Tiffen 58mm UV Protection Filter

Tiffen 58mm UV Protection Filter

Film, as well as video, often exhibits a greater sensitivity to what is to us invisible, ultraviolet light. This is most often outdoors, especially at high altitudes, where the UV-absorbing atmosphere is thinner; and over long distances, such as marine scenes. It can show up as a bluish color cast with color film, or it can cause a low-contrast haze that diminishes details, especially when viewing far-away objects, in either color or black-and-white. Ultraviolet filters absorb UV light generally without affecting light in the visible region. It is important to distinguish between UV-generated haze and that of air-borne particles, such as smog. The latter is made up of opaque matter that absorbs visible light as well as UV, and will not be appreciably removed by a UV filter.The UV Protector shields lens from dust, moisture, scratches, and breakage.

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5 Stars It is a good filter
I will begin by saying I am not a professional photographer.

I bought this to protect my Canon 18-135mm 3.5-5.6f lens. It arrived in fine condition, and was very easy to attach.

I have noticed no abnormalities in image quality, and it’s perfectly fine (and cheap enough) for my purposes.

3 Stars Portable Guy’s return policy
Can anybody tell me Portable Guy’s return policy or how to contact them? I get nothing but a circular set of instructions that bounce me back and forth between PG and Amazon and a message “Portable Guy has not specified their refund and returns policy” –I am at thomach3@yahoo.com

5 Stars Works For Me
It fits my Panasonic DMC-FZ35 and protects that great Leica lens so I’m happy with it. I must confess that I was momentarily confused as I’d expected it to mount on the outer ring, but it fits on the lens itself. Just extend it and it fits like a charm. I personally feel quite relieved knowing that the lens won’t accidentally get dinged or scratched while I’m using the camera. I’m not intending to play catch with it, but why take the risk when you don’t need to.

5 Stars A purchase absolutely necessary
It filter improve a little the image quality, furthermore it works like a shield anti scratches or any lens damage.

You must have one.

5 Stars Tiffen 58mm UV Protection Filter
Received quickly. Good vendor.

Good quality product.

I always use a protective lense on my lenses. That is why I still have and are using lenses I purchesed in 1974, and they are like new.

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Tiffen 52mm UV Protection Filter

Tiffen 52mm UV Protection Filter

Film, as well as video, often exhibits a greater sensitivity to what is to us invisible, ultraviolet light. This is most often outdoors, especially at high altitudes, where the UV-absorbing atmosphere is thinner; and over long distances, such as marine scenes. It can show up as a bluish color cast with color film, or it can cause a low-contrast haze that diminishes details, especially when viewing far-away objects, in either color or black-and-white. Ultraviolet filters absorb UV light generally without affecting light in the visible region. It is important to distinguish between UV-generated haze and that of air-borne particles, such as smog. The latter is made up of opaque matter that absorbs visible light as well as UV, and will not be appreciably removed by a UV filter.The UV Protector shields lens from dust, moisture, scratches, and breakage.

User Ratings and Reviews

5 Stars It is a good filter
I will begin by saying I am not a professional photographer.

I bought this to protect my Canon 18-135mm 3.5-5.6f lens. It arrived in fine condition, and was very easy to attach.

I have noticed no abnormalities in image quality, and it’s perfectly fine (and cheap enough) for my purposes.

5 Stars A purchase absolutely necessary
It filter improve a little the image quality, furthermore it works like a shield anti scratches or any lens damage.

You must have one.

5 Stars Works For Me
It fits my Panasonic DMC-FZ35 and protects that great Leica lens so I’m happy with it. I must confess that I was momentarily confused as I’d expected it to mount on the outer ring, but it fits on the lens itself. Just extend it and it fits like a charm. I personally feel quite relieved knowing that the lens won’t accidentally get dinged or scratched while I’m using the camera. I’m not intending to play catch with it, but why take the risk when you don’t need to.

5 Stars Tiffen 58mm UV Protection Filter
Received quickly. Good vendor.

Good quality product.

I always use a protective lense on my lenses. That is why I still have and are using lenses I purchesed in 1974, and they are like new.

