Tiffen 58mm 81A Filter
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Manufacturer: Tiffen
Model: 5881A
Binding: Electronics
Publisher: Tiffen
Label: Tiffen
Features for Tiffen 58mm 81A Filter:
- Creates warmer tones and brighter colors on overcast days or when shooting with an electronic flash
- Great for improving flesh tones
- 58mm diameter
- 81A converts tungsten 3,200 K type B film to 3,400 K lighting
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Customer Reviews
Simple UV Protector 
2008-11-09
It's just a protection filter. It's does a good work by day though it can create weird flares by night if you are trying to picture below a bright light or if there's one pointing towards you.
It also has a weird glass finish in the edges that make it look cheap (even though it is)
can't beat it for the price 
2008-11-04
I basically use these more to protect the lens and have never really taken enough photographs without one to know if they make a difference. These can be considered as very inexpensively priced insurance items for your much more expensive lens. I have one of these on every lens I own.
Very nice filter 2008-11-02
Very well made and terrific item. Tiffen is one of the best companies and I have several filters made by them. Very reasonably priced. Tiffen is a great company and their products are top notch!
Tiffen Circular Polarizer - This Rocks 2008-11-02
I went to my local camera shop looking for a filter that would give me the deep blue skies and the nice green landscapes. The 58mm Tiffen was the recommendation but the costs was $70 and that was a bit more than I really wanted to spend.
Of Course, Amazon was the logical next stop and I spent less than 1/2 as much for this lens and it turns out it was worth the price I would have paid at the camera shop. I felt like a thief, but buying smart often seems like this, so I just enjoyed my purchase.
The Camera shop was right, this is the best filter on the market, Tiffen Rocks.
Great Filter, But It May Not Fit 
2008-10-27
I've used this filter with my Canon EF 50mm f1.4 USM Standard & Medium Telephoto Lens for Canon SLR Cameras and LOVE it. However, I recently bought one to protect the lens of my new Canon EF 24mm f/2.8 Wide Angle Lens for Canon SLR Cameras and it didn't fit properly. The lens is so rounded that when you put this filter on, the filter actually touches the lens. It creates a spot about 3-5mm in diameter in the middle of the lens/filter. I had to buy a more expensive filter that was thinner in order to work with the lens.
Does what it is meant to do 2008-10-19
The 81 series filters are useful with daylight corrected film in cool light conditions. Great for improving flesh tones, they create warmer tones and brighter colors on overcast days or when shooting with electronic flash.
Filthy, pitted filters 
2008-10-18
Both of the Tiffen filters I bought (2 separate orders, a few weeks apart) arrived smeared with some kind of greasy gunk.
It was extremely difficult to get them clean.
What ever the stuff was just got smeared around, and it took me forever to get it all off.
I still worry that there may be a film of it left on there that will degrade the clarity of my photos.
It wasn't worth the hassle to return them, but next time I need a filter, I won't buy Tiffen.
Good filter for digital 2008-10-13
This filter is used to balance the brighter areas of your picture to the darker ones, e.g. lighter sky with a darker landscape. It works well with digital because although you can't place the line of density anywhere (it's fixed in the middle but can be rotated), you can later crop in you're editing to get the desired composition. Filter is glass and better than Cokin which is plastic and scratches easily. Cokin filter holder has the advantage of complete adjustability because you slide the filter in and out as well as rotate it. By the way .6 ND is equal to one stop of light, something Tiffen doesn't explain in their marketing materials. They also have half stop, two stop and three stop grad NDs. There are high quality glass filters made for the Cokin system, but they cost 2x or more than the Tiffen.
It does the job 2008-10-03
The Tiffen 58mm uv filter does the job. My main purpose is to protect the lens, which it does fine , with no noticeable optical effect. Any improvement in picture quality is a plus.
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Got a "Demo" or re-stocked damaged return 
2008-10-01
I just decided I'm never purchasing low cost optics by mail again. I purchased a UV Haze and a circular polarizer. The polarizer was perfect, pristine and new. A great buy. The UV Haze had a worn case, when opened was mis-repacked with the instruction manual between the filter and the packing foam protector. The manual was well worn and obviously USED a lot. And of course the UV Haze filter was SCRATCHED. This is a glass filter with no coatings so it takes a real good ding to scratch it with a nice deep 1/4 inch scratch.
I could spend $5-$10 to return it for an exchange, and maybe I will not get a damaged one again, and maybe I will. I question any company that re-stocks an obviously damaged and very worn item. After spending for the extra postage the mail order filter will not be a very good buy.
