How to tell a Good UV filter from a Bad one

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Don't get ripped off! Discover the features that distinguish a good UV filter from a cheap, bad one.
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[@SureshKaria]

This is the best video on camera uv filters, believe me.

[@PineapplesFromHell]

Ridiculously thorough and clearly explained Keep up the good work, I'm such a fan!

[@tarcnoob5389]

Diana Nguyen OMG!!!

[@ViaOjo]

👍👍👍👍👍best video on UV Filters. No hokey music, no how great I am and no long intro. Digs straight into the subject with show and tell props. Thank you and great job!!!

[@AndrewKlaassen]

I would love to see a video comparing a cheap polarizer vs. an expensive one.

[@judithkrulewitz3533]

definitely the clearest explanation of filters, coatings, and what to look for. Thanks so much!!!

[@warealestateagent]

Great video and clear educational points 1. Transmission 2. Reflection 3. Coating 4. Mrc filter good: resistant to finger print, water etc 5. Thickness of lens filter: if wide angle lens a thick filter might appear in shots. So test first or go for a thinner thickness to avoid risk of filter appearing in wide angle lens shots.

[@snoww7739]

I just realised that I bought a bad uv filter. Nevermind, can still use it as a mirror though

[@ninjabluewings]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@LosFilmicos]

BEST in depth to the point UV filter video in youtube. Like

[@ScubaShark--8964]

Great analysis! Can't believe you're also from Malaysia!!

[@theutube101010]

Thanks. This perhaps is the best and simplest video on understanding about good and bad filters.

[@solarfox024]

Watched many videos about UV filters and this one explain all except are they ruin sharpness. Good work!

[@vancollins651]

Great job. Excellent explanation about filters.

[@cyberrian]

Glad to see a M'sian with a good KZbin channel. Keep up the good work!

[@xxYFKxx]

great explanation bro! it really made it easy for me to understand unlike the other videos that I watched.

[@barbaraharrison3847]

Thank you so much for this clear, concise video and demonstrating your point about UV filters.

[@RafaelKaname]

Thank u very much to explain. From 5 filters that I have I realize that only 2 are genuine

[@nicholasbeck1558]

Wow, I really learned a lot from watching your video and you helped me to make a decision on a filter I was considering. Thank you preparing such an informative, well presented, video. Job well done!

[@Productum]

Well explained, thanks for sharing! :) I bought the Hoya UV Filter last week and it's totally worth protecting the lenses! I'm happy with it!

[@jennyluvsfood]

thank you! i needed a uv filter for my cooking channel camera ...v helpful!

[@Mpactpics]

Very clear and thorough instruction. Thank you.

[@harrywix]

So clear and helpful. Great job!

[@FlowericiousResident]

Wow this segment is very detailed thanks for the help!

[@jerrygranaman5128]

Better explanation than most I have seen.. Thanks

[@devtank]

This is great, I will refer to this video for the questions I get!

[@padraicreid1234]

Thank you very much, that was some very useful information. Great video, well done!

[@valuedcustomer9614]

The best "UV" filters I've ever used are Nikon NC (Neutral Clear), which are amazingly transparent but also quite expensive.

[@p4ul.f708]

really well presented, this helped me very much and it was realitvly short for such an amount of knowledge transferred in this video !

[@Obeijin]

5 years later ...

[@roncooper8666]

Thanks! I enjoyed your narrative. It was concise, informative, and enjoyable to watch.

[@chorton53]

Your video is amazingly helpful. Thanks a bunch.

[@DomDEngineer]

Not sure you know but the light you see from your little black light is visible light. The UV coming out of it is blocked by the filter but you can't see it.

[@efreutel]

Great presentation. Many thanks👍👍

[@trinhk]

You learn something new every day. Thank you for the education.

[@stevengerard7371]

say UV filter again, I dare you

[@zy_cheng]

Steven Gerard UV Filter.

[@stevengerard7371]

ZY Productions aaaaaarrrrgh!!!! :P

[@zy_cheng]

:D

[@lav3nd3r09]

Steven Gerard hahaha

[@ExploratoryBehaviour]

Hahaha you bet!!! I loved the video though...

[@MrJacektt]

Thanks for the very useful and well explained video! :) I just bought 3 different UV filters so I will be easy to test them.

[@SuperQuwertz]

Great video. I only miss a comparison in picture quality

[@TribbleLPTV]

Thats just all you need to know in 6min thanks a lot for this concise video

[@uptownphotography]

Helpful...Now I'll test the 3 brands I already own...Need to buy one more today...I subscribed...

[@sgtmyers88]

Thanks for the video. 4 out of 5 of my UV filters checked out ok!

[@k.nickel1243]

Reflexions come from a non Anti Reflex coated lens and not only from a poor UV Filter. You can make a lens that is perfect AR- Coated, so that you don´t even see any colours any more (those little glass- "Papers" for Microscoping e.g.) and has no UV Filter at all and it is transparent.

