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Green Label Filters
These filters offer
amateur photographers an excellent value with bare
glass and no anti-reflective coatings. Not
recommended for the higher quality cameras.
Standard Filters - Purple
Label Filters (Double Coated)
These filters offer
both amateur and professional photographers HOYA's famous quality at reasonable
prices. They have coatings applied to both surfaces to suppress reflection and
increase light transmission. There are a few exceptions in the special effects
range which, due to the special materials used in construction, do not have
coatings applied. One example is the circular polarizer. It is not
coated.
HMC (HOYA
MULTI-COATED)
These popular filters are renowned for their
ability to minimize reflection at the filter surfaces which reduces flare and
ghosting. The result is an average light transmission of over 97%, giving sharp
contrast and well balanced color. HOYA HMC filters are recommended for enhancing
the performance of today's multicoated lenses.
SUPER HMC (SMC)
These outstanding filters offer revolutionary
performance in light transmission and color balance. 12 layers of Super
Multicoating are applied to the surfaces of the Skylight 1B and UV(0) models,
which produces an average transmission of 99.7%! Coupled with maximum surface
precision, this allows increased resistance to flare and stunning images can be
recorded at wide apertures without compromising the performance of your lenses.
HOYA Super HMC filters
will appeal to the most demanding of photographers who require the ultimate in
performance.
SUPER HMC (SMC)
Pro 1
These filters offer
the advantages of the SMC filters with the improvement of the slim 1mm glass and
3mm ring with front thread.
ULTRA
SERIES
Filters
in this series use our new ULTRA thin rings which, like the Super PL-CIR filter,
are designed primarily to avoid vignetting problems which occur with wide angle
lenses. The ULTRA series filters use rings just 3mm in thickness, except for the
hybrid UV/Polariser which has a 5mm rotating ring. HMC Multicoating is applied
to both sides of the filters and they are supplied with our push-on lens caps.
The Ultra ND filters use new Multi-Layer Coating technology to produce a neutral
transmission curve which gives perfect color balance. We have also introduced
hybrid filters in the ULTRA series, these combine the effect of two filters in
one (i.e.: PL-CIR and UV together). This means that HOYA ULTRA series filters
are the ultimate choice for wide angle lenses - there is no other filter
available to exceed the ULTRA specification.
CLEANING YOUR FILTERS:
Due to their high precision, filters should always be handled with care and kept
clean whenever possible. Filters should be cleaned gently with just a lens
tissue or soft cotton cloth.
Never use any chemicals, such as lens cleaning fluid, on your filters, as
these can damage the coatings. If any stubborn stains occur, these can usually
be washed off with some clean water and a soft cotton cloth.
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