On Tue, 29 Oct 2002 01:22:40 -0500, Stacey wrote:
>On Mon, 28 Oct 2002 23:45:46 GMT, Taliesin2
> wrote:
>>On Mon, 28 Oct 2002 00:37:38 -0500, Stacey wrote:

>>>It's not a bad idea, get a coated one of good quality and it won't
>>>negatively affect your image quality and might help in certain
>>>conditions.

>>I think I only saw geneic ones at Best Buy (where I git the camera).
>>They were in a white cardboard & plactic package. How can I tell if
>>its of good quality?

>The main thing is to make sure they are optically coated. This reduces
>flare and helps the light transmision and will keep the filter from
>causing a problem. I wouldn't put a $5-$10 filter on the front of a
>$600+ camera.

Light transmission is not materially affected
by coating on a filter, and even uncoated filters
(like Tiffen and Sony [rebranded Tiffen]) will cause
little flare problem. A good $10 filter (Hoya
single-coated) will perform as well as a $50 filter,
assuming no defects (I've done the tests...;-).