[@Michael-ij6kg]

Holding up a lens and looking for reflections only shows how reflective it is. Transmission = opacity/ clearness People want a lens coated in a manner to reduce the refractive index hence reducing reflections.

[@BGPsychology]

Good work, 10X!

[@russeli1941]

Excellent video my friend. Thanks!

[@CrazyWillTechShow]

Thank very helpful! Know nothing about UV lenses... now I do.

[@free_soul_human]

Thanks! thats was all I wanted to know as a beginner.

[@albertoluna1271]

Outstanding to the point. Thank you so much!

[@CrisostomoIbarra1989]

Thank you!

[@AntPDC]

I enjoyed this vid, but the test you did with the blacklight was misleading. UV is not visible light - all you were seeing was the visible portion of the blacklight's total output. However, as you say, UV is largely irrelevant in digital photography.

[@Sertao2013]

You are thinking about infrared light . infrared is light that we can't see .UV light is short for Ultraviolet which includes the violet colors on the spectrum . Watch this video . It will help you out and it might even prompt you to change your comment or delete it all together . kzbin.info/www/bejne/nJ7PmYauh9FmoZY

[@18vallancel]

Where in that video does the narrator say that UV light is visible to the naked eye? "infrared is light that we can't see" In fact, any wavelength which is outside of the visible light spectrum is not visible to the naked eye.

[@skakdosmer]

Infrared light is invisible, and ultraviolet light is also invisible. Per definition. Wikipedia defines it, “Ultraviolet (UV) is an electromagnetic radiation with a wavelength from 100 nm to 400 nm, shorter than that of visible light but longer than X-rays.” Note the words “shorter than that of visible light”. If the light is visible, it may be violet, but not ultraviolet.

[@skyboy123454321]

any other light other than visible light is not visible. He is not looking at the light output of the light source, but the illuminated portion of the bank note (little spots) which signifies the presence of uv light.

[@chibonchibon3967]

Very clear explanation

[@jjjames4484]

Mate, u are great :D If u ever want to take photography here on Argentina glad to be your guide!

[@peterreber7671]

That was so useful. Thank you.

[@christopheserphotography]

Great video. Thanks

[@popcornparam]

Having said all this .. which are a few that you would recommend ???

[@850Tech]

fantastic explanation !

[@nickdrey8628]

so clear man! cheers!

[@georginakuok4184]

Well explained...great job!!

[@throughmylens5582]

It was very well explained. Thanks

[@Kokurorokuko]

If you've already bought a UV filter and found out it is bad don't worry, just use it as lens protection. Perhaps you saved a lot of money anyway.

[@ricardoyan7657]

UV filter is best used with color film

[@tripsadelica]

Great video. The most important job for a 1A UV filter these days is primarily lens protection so I'm not that fussed with the filter's uv qualities. What really irritates me is the number of "bridge" cameras being made with no screw mount built in at all which means you either have to buy a cumbersome adapter or go without and risk damage to the primary element. This is a cheap move on the part of camera manufacturers and unforgivable in my book.

[@chrisripplinger]

Was hoping for links to some specific UV Filters he thinks are good...

[@justexist841]

I was hoping for people comments on this comment lol

[@reedysbarbershop]

B+W Filter are money well spent!

[@skakdosmer]

A UV filter does NOT.... - Protect your images - film or digital - against being ruined by UV light. All digital cameras have an inbuilt UV and IR filter, and it's been several decades since film makers found ways of making the film insensitive to UV light. - Protect the lens or camera against Ultra Violet light, because UV light will not damage it. - Protect the lens against physical damage. The filter will break very easily, while the front element will not. And if you drop the camera or the lens, the internal gears will be damaged much more easily than the front element. A UV filter DOES.... - Protect the front element against dirt, grease and other more harmful substances that might otherwise get onto it. - Provide extra protection against dust and liquids getting into the lens over time. - Protect your lens against tiny scratches from cleaning the lens, because you will not have to clean it so often.

[@GarryBurgess]

UV filters are a scam waste of money. And they are ugly too.

[@jenniferdougherty3570]

@@GarryBurgess NO!!!!

[@GarryBurgess]

@@jenniferdougherty3570 and they break easier than paper. They protect nothing.

[@fufumccuddlypoops5502]

Garry Burgess lol saying they break easier than paper is very misleading. Paper doesn’t break, it folds and bends and crumples, glass can’t to any of those things so of course it would break

[@GarryBurgess]

@@fufumccuddlypoops5502 you're free to waste your money.

[@atruceforbruce5388]

aside from the actual visual differences, why would anyone want to put and inferior glass on top of a superior glass. Now if your starting off and don't have much money, some protection is better than none but eventually your going to need the better protection. a person serious about the quality of their image wouldn't want to loose sharpness.

[@-WhizzBang-]

They don't need to block out UV rays, because UV rays have NO bearing on camera sensors or taking photos.

