Tiffen37mm UV Protector Filter

No idea about the UV qualities of the lens, but it makes for a perfect sacrificial lens for upgraded night vision setups (PVS-14/PVS-15) using those 37-30mm adjustable shutters you find on Amazon.

I use UV filters on all my camera lenses. Not all are created equally. This filter has a great price and does exactly what a UV filter is supposed to do. In addition, the supplier's service is terrific. My original order was misdelivered. I sent a note to the supplier via Amazon and received a replacement within a week. Thanks!

Rarely write reviews but if you’re here trying make the Tarsier Eclipse for NVGs, these lenses indeed work with the Iris.

Bought two of these to use on some iris lenses and they fit great. One of the lenses came loose in Shipping and customer service was quick to respond to me, got to talk to an English speaking American and got the lens tightened up at home no problem.

Seller offers the filters at a great price with filters received earlier than expected which was VERY helpful!

nice clear glass and a perfect fit for my 37mm filter holder.

This basic UV 37mm filter is ok for protecting a camcorder lens (really the main reason people use UV filters, I think), but it has two main issues:1) the filter didn't screw on very well onto my Panasonic PV-GS320. It would partly screw on, but even with repeated attempts, and verifying that the threads were ok, it would never seat fully down onto the camcorder. I tried it with both the camcorder hood on and off, and it had the same issue in both cases. This seems to me like a basic defect. I later purchased a Hoya filter which seated perfectly, so I know the camcorder was not the problem. Ultimately it's not a huge deal, but when it's poorly seated, I'd be concerned about the stability of screwing on something else (like a polarizer filter), or of permanently messing up the threads on my camcorder.2) the lens produces a lot of solar flare if you're pointed anywhere near the sun. This is not really a defect in the lens, as an uncoated lens is not designed to avoid sun flare (after all, it's just a piece of glass). It's really just a matter of you-get-what-you-pay-for. All the camera websites state that you need a multi-coated lens if you want to really deal with sun flare. I later purchased a Hoya multi-coated lens for only a few dollars more, and did some experiments and the multi-coated lens works much better when pointing into the sun. I haven't used the Tiffen much indoors, but other reviews on this item confirm it has the same issue indoors when pointed toward a lamp, which doesn't surprise me.Pros: cheapCons: poor threading, major sun flare issueOverall, I'm going to solely use the multi-coated Hoya that I purchased, and just keep this Tiffen as a backup if for some reason I ever scratch the Hoya (since these UV filters are really just scratch-prevention for the main camcorder built-in lens). But my recommendation is just get a multi-coated lens in the first place (from Tiffen or Hoya or whoever, I'm sure they are all good as long as they are multi-coated) for a few extra dollars rather than this cheap uncoated one.If it was just a matter of the sun flare, I'd probably give it 3 or 4 stars, since it does what any other uncoated filter would do, but I knocked it down to 2 stars due to the threading issue.

These tiffen protectors always come dirty or scratched. They are impossible to clean and the lense frequently m moves within the plastic. Don't understand all the good reviews. These seem pretty crappy. The more expensive one I ordered is noticably nicer and came clean.

Great

Aus alter Erfahrung dachte ich mir, bestell gleich einen UV-Filter zur Olympus E-PL3 dazu. Es gab ja sogar Prozente, wenn man de Filter gleichzeitig mit der Kamera bestellt. Aber man lernt nie aus. Wie ich jetzt gelesen habe, ist es bei Digicams überflüssig, das UV-Licht zu filtern, da das der eingebaute IR-Filter vor dem Sensor macht. Als Schutz der Linse ist ein UV-Filter auch fragwürdig - wenn er bricht, dann verkratzen die Scherben ziemlich sicher die dahinter liegende Linse.Mechanisch ist der Filter ok, er passt ins 37mm-Gewinde des Objektivs und hat ausreichend Abstand zur Frontlinse.Bei Gegenlichtaufnahmen kam es aber mit diesem Filter am MZuiko 14-42IIR zu Flares, ich habe einen Ausschnitt (ca. 1/4 des Bildes) hochgeladen. Ohne den Filter kam es zwar auch zu Lens Flares, die sind aber so gut wie unsichtbar. Sicher gibt es Leute, die damit leben können, vor Gegenlichtaufnahmen den Filter abzuschrauben. Ich habe mich jedoch dafür entschieden, den Filter nicht mehr zu verwenden, und lieber eine Gegenlichtblende zu kaufen. Die hilft zwar nicht gegen den Sandsturm, aber hält Gegenstände und Finger zuverlässig von der Linse fern.

It is a good filter choice at low cost. It enhances the color of the image with a yellowish tint coatings, which yields to a much brighter image in the dark area. It is not trufully represent the actual color of an object in my opinion.

Bon produit

Der UV-Filter ist als Schutz des Objektives absolut brauchbar und gut verarbeitet. Mehr habe ich mir nicht erwartet. Für Effekte benötigt man ohnehin weitere Filter.