Review 5 of 5
Summary: Good (not great) filters at great (not just good) prices. I prefer the Tiffen 812 as a warming filter to the usual 81-series because it's a more-pleasing color. The Tiffen Haze-2 is another outstanding filter - it really does cut through haze amazingly well. I may be one of the few people to have had the old TMC multi-coated filters (back when they offered TMC 81A's as well as Haze) and I must say that the multi-coating seems no more fragile to me than the Hoya HMC multi-coating. Strengths: Priced right.
One of the few photo products still made in the USA.
Uncoated. You know, this *can* be an advantage. If you're truly wanting a "protective" filter - for harsh environments like beaches and windy deserts - you want a filter you don't have to baby. You can clean a Tiffen with a t-shirt - it's glass, so you're not going to scratch it with anything less than actual sand. And, it's affordable enough that when you do finally put a scratch across one, it's not so terrible to replace it. Weaknesses: The aluminum ring sometimes binds, especially on lenses with polycarbonate filter threads or when double stacking aluminum-ringed filters (not generally recommended anyway). Similar Products Used: Hoya, Hoya HMC, Hoya S-HMC, Nikon, B+W. A few Heliopans too. Customer Service: Not needed. Their catalog has a wealth of information, though, as does their website.
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