Canon 72mm UV Haze Filter
These filters are used by many photographers to protect the front element of their lens from abrasions, dust, and moisture. They also have a very subtle warming effect, which can be useful to counter the "cool" colors you sometimes get in bright sun or in shade. They're available in sizes to fit most EF lenses. TYPE: Screw-in
The Canon 72mm UV haze filter not only helps to protect your lens from dust, moisture and scratches, it also allows you to correct for UV effect and eliminate haze from your photos. This filter will absorb approximately 71 percent of UV rays, helping to eliminate haze's bluish cast that can obscure distant details. This filter easily screws onto your 72mm lenses.
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Canon 72mm UV Haze Filter Reviews
This is a very good filter. I had a B+W filter that broke when a friend dropped my camera. I decided to try this Canon filter and I am impressed by its performance.
I can't tell if it filtering any UV rays, but it certainly filters sharpness dramatically. The results were night and day. I've had this filter on since day one, but always thought the lens was a little soft in terms of IQ, so I did a test with/without the filter. I bought one of these around the time I got my Canon 40D kit with 28-135mm lens. Skip this one and go for the Hoya.
After cleaning it, there were tiny scratches all over the surface of the filter. After that time, I noticed some film/gunk buildup on the front of it. This filter did its job admirably for nine months. So cleaning the filter ruined it. I took the filter off the lens and used distilled water and a cloth to clean it using very light pressure. A product like this certainly shouldn't be scratched into unusabilty the first time you clean it. I'll try buying the Hoya filter and see if that holds up better.
The camera is great, but the filter was not, so I returned it. The Hoya filter costs more than the Canon, but it certainly seems stupid to try to save $30 when you've invested $1000+ on a camera, especially when the filter directly affects the quality of the pictures which, after all, is what it's all about. I just assumed that Canon would make a top quality haze filter, so I ordered it along w/ my new D40. A local camera shop pro showed me how inferior it was to the equivalent filter by Hoya, which reflects almost no light, while the Canon reflects a great deal.
doesn't seem to make any difference in my outside photos, but i do appreciate the added protection
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