Product Description
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High Quality German Filters
From the Manufacturer
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Protect Your Lens while Reducing UV Exposure
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This UV Filter blocks the invisible Ultra Violet component of
light from the sky, which can cause blur and to which many color
films react with a blue cast. These filters should be called
UV-Blocking Filters, because there are filters for technical
applications that pass UV radiation and block all the other
wavelengths. Nevertheless, the short term “UV Filter” has become
established among photographers. UV Filters are ideal for
photography in high altitudes (in the ains), by the sea and
in regions with very clean air. The pictures gain brilliance and
disturbing blue casts are avoided. Because the glass is
colorless, color rendition is not altered, aside from the
elimination of the unwanted blue cast, and no increase in
exposure is required. That makes a UV Filter very suitable as
protection of the front element of the taking lens against dust,
flying sand, sea water spray and the like, and it can be kept on
the lens at all times. It is recommended for analog color and
black-and-white as well as digital photography.
MRC - A Special Scratch-Resistant, Water and Dirt Repelling
Coating
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The left half of this filter has a
traditional coating. The right half
has MRC coating. The lens elements of high-quality lenses and the
plano surfaces of filters require a perfect shape and smoothness
to achieve the best optical quality. Dirt, greasy fingerprints,
water marks and scratches reduce the image contrast and the
sharpness, which can result in blooming at light sources and have
an effect similar to a soft-focus lens. A clean front lens
element and clean filter surfaces are therefore an absolute
pre-requisite for demanding photographers.
MRC coating causes the water
to bead up and slide right off. The MRC coating is first and
foremost a broadband anti-reflection coating. This means that its
reflection-reducing effect, which is thus also a
transmission-increasing effect, i.e. one which suppresses
scattered light and ghost images and transmits more light, has a
broadband action over the full spectrum. In contrast, the (almost
always blue) single-layer coating only has a high effect in the
medium wavelength range around yellow and yellow-green where the
eye is most sensitive to light, while its effect is greatly
reduced toward the blue-violet and purple-red end regions of the
visible spectrum. With the MRC coating, this blue, violet and red
to deep-red light cannot produce any contrast reducing scattered
light, spotty reflections or ghost images. A broadband effect can
only be achieved with a multilayer coating which requires a much
higher effort and precision because unevenness and irregularities
of the individual layers build up on one another and amplify one
another. Schneider therefore uses a plasma-assisted evaporation
coating process in which inert ions accelerated in an
electrical field compact the material deposited on the lens
surface in the vacuum chamber.
For photographers, the main advantage of MRC coating, is it's
ability to combat flare and ghosting. An added benefit is that
their filters remain free of dirt longer, so that they do not
have to be cleaned so often. When cleaning the filter does become
necessary, it is a lot easier to wipe off the dirt with a blower
brush, because of MRC's ability to repel dirt and moisture. This
also reduces the risk of micro-scratches which can occur during
cleaning.
Side view of F-Pro .
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F-Pro Brass Filter
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This filter uses our standard B+W F-Pro filter , which has a
front accessory thread and is made of brass. Compared to the
earlier standard , the F-Pro , introduced in 2001, has
become thinner. Now it can be used with wide angle lenses,
including most 24mm focal lengths on a full frame body, without
vignetting. Another advantage of the F-Pro is its modified
retaining ring, which is no longer threaded in from the front,
but holds the filter glass in place from the back. When removing
a filter or lens hood that has been screwed on too tight to the
filter, the retaining ring is not at risk of loosening.
- PROTECT YOUR EXPENSIVE CAMERA LENSES - The B + W77 mm UV haze clear camera filter is here to add 16 multi-resistant layers of protection against accidental drops, dust, flying, fingerprints, dirt, scratches sand or seawater spray. Enjoy outdoor photography without worrying about your precious lenses anymore..
- TAKE BLUE CAST OUT OF THE PICTURE - Literally. Whether you are a professional photographer or a beginner, the invisible Ultra-Violet component of light from the sky is a common issue. Our UV-blocking haze protector filter for 77mm lenses will eliminate blue cast and help you snap clearer images..
- F-PRO - Thanks to precise precision manufacturing, B+W sockets fit absolutely accurately and are easy to install. The robust F-PRO filter with 77mm ensures easy handling, is suitable for wide-angle applications, and has a large selection of diameters as well as filter types. The internal thread means that a conventional lens hood can also be fitted..
- CHOOSE YOUR SIZE – To select the appropriate filter size, check your lens. On all lenses from Canon, Nikon, Olympus, Samsung, Fuji and other manufacturers there is a printed diameter symbol that determines the filter size..
- MADE IN GERMANY - Schneider Kreuznach (B + W) – We are proudly your precision mechanics spets for filters, photography, optics and precision, with more than 100 years of German experience. Schneider products have already been used in NASA's Apollo missions. Thanks to our multi-resistant nano coating lens filter, we are helping photographers everywhere take clearer, crisper images..