Hoya 82mm Pro-1 Digital UV Screw in Filter

As can be expected from Hoya good quality filter, would recommend

Hoya produces excellent lens filters. I chose this one because of the brand and because it is not a slimline filter. With this Hoya filter, you can easily screw in a lenshood or put the lenscap back on. So, brilliant item.

The Pro-1 Digital UV filter is a high quality filter.The multi-coating is very good at flare suppression.The glass in the filter is made from optical quality glass and is free from any optical defects.The filter screws on and off the lens body easily and doesn't stick or bind.

This filter (62mm) arrived in good condition and protected with foam insulation inside a neat and compact container. The container being so compact is ideal for storage when the lens might not be in use and fits easily into a compartment in my camera bag.I bought this filter mainly as another layer of protection (a point of contention in photography circles, it should be noted, with some favouring you not putting other less expensive glass in front of an expensive lens) for my tamron 70-300mm lens which I use with a Nikon D7200. Historically, UV filters were there to protect the camera sensors and film from uv light at which would often reach problematic levels on sunny days or at high altitude. This isn’t really a problem for modern cameras which are simply not sensitive to light at this end of the spectrum. UV filters do, however, live on as a means of protecting lenses from scratches and abrasions.The lens filter was easy to attach and to clean and i have not noticed any degradation in the images taken with it on. The cap for my lenses fits neatly over the filter as if it were the lens alone. It is lightweight, thin (which helps minimise vignetting) and clear. The filter rim is black which is designed to minimise the risk of light reflecting off the edge and affecting the quality of your image. There is also a multi coating on the filter aimed at reducing flare and ghosting. I’ve not had a chance to test this 100% but it does seem to be making a difference.I feel I’m more confident and worry less about minor scratches and abrasions with this on the end of my lens though obviously you still have to be careful.I have tried a few other brands and keep coming back to Hoya. They’re more expensive, yes, but it really seems to be a case here of you get what you pay for.Overall: 5/5 and highly recommend. High quality, easy to use and good value for money.If you found this review useful in any way I’d be super grateful if you clicked the “helpful” button below to let me know :)

I’ve had this uv filter for a while now and thought I would write a review after extensive use. I always use uv filter for protection on my lenses. When I purchased this it was about £20-30 which is more expensive than other brands but the quality is very good. I have not noticed any differences in the image quality. I had this on for quite a while before accidentally dropping my camera out of my bag off a bench. Luckily there was minimal damage to the camera but the lens fell head first onto the ground the uv filter was dented slightly into the lens and needed a bit of wiggling to get it out but it took the brunt of the fall and all the damage was round the outside of the filter and saved my lens, I’m so lucky

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If you fall into either the "I will never put a piece of glass between the subject and my lens" or "I will only ever fit a filter which costs more than the lens I'm fitting it onto" camps, then leave now. If, like me, you think that protecting the front of your lens is well worth any insignificant loss of detail you may suffer, then this is for you.I've been out today with my Nikon D7200 and Tamron zoom, and I can't in all truthfulness say that there has been any degradation in picture quality with the filter fitted. It's been very sunny and I've used my lens hood all the time I was out, and I can't see any flare on any of the images. The need for a UV filter has apparently long ago disappeared because (I am told) digital cameras don't suffer from the effects of UV light, but the need to protect your front lens element will never go away, and personally I wouldn't go out without one.Less than £20 to potentially save you a few hundred seems like a good deal to me.