Polaroid Optics 67mm 4-Piece Filter Kit Set [UV,CPL, Warming,& FLD] includes Nylon Carry Case – Compatible w/ All Popular Camera Lens Models

There are many filters available, from almost free (plus shipping!) to absurdly expensive. This set seemed like a cheap-ish, trustable-ish source for filters.Before we go any further, what do filters do? Well, apparently they can be pretty important to your health if you use an SLR camera that uses mirrors to put an image into an optical viewfinder that you put your eye right in front of. Apparently all that glass won't protect your eyes from UV light if you're taking a *lot* of landscape shots. I have to say that I don't really buy that explanation - my impression was that a pair of regular glasses would stop most UV from entering your eyes (and I used to use UV lightboxes for my profession). Besides, if you have an electronic viewfinder, as I now do, you are only seeing a representation of reality and not getting blasted with real UV light.OK, that having been said, I'd much rather clean the surface of a practically disposable 5 dollar filter than my non-disposable kit camera lens. As long as the quality of the glass is high enough to avoid distortion, a filter seems like a sound investment for protection - not of my eyes, but of my lens.In this particular case, you get four filters:1, UV multi-coated (apparently it needs to be multi-coated; some of the other filter sets that appear similar are not multi-coated and can reflect in odd ways), which basically does nothing that I can tell, other than protect the lens. I'm not complaining, since that's exactly what I wanted.2, The next cool one is a Cirular Polarized filter; very similar to sunglasses, this should prevent glare from roads and water. Like all the other filters it screws into the inside lip of the lens, but this one will continue to rotate, so that you can get the image you want. I've tested the polarization and it's pretty good (you can look at the LCD on the back of the camera through the filter and it should disappear as you turn it, just like if you have polarized sunglasses).3, "Warming" yellowish filter; ideal for flash photography, this is the one that persuaded me to buy the four filter set instead of the two filter set. Unfortunately, the quality isn't up to much, with visible imperfections in the filter that do not wipe off. I will probably never use it.4, Fluorescent pinkish filter; good for restoring white balance, but your camera probably has a setting to do that anyway. Besides, who wants to deal with unscrewing filters all the time anyway. It's bad enough unscrewing lenses in the middle of a hike...So, the two filters that I'll probably really use (1 and 2) look great and do exactly what I hoped for. The other two don't appear nearly as useful. If/when I buy filters again, I will probably just go with a simpler two filter set and not worry about it too much.I'm a little disappointed that one of the four filters arrived "damaged", but it's not worth the postage to return the set. Just bear in mind that, as with most things, you get what you pay for. I think it would be safe to go a little cheaper for a two filter set. I expected that Polaroid would be able to make a piece of glass, although I am aware that they have been little more than a brand name for the last six years or so.Oh, one last thing: you probably know this but to size your filter, look on the front of your lens. There'll be a bunch of numbers, giving the zoom range and the F-stop range. There should be one number by itself that is followed by a circle with a vertical line through it. This indicates the diameter of the lens in millimeters and should match the particular set of filters that you're looking for. These filters will fit many different brands of lenses as long as the diameter is the same (I've tried mine on a Panasonic and an Olympus lens so far). In this case, 52 mm is going to be for any lens almost exactly 2 inches across.

