Chris,and group. The only thing Impressive about Nikon filters is the price. they are made just like any Tiffen or other filter. The ONLY filter to own is a B&W filter made in Germany. All Name brand filters are made of sheets of optical glass.Cheap ones are made of hardware store window glass. This manufacturing method leads to slight inconsistancies in the uniform density throughout the glass, which sometimes causes slight aberations in the image like minor color fringing, ghosting etc. B&W filters are the only filters made of a special german "Schott" glass and of a different process entirely. The glass is molded in blocks and cooled very slowly for uniform density. Then cylinders are cut from the block and sliced to an extremely close tolerence and polished to absolute perfection. This Produces the only filter on the market that is truely invisible to the eye and to the film in your camera in so far as aberations are concerned.. Yes it also means that they are more expensive, but still a little cheaper than the Nikons and you get more than just a namesake for the money. When other companies start using a process like this they too can make a serious filter like B&W but until then B&W remains the only filter to own. Try one and you will see that the difference is clearly visible to the naked eye. I shoot professionally, and use ONLY Nikon equipment for my 35nn needs but have to say heartily, NO WAY to Nikon Filters. Or any other for that matter. A 1-A or UV is truely necessary, not only for protecting that expensive front lense element, but ti simply undeniably takes the bite out of the sun to eleminate that hazy glare.I perfer the 1-A and don't use the UV because the 1-A produces a slight, almost unnoticable warmness in image that is always pleasent. Sincerely, Richard -- Richard D. Scherrer Northern Exposures Photography Phone: (406) 837-6911 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] WWW: http://www.northernexposuresphoto.com
Re: nikon-digest V4 #251 Filters
Richard D Scherrer http://northernexposuresphoto.com Thu, 18 Feb 1999 05:09:49 -0500
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