3 Stars Portable Guy’s return policy
Can anybody tell me Portable Guy’s return policy or how to contact them? I get nothing but a circular set of instructions that bounce me back and forth between PG and Amazon and a message “Portable Guy has not specified their refund and returns policy” –I am at thomach3@yahoo.com

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Canon CanoScan 8800F Color Film Negative Photo Scanner 2168B002

Canon CanoScan 8800F Color Film Negative Photo Scanner 2168B002

Sleek and fast, this powerful scanner will impress you the very first time you push power. With high-luminance white LED lamps – it’s ready to scan immediately, with no warm-up time needed. You’ll quickly produce spectacular results, with max. color dpi resolution of 4800 x 9600. Seven easy buttons automate the scanning process, so it’s simple to scan, copy and create e-mails and multi-page PDFs. Built-in FARE 3.0 retouching technology helps to enhance your final images. And to save time, you can batch-scan up to twelve 35mm frames or up to four slides – either positives or negatives.

User Ratings and Reviews

4 Stars Sort of Windows 7 Ready
One of the primary reasons I bought this particular scanner was it’s claim it was Windows 7 compatible. While that statement is true. It does require some qualification in my mind. The Windows 7 drivers are NOT included with the scanner (at least not the 64 bit versions). You’ll need to download them from Canon’s site, which is straight forward enough. What isn’t so straight forward is the Photo editing software that’s included. It is NOT Windows 7 compatible. Windows will warn you each time it launches that there on known compatibility issues. Windows will recommend a fix, which is to purchase an upgrade of the software. If Canon is going to advertise this as Windows 7 compatible, I think ALL the included software should be, as well. All and all, now that I have it working, it seems to work quite well, easy to operate and good quality images are produced. I’ll look at another editing software, but I’m not sure it’ll play as well with the acquisition software that comes with the scanner.

5 Stars Nice machine
I love this scanner. I have hundreds of old slides I have wanted to copy for many years. I could never get the results I wanted with some of the other machines I have used. My only objection was the learning curve. I am not at all sure that was not because of me. All and all I think it’s a five star item both because of the pictures I could get and the price of the equipment. I’d recomend this to anyone.

4 Stars Bringing back some cool memories.
I bought this scanner to scan mostly negatives of pictures I had in a shoe box that were stuck together with tape on them. The pictures were all wrinkled and some had torn from the tape so I figured I could hopefully get some of those pictures back from the negatives. I’m really glad I bought this scanner. I’ve scanned over 500 negatives within the last 3 weeks and I have to admit I can’t complain with the results. The time it takes to scan them (about 2 minutes) each individual picture on the negatives is nothing compared to what is being restored for me. A great purchase.

5 Stars Superb scanner. Better than expected!
I used to work in a digital imaging studio, where I had access to several high-end scanners. I got quite spoiled as a result and have been disappointed in every home-use scanner I’ve tried — until the CanoScan 8800. It’s very easy to set up, and the software is pretty intuitive. But more importantly, it produces excellent results, whether you’re using it as a flatbed or as a film scanner for negatives and slides. The color balance is excellent and the built-in image-analysis algorithms help preserve shadow and highlight detail. I’ve been delighted to discover that some of my scans look even better than my carefully hand-made prints.

Although it’s true that the CanoScan can be a little slow when scanning at high resolutions, it’s still faster than some of the commercial scanners that were state-of-the-art just a few years ago. Plus, it’s not a big deal if you just set up a batch of 8 to 10 negatives and do something else for a half hour. (The software doesn’t seem to take up much RAM, so it’s possible to multitask.) Note to Mac users: I’m running Snow Leopard and have had no problems in getting the software and scanner to work on my system.

If you’re looking for an inexpensive home scanner that delivers consistently excellent results, look no further!

5 Stars Great Product. Amazingly easy to set up and to use.
Canoscan is a super product. It is easy to install and to use, and the resulting scans are excellent. If you haven’t tried a new-generation scanner in awhile, you will be very surprised with the superior performance of this new Canon model.

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