Opteka 58mm HD2 Professional Filter Kit UV PL FLD
Nothing changes the way you see the world like High Definition?, and no company does High Definition? like Opteka. In the professional setting, Opteka’s glass optics define High Definition. Change the way you view the world. Enjoy outstanding detail, enjoy enhanced clarity, enjoy Opteka.
An Opteka filters can actually improve the image that your camera receives, and it’s about the only accessory that can. By eliminating flare and ghosting, the ugly cousins of reflection and refraction, before they get to your camera’s original lens system, your camera gets a much cleaner image.
UV Filter – A must for any camera. Penetrates haze, adds warmth, and protects your valuable lens from scratches, dirt, fingerprints, etc. Leave it on your lens at all times.
Polarizing Filter – For shooting in bright sun, at beaches, snow, ect. Controls bright light entering lenses for a better balanced color image. Darkens blue skies and reduces reflections from non-metallic surfaces.
Fluorescent Filter – Reduces the greenish cast common to fluorescent lighting and produces pleasing, natural results, particularly in flesh tones.
User Ratings and Reviews
4 Stars Good lenses, once cleaned
It’s a wonderful pack of lenses, the UV does it’s job, never use the FLD (that’s what a white balance is for), and the PL does a fairly decent job.
It’s a good cheap kit, nothing fancy here.
The only complaint i’d really have is that when they were shipped to me, i received them a bit dusty so i had to clean them off before putting them on my lenses.
2 Stars Poor quality optics
This was a disappointing set of filters.
The UV filter, the main reason I bought the set, is not worth using on my 85mm f/1.8 lens. It causes pretty serious reflection artifacts.
The polarizer is slightly useful, it doesn’t do a very good job of filtering out reflections or darkening the sky.
On the plus side, the filters do fit my lens.
In buying this set, I learned the hard way that you can’t use cheap filters on decent glass, without paying the price in image quality.
5 Stars Great addition to my camera gear.
A week ago I was in the hunt for a reasonably price UV / Protection Filter for my Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS SLR Lens. The candidates were B & W , HOYA , Tiffen and the Opteka 58mm HD2 Prof Filter Kit . The Tiffen 58mm UV Protection Filter is out since I already have one that came with my Canon EF 28-90mm F/4-5.6 III SLR Lens for Canon Cameras, the B&W is also out because it’s out of my price range, so I was left out with only the Opteka and Hoya brands, I was going to go with the HOYA for only $11.95, but I bought the Opteka 58mm HD2 Prof Filter Kit for $14.95 on Amazon, you get three filters, a UV, PL and FL-D compare to Hoya in which you only get the UV Filter for it’s price. One other thing that caught my attention aside from the price is the Multi Coating feature of the Opteka Filters, multi coated UV filters is important to reduce the appearance of lens flare and ghosting caused by reflections. This is especially noticeable when taking pictures at night.
I compiled some of the images i took using both filters on my website at dailytechlog dot com. Thanks to Amazon for making this item availble.
5 Stars Great pack of filters!
Let me start off by saying that I am a beginner to digital photography and am buying this for a kit lens, a Canon EFS 18-55mm IS. I had to write about these filters once I received them, put them on a lens and started taking pictures. The pack of 3 filters were the cost of just 1 filter from other brands! Granted, I mainly use only 2 of the filters: the UV and the PL. Instead of using the FLD filter, I opt to correct that using software. But anyway, these filters are glass, multi-coated and “designed” for digital photography. I say “designed” because I don’t know why it would be better for digital compared to regular 35mm photography. The only thing that would possibly bother me would be that the metal ring (note: not plastic) is silver and not black like my lens. Once I got over that in 3.2 seconds, I realized that this was a great deal for the money and perfect for my use. I actually bought another set for another Canon lens, the EF III 75-300mm. If you are thinking about putting this on a lens that cost $1,500, maybe you might need something else.
5 Stars Very Nice Filters
These three filters come packed nicely in the described leather case. They are sturdy and just as the seller describes. I am very happy with them.