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| Tiffen 77mm UV Protection Filter | 
 enlarge | Brand: Tiffen
Category: Photography
List Price: $51.99
Buy New: $9.39
You Save: $42.60 (82%)
New (8) Used (1)
Avg. Customer Rating:  54 reviews
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 4.3 x 4.2 x 0.8
Warranty: 10 years warranty
MPN: 77UVP
Model: 77UVP
UPC: 049383099454
EAN: 0049383099454
ASIN: B00004ZCJM
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Most popular protection filter | | • | Provides basic reduction of ultraviolet light | | • | 77mm diameter | | • | Helps eliminate bluish cast in images |
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Amazon.com Product Description
Protects lenses from dust, moisture, scratches, and other damage. These filters can be kept on the camera at all times.
Product Description
Film, as well as video, often exhibits a greater sensitivity to what is to us invisible, ultraviolet light. This is most often outdoors, especially at high altitudes, where the UV-absorbing atmosphere is thinner; and over long distances, such as marine scenes. It can show up as a bluish color cast with color film, or it can cause a low-contrast haze that diminishes details, especially when viewing far-away objects, in either color or black-and-white. Ultraviolet filters absorb UV light generally without affecting light in the visible region. It is important to distinguish between UV-generated haze and that of air-borne particles, such as smog. The latter is made up of opaque matter that absorbs visible light as well as UV, and will not be appreciably removed by a UV filter.The UV Protector shields lens from dust, moisture, scratches, and breakage.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 49 more reviews...
 as always arrived on time and excellent condition..thannks August 29, 2008
i have always had excellent service from amazon.com...my merchandise arrived on time and was packed properly...thanks again.
Protection July 29, 2008
It's like not having anything on at all. But isn't that the point. It is there to take the abuse if an accidental bump to the lens happens. I think it is a wonderful investment to protect a $1700 lens.
UV filter a problem July 14, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Overall I like these filters. I use many Tiffen filters without any issues, but there is one problem with the UV filter. I use these on a Sigma 10-20 mm wide angle zoom lens. Because of the wide angle, the glass protrudes outward from the lens in a bubble. The UV filter, when screwed on actually touches the glass of the lens. The other two filters are recessed enough that they don't touch.
Just a warning for folks with wide angle zooms, otherwise a great product. The CP filter is excellent! It really punches up the color and reduces glare on water and glass.
 Why do I always try for value over quality? June 28, 2008
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
I returned the filter because it was used, old (ancient packaging) and had scratches and fingerprints on it. It was advertised as new. All this is a seller thing, and not the filter's fault.
The filter, though, was very weak. That is, I doubt it would take my glass down 1/2 stop-seriously. I also noticed (without mounting it) that when used on an LCD monitor for testing, it was very weak at rejecting light at 90 degrees. That is to say, the effect was very weak. In addition, the filter's outer glass just spun freely. How would I fix that?
I feel that my best glass (70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM) deserves to look through something phenomenal, so I traded up to the:
Heliopan 77mm Circular Polarizer Lens Filter
Baddest piece of glass I could find! Brass rings instead of the aluminum ones in Tiffen and Hoya, and a calibrated wheel with markings make this the choice.
There comes a time when checap is just too expensive. I want to make my L glass better, so why would I put layered/laminated glass over it?
If you have a cheap lens (at 77mm? OK, whatever!), then this might really be a value. On the other hand, if you know what a circular polarizer even IS, you probably should be buying the best.
:)
Works great, just as intended June 18, 2008
Love my graduated ND filter. Great for landscape photograpy. Softens the clouds and sky so they are not "blown out". Real glass so it's durable. My only complaint is that it is sometimes difficult to tell when the filter is level with the horizon so I took a silver marker and marked the rotating filter so that I'm confident I'm not going to have a crooked filter effect. I use it all the time with my Nikon 18-200mm with a 72-77mm step up ring. I highly recommend it.
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