On Sat, 01 Feb 2003 15:31:39 -0500, Dave Moore <ROT13 => jjngpure@pbinq.arg> wrote:

>On Fri, 31 Jan 2003 11:55:22 -0800, "The Dave©" <no@no.com> wrote:

>

>>When I got back into photography a few years ago, I fell for this. I bought

>>2 lenses and paid $30 each for UV filters. I do buy into the protection

>>idea, but if I had only known I could've gotten the same filters for less

>>than $8 each on eBay, I could've saved $44+/-.

>

>Not necessarily. I haven't checked eBay, but there are coated and uncoated

>filters. Generally, (but not always), coated filters cost considerably more.

>Unfortunately, sometimes it can be difficult to even determine which ones are

>coated.

Actually, there are uncoated, single-coated, and multicoated

filters. Uncoated is not terrible (surprise!;-); I prefer single-coated

for their ease of cleaning; multicoating is not especially useful

for filters. Filter coating types are easy to identify: uncoated look

uncolored in their reflections; single-coated look very moderately

colored in their reflections; multicoated look very colored in their

reflections (usually green).