Product Description

Canon is a leader in professional business and consumer imaging equipment and information systems. By developing innovative, high-quality business solutions Canon makes it easy to create, manage, and share images and information better, faster, and more efficiently.

Product Details

• Brand: Canon
• Model: 8-7201
• Dimensions: .60" h x 3.70" w x 4.10" l, .20 pounds

Features

• Prevents haziness and foggy effects
• Absorbs up to 71 percent of UV rays
• Can be left on the lens at all times for protection
• Screws onto 72mm lenses
• model #2589A006

Amazon.com Product Description
The Canon 72mm UV haze filter not only helps to protect your lens from dust, moisture and scratches, it also allows you to correct for UV effect and eliminate haze from your photos. This filter will absorb approximately 71 percent of UV rays, helping to eliminate haze's bluish cast that can obscure distant details. This filter easily screws onto your 72mm lenses.

Customer Reviews

Easier to Clean and Replace Than Your Front Element
I never take my UV filter off of my lens unless I am going to immediately put on a different filter. There are basically two camps out there, those that feel you should always use a UV filter to protect your lens from dirt and scratches and those that feel it is a waste of time and only degrades your image. Well, I tried going without one for awhile and then dirt started to build up on the front element of my very expense lens. And although you can clean the front element of a lens, I feel much, much safer wiping my comparatively cheap UV filter time and time again rather than chancing any actual lens damage. I think for the nearly unquantifiable loss in image quality you may suffer by having a UV filter on, it is well worth the extra piece of mind it gives me.

Fell Apart
I received this filter, took it out of the case, cleaned it and then put it on the camera lens. The next time I went to clean it I noticed that the glass seemed loose so I removed it from the lens to take a look. The glass literally fell out of the ring. The only thing that holds it in place is a thin strip of metal wrapped on the inside of the ring with a little bend in it to give tension to the glass. From looking at it, it seems that it was originally glued in place. While I'm able to get it back on the lens to use it until a replacement arrives (of another brand) I could not believe how badly this filter held up. 90% of the time that it was on the lens, it was in a camera bag and it was never dropped or mistreated. You'd think something with Canon's name on it would be put together in a more secure way than a thin metal O-ring type thing that's glued in place with a spot of glue. Wouldn't buy this again or recommend it, especially when you can get a B+W or Hoya for nearly the same price.

Get the Hoya
I got this filter based on the reviews here to protect my Nikkor 18-200. I feel disappointed with this filter for 2 reasons: (1) it came with light scratches (obviously used), (2) it produces internal reflections (it is not multicoated) -- when pointed at the light, a strong flare develops. (From what I read about coatings, multicoated filters produce a green reflection of a light source, filters with few coatings produce a faint reflection and uncoated filters have a bright reflection -- this filter shows a pretty distinct reflection that is not green). I returned this filter and got a Hoya 72mm UV HMC filter. Much better. Occasional flare can be seen (I guess this is the price of protecting your lens), but it is *significantly* better than the Canon filter. My recommendation is to get the Hoya filter for a little more - it is worth it. (One drawback of the Hoya was it was much more difficult to screw onto the lens.) Happy picture taking.