im planning to buy filters for my wide angle lens 77mm, but do not know the real market price. i just came back from a shop and here the price

HOYA ND4 filter 77mm- RM250
HOYA CPL filter 77mm- RM350 (im not sure if its pro-1 or not)

can u tell me if the price is ok ?
im familiar with camera and lenses prices but not the filters

That's about right, given the size of your filter at 77mm.

If you are not sure you can also check online:

www.ylcamera.com.my

www.shashinki.com

I could recommend checking out Canon at Sunway Pyramid as well. They offer Kenko CPL filter 72mm for RM150. Maybe with luck you could get a better deal.

Not sure if you dare to try this or not.

I got the set for RM 150 from a Photomalaysia forumer.

Try Boeinh photo in sungei wang, They have a good variety of filters and ok pricing

from what i heard, its better to get an well known one than an unknown because unknown brand filters will affect picture quality. but thanks for the suggestion anyway

thanks for the info

No prob!

good call yuenzhi!

this is a good example of a poor quality filter, look at all those alien lights in the image! replaced the low end filter with a B&W (really superb quality and make, no fite) which cost me 4x more but worth it. The B&W is solid and the image comes out free of ghosting / flare. I point directly at light sources also the control is great, not like the cheapie show below.

Thats bad!!! Crazy flare

yeap thats quite bad.... thanks for letting me know man

Guys, who knows the price for ED-Digital 58mm UV filter?

I got my Kenko CPL filter 67mm for about rm106 (1000 NT$) just now. Was it a decent deal?

This post has been edited by zergling: Jan 6 2010, 11:03 PM

Is yours the B+W F-Pro or XS Pro ?


This post has been edited by project-o: Jan 6 2010, 11:06 PM

how do we know its a poor quality filter if we can't test it?
Any guide lines?

hi, mine is the B+W F-Pro version. When I took it out of the box, wow, feels heavy and well made, really high quality stuff and I'd dare say it's better made than the Hoya. However image-wise, you'd be hard pressed to tell the diff btwn B+W and Hoya.

utopian - guidelines? I guess by reading forums lorr. I also learn the hardway and when I started going back to photography 6 years ago I used Kenko. Then without doing research I tried a relatively unknown brand (Octopus) from recommendation and found out the hard way that good filters matter. . THere are some people on the internet even say remove the filter and go bare but i dont dare to to that yet after investing in better quality glass. I'd say go with Hoya or B+W you wont go wrong one. If you're not sure about other brands, just post your question here and I'm sure someone will have an answer for you.

zergling I own a 67mm Kenko Circular Polarizer (CPL) and compared to a Hoya Pro (about $300) there is a huge huge difference too in terms of image quality, however if that's your first CPL it's a good deal to start with. Slowly when you feel like something is missing, try the Hoya or B+W ones. You'll be blown away I guarantee you.

This post has been edited by cysun: Jan 7 2010, 12:16 AM

Judging by the packaging, the Kenko one does feel OEM-ish, so i guess u are right then.

I asked in 1 shop last time for the B+W one, the shop owner wrongly quoted me if not mistaken about rm200, i was like , then rupa-rupanya he said see wrongly, that was the price for UV filter such silly mistake by a well-known camera shop.

Yeap, this is my 1st CPL

RM150 in time square. the men in the shop highly recommend this filter, he said its good stuff


good advice there !

Hi, looking for HOYA Graduated ND10 and PROND1000