Vivitar Filters
I bought this set, because I'm getting back into photography. A friend of mine gave me an old Canon 1D MkII. He has several other newer, nicer Canon DSLRs, and doesn't use this one any more, so he passed the body onto me. Of course, now I'm saddled with having to buy accessories for it. So far all I've got is an EF 50mm f1.8 lens, these filters and some lens cleaning pens. I wanted a UV to put on the lens, mostly as a protector, but also for it's effect. I haven't tested the other two filters yet, but back in the days of film, I had two Canon A1 bodies, an FT-b body, and 7 Canon FD series lenses (all primes except for one zoom). I used to have a slew of filters. ALL my old FD lenses had either a Skylight 1A or a UV on them. Most of them were 52mm thread size. I had several different brands of filters, Hoya, Canon, Tiffen, Promaster, etc, as well as some Vivitar. I also used a Vivitar 2x for Canon FD mount, and I had two Vivitar 285HV flashes. I bought this filter set based on the quality I remembered from Vivitar back in the past in my days of film. Initial appearances the filters seem to be of good quality build. I got this set because of the contents of the set and the price point, as well as the Vivitar name. If I'd gotten an individual UV, it probably would have been a Hoya, as I always found their filters to be a little bit better quality than most others, but this is a nice set. They are slim filters, but my Canon lens cap seems to have no problem staying attached. In the past I've found that some slim filters don't provide a good gripping area for a lens cap. So on that front, these seem superior. I have not tested the Polarizer or ND yet. I expect they will be just fine. One small gripe...although they give you a filter wallet with these, I wish there'd been a little more protection for the filters.
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