Tiffen 77mm Digital Enhancing Filter Kit | 
| Brand: Tiffen
List Price: $260.31
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Rating:  53 reviews
Media: Electronics
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 9.3 x 4 x 2.4
Warranty: 10 years warranty
MPN: 77DIGEFK
Model: 77DIGEFK
UPC: 049383109214
EAN: 0049383109214
ASIN: B000H069HQ
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Includes 4 filters and case | | • | Digital enhancing filter | | • | UV protector | | • | 812 warming filter | | • | Circular polarizer |
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Product Description
More economical than individual filter purchases, these multiple filter kits take the guesswork out of choosing a variety of creative filter effects. Pre-packaged assortments, with combinations of Tiffen's most popular filters, provide a range of artistic possibilities for almost every application and budget.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 48 more reviews...
 Vignetting July 11, 2005
John A. Huggins (San Clemente, CA USA)
46 out of 50 found this review helpful
While this filter kit does a fine job with doing the filtration these 3 filters were designed for, you can be guaranteed that when you use them on wide angle and ultra-wide angle lenses you will get vignetting. Vignetting is the darkened areas around the edges of your photographs. This is caused because these particular filters have threads in front of the filter glass which partially block the light coming into wide angle lenses when set at their widest setting. I normally like this type of filter because it allows me to replace the lens cap, thus allowing me to leave the filter on the camera's lens all the time - one of the prime reasons I like the UV lens - lens protection. The alternative is to purchase an ultra-thin lens which doesn't have the threads on the front, doesn't cause vignetting, but doesn't allow you to replace the lens cap. So, as you can see there is a trade off. Do you want to leave the lens on the front when you put the camera away for the moment, but have to remove your filter as well....what a pain at a sporting event or where you need your camera to be ready all the time. Or, do you want to be able to replace the cap on the front and protect the filter when you put the camera away or replace lenses, but realize you can't shoot at your wide angle lens' widest setting due to vignetting? Tough choice. I've done it both ways. There's no real happy medium....just a choice.
 Filter is defective September 3, 2005
Code Red (MT)
43 out of 51 found this review helpful
I've now contacted the company I purchased these twice - with no reply. The filter doesn't have enough threading exposed on the front to attach a lens cap. The snap ring that keeps the glass in place is not screwed in far enough...this filter blows and so does the lack of customer service that followed. My suggestion is to find a local photo shop to purchase filters from, allowing you to hold and see the thing first.
The worst constructed filter I've seen in my life time. June 1, 2001
21 out of 27 found this review helpful
The worst constructed filter I've seen in my life time. Extremely thick. Its light weight makes me doulbt if it is really made from glass. The mount ring can move sidewards for about 1mm apart from the glass ring, because it is made from a piece of plastic[...] When mounted on lens, it is really too loose to keep it from dancing. It's already full of dust between the glass ring and the mounting ring before I took it out from the shipping box, which make rotating a painful feeling. Avoid any rotation needed filter made by Tiffen!!!!!! Perhaps, any filter from Tiffen. Go B+W or Helipon, they won't cost you much more but you'll see what a truely beautiful filter should look like. [...]
Surprisingly good (except in one situation, which it will create internal reflection) October 9, 2006
Sidarta Tanu (Richmond, VA USA)
21 out of 22 found this review helpful
This UV filter does it job to protect the lens well. The build is solid (metal construction). The glass is also descent quality.
About the performance, it absorbs some UV light. The UV light absorbtion is hardly noticeable, probably the sky 1-A and the haze filter version will absorb more UV light than this lens which is fine for me.
Now, about the one problem which is the internal reflection. I've heard many people say that it mostly happens during night or low light shooting. I found out that it is not caused directly by the low light/night situation. The internal reflection will appear when there is a strong/bright source of light in comparison to the overall exposure (the surrounding environment). To put it in example (which hopefully is easier to understand), when you take a picture of a lamp during nightime and the light is much brighter than the surrounding area then you will see the internal reflection. as you move the position of the light to be closer to the sides/corner of the picture (and not in the center of the picture), the internal reflection reduces and finally dissapear (if you move the light far enough from the center). And if the light isn't too bright/contrast compare to the surrounding environment then there will be no internal reflection. but of course most of the time, a lamp at nightime is often very bright. But the point that I'm trying to make is that the internal reflection doesn't happen all the time during low light or night time.
Additionally, the internal reflection isn't only happening at night. it can also happen in the afternoon if you are taking a picture of a sun for example. basically same rule as above, on how bright is the light source compared to the surrounding area, and as you move the sun from the center of the photo and near the side the internal reflection will move to the side/dissapear (also depending the angle). But the best way is just to remove the filter during these situations.
Hope this explanation helps you to reduce the occurence of internal reflection by identifying correctly when the internal reflection will occur and then remove the filter during those situation (which is not hard to do).
I'm actually not a fan of lens filter (any filter) as I think it will only degrade picture quality as we added another layer between the sensor and object, but I decided to use them anyway for all my lens. And I would recommend everyone to get one of this filter if you don't have any filter for your lens yet.
I use this filter on my Nikon 80-200mm AF-D ED IF f/2.8 lens. Very sharp and highly recommended lens.
 well made, no issues March 19, 2006
Chris Van Eyck (Boston, MA United States)
20 out of 22 found this review helpful
Great filter for the price-no reason to spend more. The filter threads are high quality, and it is possible to stack filters if you want-not recommended, though, if you are using it on a wide-angle, as I am.
No vignetting, sturdy filter.
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