Any knowledge of Marumi Filters?

I am about to get for Christmas a new (to me) wide angle Nikon lens and want to protect it. I've read the discussions here at EPZ about filter or no filter, but to me this is an expensive lens and I need to look after it, I'm not professional, no one buys my pictures, and apart from the odd family member (all my family are odd! ;)) the only place my pictures are seen is here at EPZ. There are some top brand filters available but they are all quite expensive, I'm an old dud:D on a modest, very modest pension, but I've spotted [link=https://www.wexphotovideo.com/marumi-77mm-fit-slim-mc-lens-protect-filter-1573854/]this one[/link] on the Wex site, half price. I have never heard of Marumi, does anyone have any knowledge of them? Thanks, Dave

I am about to get for Christmas a new (to me) wide angle Nikon lens and want to protect it.

I've read the discussions here at EPZ about filter or no filter, but to me this is an expensive lens and I need to look after it, I'm not professional, no one buys my pictures, and apart from the odd family member (all my family are odd! ) the only place my pictures are seen is here at EPZ.

There are some top brand filters available but they are all quite expensive, I'm an old dud on a modest, very modest pension, but I've spotted this one on the Wex site, half price.

I have never heard of Marumi, does anyone have any knowledge of them?

Thanks,

Dave

I have heard of Marumi but have no experience of them. However I have used various filters, especially infrared, ND & for basic protection, standard UV filters from Zomei and they are cheap, well made and seem to be good quality glass, the ND filters are plastic or esin.

I have heard of Marumi but have no experience of them.
However I have used various filters, especially infrared, ND & for basic protection, standard UV filters from Zomei and they are cheap, well made and seem to be good quality glass, the ND filters are plastic or esin.

[quote]I have heard of Marumi but have no experience of them. However I have used various filters, especially infrared, ND & for basic protection, standard UV filters from Zomei and they are cheap, well made and seem to be good quality glass, the ND filters are plastic or esin.[/quote] Thank you, I will have a look at the Zomei ones too. Dave

Quote:I have heard of Marumi but have no experience of them.
However I have used various filters, especially infrared, ND & for basic protection, standard UV filters from Zomei and they are cheap, well made and seem to be good quality glass, the ND filters are plastic or esin.


Thank you, I will have a look at the Zomei ones too.

Dave

A good filter at a good price. A Christmas bargain in my view.

A good filter at a good price. A Christmas bargain in my view.

Very good quality got one as a polariser and very happy with it. Well made and well priced.

Very good quality got one as a polariser and very happy with it. Well made and well priced.

One thing to bear in mind in making your decision, is that Wex don't sell cheap and cheerful tat. It had to meet their standards for them to stock it in the first place. Treat yourself to an early Christmas present :D

One thing to bear in mind in making your decision, is that Wex don't sell cheap and cheerful tat. It had to meet their standards for them to stock it in the first place. Treat yourself to an early Christmas present

p.s - my primary lens protection device is the lens hood - i almost always use one now, it mostly protects against knocks, spray and fingerprints. Personally apart from a polarizer filter i'd use lens hoods first.

p.s - my primary lens protection device is the lens hood - i almost always use one now, it mostly protects against knocks, spray and fingerprints. Personally apart from a polarizer filter i'd use lens hoods first.

[quote]p.s - my primary lens protection device is the lens hood - i almost always use one now, it mostly protects against knocks, spray and fingerprints. Personally apart from a polarizer filter i'd use lens hoods first. [/quote] Thanks Stuart, I always use a lens hood, and the lens cap when not actually in use, but I was always taught not to gamble unless you can afford to lose and I certainly couldn't afford to damage a lens! Thank you everyone, I've just ordered a Marumi filter. Dave Ps Isn't EPZ great, now all I need is to win something in the prize draw!:):):)

Quote:p.s - my primary lens protection device is the lens hood - i almost always use one now, it mostly protects against knocks, spray and fingerprints. Personally apart from a polarizer filter i'd use lens hoods first.


