Difference between B+W UV filters

dan_1337 · 19th November 2006

What's the difference between these filters?

77m MRC UV-Haze

&

77mm MRC CPL

What does that CPL do?

biggulp · 19th November 2006

CPL is a circular polarizer. It's different from a UV filter. Polarizers help reduce reflections and increase contrast and saturation. UV filters reduce UV rays, and well, protects the front element of your lens.

dan_1337 · 19th November 2006

thanks for that. didn't realise that CPL was a polariser.

19th November 2006	#1
dan_1337 Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 586	Difference between B+W UV filters What's the difference between these filters? 77m MRC UV-Haze & 77mm MRC CPL What does that CPL do? __________________ 5D \| 24-70L \| 28mm f/1.8 \| 580EX

19th November 2006	#2
biggulp Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 168	Re: Difference between B+W UV filters CPL is a circular polarizer. It's different from a UV filter. Polarizers help reduce reflections and increase contrast and saturation. UV filters reduce UV rays, and well, protects the front element of your lens.

19th November 2006	#3
dan_1337 Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 586	Re: Difference between B+W UV filters thanks for that. didn't realise that CPL was a polariser. __________________ 5D \| 24-70L \| 28mm f/1.8 \| 580EX