These are very nice filters. they feel nice in the hand, aircraft aluminum rings on them make them feel substantial. I only paid 15 dollars but these don't feel like cheap 15 dollar filters they feel like they are worth much more.The UV filter is just that, a totally optically invisible filter but it is visible in how it cuts down on the amount of sun glare, it is also fun to play with lens flare, this filter if you get the angles right you can induce lens flares very easily! This filter stays on my DMC-FZ200 all the time and its main reason is to protect my 500 dollar camera lens ,nothing else. So if it doesn't affect my picture I don't care as long as it protects my lens, I'd rather replace a 15 dollar set of filters than have to deal with a big camera repair!The Circular Polarizing Filter REALLY WORKS, we went to a shallow pond and the camera as could I wearing polarized glasses see right to the bottom!!! I was able to take a photo of the fish Under the water!!! It is wonderful! It also deepens colors and eliminates glare in night road shots, if you enjoy taking long exposure shots at night of the highway etc but don't want glare this filter will help.The fluorescent filter which a lot of people call worthless is actually quite useful IF you use manual white balance and balanced your camera under incandescent lamps. If you are on AWB then this filter will not be of a lot of use to you, though even in AWB it is rather cool because it gives images a violet hue like a broken film processor in the lab leeched purple dye into your images!The warming filter is nice, again in manual white balance and no messing with cameras you instantly get an image about 500 to 1000K warmer in color temperatures.It's old fashioned to use filters people say, its bothersome, its cumbersome. Yeah well so is toting a big DSLR and people don't complain about that but when I whip out filters for my 500 dollar bridge camera (FZ200 superzoom) y'all balk at me for using filters?Why do I believe in filters, because by changing settings to manual in the camera you are doing more work and the camera is doing less which means less image processing and better looking images!Try it for yourself, the filters are only 15 dollars and they are well made!

Pros:- Long lasting: I have been using them on and off for the past 3 years and they are still going strong.- Flexibility: 77mm is the filter size of the widely used Canon 24-105L and most all of the other lenses save the 24-70L II, are smaller, so you can use this with step up rings.- Color: They have not distorted colors (except the FL) nearly as bad as other cheap filter’s I have used have.Cons:- They cause vingetteing at 24mm because they are not the super thin ones, but that’s obvious so more annoyed at myself than these filters.I was initially quite surprised at how solid these felt and how good the case was. 3 years later I am still impressed.I'll be honest I pretty much only use the CPL and the FL filters. But after 3 years of great landscape and other shots I am 200% satisfied with this purchase.I got a lens filter step up to use it with my Canon 40mm pancake, 50mm F1.8, 85mm F1.8 and of course the 24-105L.I also have many filter thread step ups so I have used it with multiple different Canon (40mm pancake, 50mm F1.8, 85mm F1.8 and of course the 24-105L.), Tamron (24-70) and Tokina (20-35) lenses on my Canon 5d and my Canon70d.

Very good product but a little trick at times to remove from my Nikon.

