On Sat, 15 Mar 2003 21:09:21 GMT, "Yi-Zen Chu; Yiren Qu" <yizen@attbi.com> wrote:

>Which brands would you people recommend? Any to definitely avoid?

Hoya is good/cheap; Nikkor and others are also good;

avoid "no-name" and Tiffen... BTW, I recommend Hoya

single-coated, not multicoated - the MC are too hard

to clean, and the MC is not necessary on a single

filter...

>What's UV - is it really useful? With all the glass already in the lens,

>isn't the UV light already blocked out?

Yes.

>Does anyone have examples to

>show of the effects of UV filters?

Not if they are honest...;-)

>Are there simply multi-coated high

>quality glass windows available - i.e. non UV, skylight, etc.?

Probably, but why bother - good UV filters are

essentially colorless, and the same price (though

the strongest can have a slightly yellow color...).