perhaps some different filters, but for now this works great!
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Always with my camera.
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Great filter well made, I am going to buy all my filters from you guys!
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to protect my new [used Minolta] lens...
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I bought this filter to use with my Sony NEX-5 18-55mm lens. It fits well and easily onto the lens with no problem. However, as other users have pointed out, it may cause some lens flaring or reflections with pointed at sources of light such as lamps/sun/spotlights, etc. One way to avoid this is just to avoid having these items in your field of view, but if you want to just eliminate this problem in a set-and-forget kind of way, I would recommend the B+W UV MRC-coated filter, which I subsequently bought and am currently using instead of this Tiffen filter.
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Protect thy lens
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used as protection for my Nex camera lenses
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Inexpensive and works well. Really, unless one has the need for an MC filter, this is all anyone needs.
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This filter is great.
I didn't think such a minor thing could make such a difference but it did.
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The tranparent filter is suitable for lens protection. The thickness of the rim was anxious.
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I bought this to protect the lens for my new Sony NEX5. It does the job well.
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This product is good and better yet, very inexpensive.
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Simple but effective at preserving your lens. Temporarily remove it when shooting scene with intense light though, e.g. sunset/sunrise, a bright bulb in the picture, etc.
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I found that this protector, and the 52mm one I bought at the same time, were not very well sealed at all. The glass rattles around inside the ring and dust enters freely. And when I say "rattles around" I really mean it, it's like I've got a bell stuck on my collar to warn away the pigeons. Of course, for [$], I wasn't expecting perfection, but this is pretty shoddy. Optically, it's prone to flare and ghosting.For what I use this for--protecting the front element of a 30 year old lens worth that I only use occasionally from hard knocks--this is acceptable, but for anything more than that, bite the bullet and go with a nice B+W MRC UV filter.
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Works well for the price. Don't waste an expensive lens on this cheap filter though.
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This is a great filter for the price. You could probably get a better filter and maybe it is worth it if your making a living taking photos but for an enthusiast who wants a UV filter to predominately protect the lens, this is a great choice.
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This filter was purchased to protect a SLR lens and did it's job perfectly after less than 2 weeks. My daughter had her camera equipped with this filter on the edge of the kitchen table. It slipped off and she grabbed the camera strap, but the camera swung down and hit the corner of her chair lens first. The filter broke, but the lens was completely unharmed. I ordered a replacement the same day. Excellent cheap lens insurance.
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