[@paganphil100]

ӿꞶhiɀɀßᵰnꬶӿ: They're designed for film photography......no point using them with a digital camera.

[@EnnTomi1]

thanks, i learned a lot spoken english.

[@robertbradford3461]

From what I have found UV filters are as good at blocking UV as they are for protecting your lens, which means they do nothing, a total waste of money and space. It takes huge amount of force to break a lens and also to scratch them, and even with scratches most of the time you can't tell in finished image. And even when the lens does break it's not actually the glass but the mechanics of the lens that get damaged. So I guess you could use the UV filter to protect the threads but there are cheaper hoods and rings to do that

[@set3777]

REAL UV filters are meant to your protect your eyes from UV rays when you are looking thru the Optical View Finder of a DSLR.

[@anoger]

This is gong to end upp with med sitting down with alla my filters and checing them out :D

[@martinbenford3442]

Tiffen UV Filter Excellent

[@kaylae3661]

Thank you for this information!!!

[@TheQriz]

I saw it in the first 3 seconds, one is clear and one is shiny AF :'D

[@rosannafung1]

clear explanation. Thank you

[@swansong007]

UV filters were designed to be used for film cameras / lenses. Not digital.

[@rodelioclemente2665]

After I watched this video, I decided to buy the product demonstrated here, but the problem is, I'm not sure of the size that will fit to my lenses.. What I did was I contact the manufacturer, using their website but it seemed nobody there to answer my queries... 😊

[@1014p]

Rodelio Clemente read the size on your lens. Clearly listed as 52, 77, 82, and so on.

[@cscchua]

great video. I learn something new today. thank you :D

[@solarsynapse]

Humans can not see UV (ultraviolet) or IR (infrared) light. The blue light you see is probably NEAR the UV spectrum which you can see and passes through the filter. I think a pocket camera or your cell phone camera can. Security cameras see IR for night vision. Most high end cameras have a UV filter built-in. Point an IR remote or your "UV" light at one of those directly and then through a filter to see if there is a difference.

[@chuckchoi3794]

Very informative. Good job! :)

[@Dochorahan]

Great video thank you

[@astrayproductions]

much thanks bro

[@mikahakinen6106]

Good and informative, thank you! :)

[@foxfaisal82]

Thank you very much for these tips :-)

[@littleman787]

Mine reflects like a mirror but was quite pricy! Does it always point to a bad UV filter? :/

[@WhatTheBlur]

I guess when the retaining ring just falls out, it’s a bad filter too...?

[@jon05syd]

Thanks very much...................So informative

[@RAJMAN181]

Great explanation Cheng, very thorough. I recently purchased a Marumi 77mm Super DHG UV filter. What do you think about it overall?

[@mohamedmostafa-rx9po]

THANK YOU FOR THIS INFORMATION !!!!

[@azlanarainkhan4549]

Good knowledge

[@MrDkllif]

Very nice tutorial thank U

[@hellothere3430]

30 - UV Filter's counted ( approximate ) 5 - UV's counted

[@supriyo17479]

Violet light is not a proof that the filter is not blocking UV Rays. UV Rays are invisible to human eyes. How can u visually inspect and tell ?

[@MickLay]

Good job!

[@fotomule]

Thx. Really helpful 😊

[@MarcelloBranca]

well done video

[@bharatghori4422]

helping video to buy eye glasses thank you sir

[@braveclyde]

Your video is a great reference. Is Hoya good? How about B+W? Thanks!

[@youareinvitedbyGod]

Good content! Thanks!

[@s87343jim]

Its quite interesting. I thought any glass blocks UV rays? Is there got something to do with the difference in UVA or UVB lights?

[@Forgiven4ever]

So basically It is not needed at all.....with digital cameras.....

[@six10visuals70]

Except for protecting your lens from damage.

[@Forgiven4ever]

A lens hood should do that, and even if it got scratched there are videos on line that show even a scratched lens is not much of a problem. A photography course taught me to never shoot through two glass surfaces if you can avoid it....that is what any filter attached to your lens makes you do every shot.

[@SixTenVisuals]

+Forgiven4ever A lens hood will provide some protection but it's primary function is to block light. Not every photog uses a hood, so I'm referring to those who don't, like me.

[@outoforder0]

I prefer lens hood over UV filter. I'd keep that money for something more important plus I usually bump the lens into everything so its best not to take it off. Even at night.

[@octapc]

Forgiven4ever It is useful to protect your lens front lens from getting scratches. But as a lens protector it needs to have good light transmission qualities and thus the reason for a good quality UV lens. In theory a pure glass lens with no coating etc is all you need as a protector but I doubt they exist.

[@peterjackson2632]

Why would you buy a UV filter if the camera sensor has an inbuilt UV filter as claimed? This video is talking about selecting good lens protector filter, tells you nothing useful about UV absorption.

[@sdmayday]

The good filter is the one you leave in the store. My opinion.

[@powerbatterychannel4315]

Thanks a lot!