Canon UV-1 58mm Haze Filter
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Digital Cameras Photo Reviews of Canon UV-1 58mm Haze Filter
Customer Review: A Life Saver
Summary: 5 Stars
Having a haze filter on your lens is the best insurance that a photog can have.Customer Review: Does the job
Summary: 5 Stars
What can I say, this filter does the job well and is fairly cheap.Customer Review: It does what I want it to...
Summary: 4 Stars
I got this filter free with my Canon camera bag, and the filter does what I want it to. I haven't noticed any great reduction of UV haze or whatnot, but the real reason you want one of these is to protect your lens on your camera. It screws right into your lens, and the camera lens cover still snaps into the lens filter, so you actually double your protection.
The first time I got some rain drops, dust, dirt, sand on my lens filter, I was really happy that I had one. I can easily just clean the filter haphazardly using my t-shirt, or whatever I have handy, and not worry about it. If I had to actually clean the lens, I would have to be a lot more careful. But if I scratch/haze/ruin the filter, I can just throw it away, and get a new one, for less than $20, whereas a new lens would be hundreds more.
The quality of the filter is perfect, it does not make my pictures fuzzy or any less clear, inside or outside.
A smart and cheap investment for your camera lens.
Customer Review: Review of what?
Summary: 4 Stars
Ok - I'm not to sure how to review these uv/clear glass filters. Here's what I wrote for one of a different diameter:
"Ok, there's not much really to rate here. I think that some UV/clear glass filters might be bad (obvious distortion, easily scratched etc.)- but most of them offer nothing much more than some cheap glass to protect your expensive glass.
(Nothing appreciable anyway - I cannot discern their different UV blocking properties.)"
I mean seriously, if it's kept clean then the resulting distortion or chromatic aberration should be pretty minimal/unnoticeable.
:) Umm . . . that said, I still take it off every now-and-again - sometimes it confuses the autofocus in low light if it has to use the flash for focusing.
Customer Review: Easier to Clean and Replace Than Your Front Element
Summary: 4 Stars
I never take my UV filter off of my lens unless I am going to immediately put on a different filter. There are basically two camps out there, those that feel you should always use a UV filter to protect your lens from dirt and scratches and those that feel it is a waste of time and only degrades your image. Well, I tried going without one for awhile and then dirt started to build up on the front element of my very expense lens. And although you can clean the front element of a lens, I feel much, much safer wiping my comparatively cheap UV filter time and time again rather than chancing any actual lens damage. I think for the nearly unquantifiable loss in image quality you may suffer by having a UV filter on, it is well worth the extra piece of mind it gives me.