quality of lens filter

[sokratis]

Hello.i own a CANON 40D with lens EF-S 17-85 IS USM .i have added a Mamuri filter lens and i am interesting to know about the quality of this filter, can any body tell me where i can find informations about the quality of this filter lens or just if its a good one, can be advisved to change it with something else that might be better . i ll apriciate any help, thank you

[unjx]

I have never used a mamuri filter ?, but I find Schneider B + W lens filters very good quality


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[Tony Printezis]

I have never used a mamuri filter


Mamuri? Never heard of them either!!!



I find Schneider B + W lens filters very good quality


+1 for the B+Ws!!!


Tony

[Keith B]

I am of the house of no filter, but I've been told B+W is the only way to go.


I've never heard of Mamuri. But it can be a real compromise put a $20 piece of poor glass over your (multi) $1000 precision glass.


Shoot some controlled images with it on and off check the detail.

[Colin]

Might also want to see if it affects flare, lights at night or something, or maybe the sun near the corner of the frame. Just a thought. I like how the B+W 010 filters feel, and look, though I haven't done extensive shopping. A guy at a camera store convinced me to try a Roddenstock (sp?) filter, telling me it was better than the B+W, and I returned it the next day. It just didn't feel (physically) right. The way it fit into the threads wasn't very reassuring. Seemed maybe better built than the Tiffen, but not a B+W. I replaced it with a B+W MRC 010.


On the lenses that I've loaned out or given away, They've had Tiffen and Hoya filters. But I really like the B+W. I've never felt compromised, with the exception of vignetting on my 16-35 and 24-105 when they're wide. I feel that it would be a little less with no filter, but i'm just too paranoid to go naked [*-)]

[sokratis]

thank you very much for your interest and information

[sokratis]

thank you for your information

[sokratis]

thank you very much for your replay

[sokratis]

thank you for your time and information, greetings

[Oren]

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[Madison]

I've never felt compromised, with the exception of vignetting on my 16-35 and 24-105 when they're wide.
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B+W offer special 'slim' filters to minimise this vignetting and the difference is remarkable. They are however even more expensive than the normal B+W ones. So with those two lenses: make sure to use a proper sized filter. (Particularly on the 16-35 because the effect of a normal UV filter on the vignetting is strongest here).