Per quello che costano sono perfetti

Habe gerade mein "Filterpack" bekommen. Ausführliche Tests und entsprechende Berichte kann ich zwar erst später liefern, aber der erste Eindruck ist ganz gut.Rechnerisch bekommt man die Filter für gerade mal 5Euro/Stk, wobei nat. die Filter unterschiedlich zu werten sind.Dass es sich um "Müll" handelt, wie mir bei einem beiläufigen Gespräch im 'JUPITER' eingeredet werden wollte, kann ich so erstmal nicht bestätigen. Auch dass es nur Glasscheiben mit Folien sind kann ich so erstmal nicht bestätigen. Alleine die Übersetzung auf der Verpackung "Gebildet in China" (Made in China) lässt etwas an der "originalität" zweifeln.Klar bleiben leichte Zweifel, weil man, selbst bei amazon, nen vernünftigen Filter (UV oder Pol) eig. nicht unter 20 Euro bekommt.Da mir jedoch Vergleiche fehlen, gebe ich mein subjektives Test-Comment ab (fürs Tele werden noch "Markenfilter" gekauft werden, dann kann man nochmal konkret vergleichen):- erster (und vorerst einziger) Negativpunkt, der auch den Stern-abzug begründet: keine Ahnung ob Umtauschprodukt oder mangelnde Verpackungs-umgebung, aber alle Filter waren etwas verschmutzt, d.h. Schmieren und Staub, so dass ich sie erstmal gründlichst reinigen musste, danach ging es und tatsächliche Defekte konnte ich nicht erkennen. Nur merkwürdig, da die Filter einzeln in Plastiktütchen waren, welche in der Tasche waren, welche in einer Pappverpackung war, welche in einem Päckcken war. Also jed. hat da wer nicht gründliche geputzt (außer mir ;-) ).- Beim UV-Filter konnte ich (bei Wolkendecke) keine großen Effekt erkennen, jedoch auch keinen wirklichen Helligkeitsverlust (od. Blende/Zeit). Da er primär als Objektivschutz herhalten soll, ohne das Bild neg. zu beeinflussen, erfüllt er diesen Zweck.- Polfilter: Filter ist gut draufzuschrauben und das Filterrad ist gut bedienbar. Meine Erfahrungen mit Pol-Filtern sind = 0, daher kann ich keine Vergleiche ziehen. Test auf Glasoberflächen (Schränke, Balkontür) zeigen unterschiedliche Ergebnisse. Bei einer kleinen Schranktür konnte man die Spiegelung nahezu 100%ig "wegdrehen". Beim Balkon wurde sie lediglich abgeschwächt. Auf einer großen Schranktür ist nur ein vertikaler Streifen (ca 1/3 des Bildes) verschwunden. Inwieweit das jetzt insgesamt okay ist, kann ich wie gesagt nicht beurteilen. der Test an der kleinen Schranktür jedoch zeigte, dass er "funktioniert" und für 5Euro ist das denke ich okay. Ob teurere Filter mehr bringen?!?- die anderen beiden Filter ändern den Farbschlag/Sättigung. Sie tun es, mehr sei dazu nicht zu sagen.Alles in allem: Wer für wenig Geld einen Objektivschutz sucht und die Verwendung von Filtern erproben will, der kann hier sicherlich nichts falsch machen. Ich bereue es jetzt jedenfalls nicht.

This is my first review on this kit, and I will update in a few months, it arrived within a few days of ordering, which was great and as expected, the Kit comes in a handy little soft case to protect the filters, which I think is brill and fits into my daypack easily!, I got the 62MM version for my sigma 18-250 Macro OS travel lens, all the filters fitted perfectly, took a few shots with each though the light wasn't perfect it did for my purposes to ensure all was working correctly and initial results were good and I am happy with the filters, (remember to (f) stop down) the test will come on my next trip (March) to Western Australia where they will be put through there paces!! I will update then!Now I have seen a couple of the reviews which I struggle with, and it nearly put me off buying these but I am glad that I didn't, these are OK to Good Filters, yes there are much better and much more expensive ones on the market and yes Hoya are way up there in the Filter market, (I use Hoya a lot especially a UV Filter for lens protection) however, for your average everyday happy snapper! or someone like me, who just likes to take photo's and play around these are brill, if you are selling to a magazine or intending to make "zillions"; then you are not reading this review nor buying at this level!! they work well on DSLR lenses (I use a Canon 400D and associated lenses, both Canon and Sigma) and at the end of the day Polaroid are giving a 10 year guarantee!, so they must have some faith in their product, so right now, a good buy! especially if on a budget and would rather spend your money on Air-Tickets and things to do at your destination and take some good photo's for memories, then these will do just fine, if you wish to make zillions - why are you buying stuff like this!!!!! and why are you buying from Amazon???? So if you are considering filters for the first time or for travelling or photography for a fun hobby! then these will do just fine!, if you are more serious than that, then you should consider the top end products and pay for the best, as these will never satisfy your requirements. But for me right now love it!, will write again after I have field tested them!!Update!!!! Brilliant Brilliant Brilliant for value for money, for the high quality, the protective case is a godsend, the are easy to attach to the lens (I used mine on a Sigma Travel Lens 18-250 OS Macro) they have been dragged around Western Australia, through the desert, out in the Indian Ocean and in 50 degrees heat, the Polariser Filter was for me the most useful and it has certainly enhanced my photo's. This is a must and at the price they are just now, a steal! So if you want filters for the first time or you just want a spare set then these are the ones to keep in your photobag

Il filtro uv è molto efficiente. Ottimo per le fotografie amatoriali