Tiffen 82mm SKY 1 A Filter
Normal Price:$74.99
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Manufacturer: Tiffen
Model: 82SKY
Binding: Electronics
Publisher: Tiffen
Label: Tiffen
Features for Tiffen 82mm SKY 1 A Filter:
- Absorbs almost half of ultraviolet light
- Pink tinted for added warmth and better color
- Can be kept on camera at all times
- 82mm diameter
- Popular general-use filter
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Customer Reviews
Tiffen Fan for LIFE 
2007-10-12
I have taken some awesome pictures with this...My outdoor action shots are soooo good that people are offering me more money than what I'm asking for them...Thanks Tiffen for protecting my SIGMA 24-70 F/2.8 82mm lens and providing another good product for me to bragg on.
Tiffen 82mm filter good deal 2007-08-16
The price on Amazon is what makes this Tiffen 82mm filter a good deal. Most professional photographers were not pleased to learn that Canon had upped the diameter of its relatively new 16-35mm f2.8 lens to 82mm, which makes it incompatable with the mostly 77mm diameter L-series lenses in the Canon lineup in terms of filter use.
Bottom line: Buy this product so that you protect the glass surface of your expensive lens, which will cost a heck of a lot more to replace than a filter.
Excellent price, good quality 
2007-01-03
Tiffen offers better than average quality at a decent price. This is no exception. This same filter would have cost me twice as much if I bought it at a local store.
Surprisingly good (except in one situation, which it will create internal reflection) 2006-10-08
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.
Excellent value for a reasonable price 2006-07-16
I bought this filter to keep sand and dust out of my Sigma 20mm 1:1.18 EX DG Aspherical lens. It does a great job of that and has slightly improved the clarity of full sunlight shots to boot.
I'd buy a Tiffen lens filter again in a heartbeat.
Filter 
2002-02-04
Film, as well as video, often exhibits a greater sensitivity to what is to us invisible, ultraviolet light. This is most often outdoors, especially at high altitudes, where the UV-absorbing atmosphere is thinner; and over long distances, such as marine scenes. It can show up as a bluish color cast with color film, or it can cause a low-contrast haze that diminishes details, especially when viewing far-away objects, in either color or black-and-white. Ultraviolet filters absorb UV light generally without affecting light in the visible region. It is important to distinguish between UV-generated haze and that of air-borne particles, such as smog. The latter is made up of opaque matter that absorbs visible light as well as UV, and will not be appreciably removed by a UV filter.SKY 1-A is a popular general use protection filter. It absorbs significant amount of UV light and is slightly warm-tinted for better colors. It is useful when shooting outdoors in shade and on overcast days.
