Hoya 58mm Pro-1 Digital Protector Screw-in Filter

Fits my lens like and glove and works as advertised

So... I was buying my first expensive canon lens, and with some of the money I was saving by buying it on Amazon, I decided I would check out some reviews on "good" (aka expensive) filters to protect my new lens investment. After some checking... I realized that the UV lenses really didn't do much for digital, and I could save a few bucks by just getting some protective glass (since protection is really all buying a UV filter is generally done for anyway)... but what was the difference between a Hoya/B+W/Etc at $50+, and the much cheaper brands at around $10?I took the chance and ordered this protector (after hearing awesome things about Hoya's). The price was steep... and I had a box ready and prepped to return this thing if it turned out to be as ridiculous and pointless waste of money as I figured it would be. Final verdict? I'm keeping it, and I'll buy another!Some quick facts: Thin and doesn't effect my super-wide angle 10-22mm lens and cause vignetting. Has front threads, allowing me to still use my original lens cap. Multi-coated... and so on.I included a photo for you all, who read this review, to judge for yourself. Check out the "customer images". I have the Canon 10-22mm lens with the much more expensive, $70ish Hoya 77mm Clear Protector filter on the left, and my Canon 28-135mm lens with a cheap, $12 Sunpak 72mm UV filter I got from Best Buy on the right. I manually focused on their reflections they were giving off from some overhead work lighting. The difference was amazing! The multi-coating on the Hoya really does make a difference... but don't take my word for it... go look for yourself! I'm going to see far fewer reflections by the extra glass on the front and my light transmission will still remain excellent, in comparison.My final word of advise? If you just want some protection on the front of your kit lens and/or are on a tight budget... and photography is something you do for fun or just for yourself... you'll do just fine with a clean, cheap filter. Save yourself the dollars. If you're not on a tight budget... and/or if you've just dropped a size-able chunk of change on a new lens and plan on really trying to get every dollar you spent out of your lens in your photos... go ahead and splurge on this much more expensive, but well worth it filter.

No point in putting a bad filter on your best lens. This is supposed to cut down on glare and stray light, but no UV for camera lenses. Some of the cheap filters are just uncoated, or poorly coated glass that does not reduce glare. It's also relatively cheap protection for an expensive piece of glass--your lens. The real issue is that you are going to probably leave this on the lens all the time unless you need a  polarizer filter  so it should be a good one. If you put on a cheap filter, it's like smearing up your glasses with vaseline and then complaining you can't see well. And that also means, you need to clean it now and then.This is a good way to protect a lens and also reduce stray light as the coating is considered one of the best on the market. Seems to work for my purposes.FYI there is no need for a UV filter on digital cameras as the sensor doesn't pick it up the way film does. Film is unevenly sensitive to various colors of light and also picks up UV you can't see. But digital camera sensors are different than film.

Do not be fooled by cheaper UV or clear filters to protect your digital camera's lenses. If your lens costs $300 or more, protect it with a $40-50 filter, not a $10 one! A long time ago, I used inexpensive $10-15 UV filters on my lenses but later learned the reason for glares and reflections and sometimes a dampening of colors was not due to my lenses but due to the cheap UV filters. Not all filters that claim to be multicoated are effective. The cheaper ones by Sigma, for instance, may have one or two coatings but these are not effective in all lighting situations. I switched to Hoya several years ago and have never been disappointed. Remember, a UV or clear filter should not only protect the front element of your expensive lens, it should have no noticeable affect on the quality of your photos. Note: UV rays do not affect digital image sensors like they do film. You do not need a UV filter for a digital camera although it will protect the front element of the lens. Use instead clear filters. Hoya is not the only recommended manufacturer of excellent clear filters that protect and avoid unwanted lighting anomalies on your photos but read the specifications on the Hoya and compare them to other manufacturers.

Do not be fooled by cheaper UV or clear filters to protect your digital camera's lenses. If your lens costs $300 or more, protect it with a $40-50 filter, not a $10 one! A long time ago, I used inexpensive $10-15 UV filters on my lenses but later learned the reason for glares and reflections and sometimes a dampening of colors was not due to my lenses but due to the cheap UV filters. Not all filters that claim to be multicoated are effective. The cheaper ones by Sigma, for instance, may have one or two coatings but these are not effective in all lighting situations. I switched to Hoya several years ago and have never been disappointed. Remember, a UV or clear filter should not only protect the front element of your expensive lens, it should have no noticeable affect on the quality of your photos. Note: UV rays do not affect digital image sensors like they do film. You do not need a UV filter for a digital camera although it will protect the front element of the lens. Use instead clear filters. Hoya is not the only recommended manufacturer of excellent clear filters that protect and avoid unwanted lighting anomalies on your photos but read the specifications on the Hoya and compare them to other manufacturers.

Makes a good job.

Feel safer with it on my lens

Product is fine and is likely doing its job. However, the overall quality does not appear to be up to the high standard of Hoya in the past.

Great product

Je possède ce filtre depuis quelques jours seulement et je l'ai déjà égratigné. Le verre est tellement près de filets servant à accrocher le bouchon d'objectif qu'il suffit d'une légère inclinaison du bouchon pour toucher le filtre, quasi impossible à réaliser dans le feu de l'action. Je vais devoir me résigner à n'utiliser que le filtre lui-même et le pare-soleil, sans bouchon. Dans ce contexte il faut évidemment éviter d'exposer l'objectif face au soleil afin de ne pas brûler le rideau de l'obturateur.