Thanks Stuart, I always use a lens hood, and the lens cap when not actually in use, but I was always taught not to gamble unless you can afford to lose and I certainly couldn't afford to damage a lens!

Thank you everyone, I've just ordered a Marumi filter.

Dave

Ps Isn't EPZ great, now all I need is to win something in the prize draw!

[quote]I am about to get for Christmas a new (to me) wide angle Nikon lens and want to protect it. Dave[/quote] What do you want to protect the lens from? As you follow threads on dpreview you should have seen the scientific test that showed using a small weight that that broke a glass filter did not damage a single sheet of paper held taunt at its 4 corners! Having run an insurance personal lines claims department at one time during my insurance I noted claims for front element damage following a filter breaking were far more common than all other claims put together - including theft. Filters provide no protection if a lens has a serious impact. The lens hood and lens cap provide far, far more protection than a glass filter. You get both with most Nikon wide angle lenses. If damage or theft is serious, insurance pays (less the excess) - and generally cost less than £20 for a £1250 lens added to a home contents insurance. Good filters are not meniscus shaped meaning you are more likely to get highlight reflection issues off the sensor, especially with wide angles. Cheap filters may not have flat glass, may be plastic, and the mount may not hold the glass at exactly 90 degrees to the sensor. Nikon provide an NC filter which, unlike many UV, does not change the colour gamut reaching the sensor and (unless a 24mm D lens) does not hard vignette the frame corners. They are not cheap but then neither are other good filters.

Quote:I am about to get for Christmas a new (to me) wide angle Nikon lens and want to protect it.
Dave

What do you want to protect the lens from?
As you follow threads on dpreview you should have seen the scientific test that showed using a small weight that that broke a glass filter did not damage a single sheet of paper held taunt at its 4 corners!
Having run an insurance personal lines claims department at one time during my insurance I noted claims for front element damage following a filter breaking were far more common than all other claims put together - including theft.
Filters provide no protection if a lens has a serious impact. The lens hood and lens cap provide far, far more protection than a glass filter. You get both with most Nikon wide angle lenses.
If damage or theft is serious, insurance pays (less the excess) - and generally cost less than £20 for a £1250 lens added to a home contents insurance.
Good filters are not meniscus shaped meaning you are more likely to get highlight reflection issues off the sensor, especially with wide angles.
Cheap filters may not have flat glass, may be plastic, and the mount may not hold the glass at exactly 90 degrees to the sensor.
Nikon provide an NC filter which, unlike many UV, does not change the colour gamut reaching the sensor and (unless a 24mm D lens) does not hard vignette the frame corners. They are not cheap but then neither are other good filters.

There is a lot of difference between the properties of a sheet of paper and very thin glass! Not very scientific!:( Equivalent to comparing the impact to a slice of cheddar cheese to the impact to a tin of baked beans.(At room temperature). I use a filter on those lenses that accept them mainly for keeping dust & spray off the front element so that I don't have to clean the lens. Also as I am on the beach a lot, protection from spray. If I am aiming for the best possible quality or think that there will be flare problems (at night or towards the sun for example) then I take the filter off. (Quite easy)........................

There is a lot of difference between the properties of a sheet of paper and very thin glass! Not very scientific!
Equivalent to comparing the impact to a slice of cheddar cheese to the impact to a tin of baked beans.(At room temperature).

I use a filter on those lenses that accept them mainly for keeping dust & spray off the front element so that I don't have to clean the lens. Also as I am on the beach a lot, protection from spray.

If I am aiming for the best possible quality or think that there will be flare problems (at night or towards the sun for example) then I take the filter off. (Quite easy)........................

Thank you all, it was not so much to protect from impact damage as from airborne nasties. As said above, I'm not professional., hardly anyone sees, let alone buys, my pictures so if there is a slight degradation in image quality that, to me at least, is a fair trade off against nasties on the front element. We would all like the best of everything, lens, camera, filters, but unless I dig up the family sawn off from under the rose bushes in the back garden and make some rather unofficial withdrawals from the local banking establishments that's not going to happen, and more modest filters will have to suffice! Prison food is worse than the local Darby and Joan Club!;) Dave

Thank you all, it was not so much to protect from impact damage as from airborne nasties. As said above, I'm not professional., hardly anyone sees, let alone buys, my pictures so if there is a slight degradation in image quality that, to me at least, is a fair trade off against nasties on the front element.
We would all like the best of everything, lens, camera, filters, but unless I dig up the family sawn off from under the rose bushes in the back garden and make some rather unofficial withdrawals from the local banking establishments that's not going to happen, and more modest filters will have to suffice! Prison food is worse than the local Darby and Joan Club!

Dave

[quote]There is a lot of difference between the properties of a sheet of paper and very thin glass! Not very scientific!:( [/quote] Except that the wedge shaped weight smashed the glass - and the sheet of paper (secured at each corner) was unmarked.

Quote:There is a lot of difference between the properties of a sheet of paper and very thin glass! Not very scientific!


Except that the wedge shaped weight smashed the glass - and the sheet of paper (secured at each corner) was unmarked.

[quote] but unless I dig up the family sawn off from under the rose bushes in the back garden and make some rather unofficial withdrawals from the local banking establishments that's not going to happen, and more modest filters will have to suffice! Prison food is worse than the local Darby and Joan Club!;) Dave[/quote] I was reminded of the report of a recent execution in the USA. When the prisoner was asked whether he had anything to say before the hood was fitted, he remarked, "this beats being on Death Row!" Something like 35 years has passed since his conviction.

Quote: but unless I dig up the family sawn off from under the rose bushes in the back garden and make some rather unofficial withdrawals from the local banking establishments that's not going to happen, and more modest filters will have to suffice! Prison food is worse than the local Darby and Joan Club!

Dave


I was reminded of the report of a recent execution in the USA. When the prisoner was asked whether he had anything to say before the hood was fitted, he remarked, "this beats being on Death Row!" Something like 35 years has passed since his conviction.

[quote] it was not so much to protect from impact damage as from airborne nasties. Dave[/quote] There are no "airborne nasties" I'm normal shooting conditions. If you are going to shoot into the wind in a sandstorm then this is when a filter can help protect the front glass from scratches, though not the lens or body paint, or sand getting into a lens at around the focus a or AF rings, or into the camera body, particularly if you change lenses. Do you intend to photograph in sandstorms? A blower brush quickly and safely removes dust settling on the camera body and lens barrel as well as on the lens front element - ignoring that using the lens cap when not using the lens helps, as does the lens hood included with most Nikon wide angle lens. Then a quick gently wipe with a suitable lens cleaning cloth makes the front element pristine. You do this, don's you?

Quote: it was not so much to protect from impact damage as from airborne nasties.
Dave

There are no "airborne nasties" I'm normal shooting conditions.

If you are going to shoot into the wind in a sandstorm then this is when a filter can help protect the front glass from scratches, though not the lens or body paint, or sand getting into a lens at around the focus a or AF rings, or into the camera body, particularly if you change lenses.
Do you intend to photograph in sandstorms?

A blower brush quickly and safely removes dust settling on the camera body and lens barrel as well as on the lens front element - ignoring that using the lens cap when not using the lens helps, as does the lens hood included with most Nikon wide angle lens.
Then a quick gently wipe with a suitable lens cleaning cloth makes the front element pristine.
You do this, don's you?

[quote]Thank you all, it was not so much to protect from impact damage as from airborne nasties. Dave[/quote] I'm with you on that one. It's a good and cost effective way of ensuring the front element is protected from any type of risk. All of my lenses are fitted from Day 1 with protection filters. At the very least, it's peace of mind for me. And if the worst happens, the protection filter is the first line of defense to prevent damage to the front element.

Quote:Thank you all, it was not so much to protect from impact damage as from airborne nasties. Dave


I'm with you on that one. It's a good and cost effective way of ensuring the front element is protected from any type of risk. All of my lenses are fitted from Day 1 with protection filters. At the very least, it's peace of mind for me. And if the worst happens, the protection filter is the first line of defense to prevent damage to the front element.