B+W 77mm XS-Pro Clear UV Haze with Multi-Resistant Nano Coating (010M)
- This filter makes use of our XS-Pro Digital mount which is particularly suited for DSLRs with broad angle and zoom lenses. It has a front thread for added accessories. All XS-Pro Digital mounts are made of brass and are matte black to avoid reflections.
- MRC nano has an improved outer (8th) layer in excess of typical MRC. The nanotechnology primarily based characteristic (lotus effect) creates a far better beading impact with water producing the cleansing of this filter even less complicated and more quickly than ever before.
- Manufactured from Water-White Schott Glass
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I now own two of these filters (77mm and 67mm), and one non XS-Pro that has no nano coating B+W 77mm Clear UV Haze with Multi-Resistant Coating (010M). I would recommend going for this one. After comparing the two types of B+W UV filters I decided to bite the bullet and pay the substantial premium and wanted my third filter to be XS-Pro.
Bottomline: Despite higher cost, I would recommend buying this XS-Pro filter because:
1. It’s slightly thinner (so it does not cause vignetting even with my 28mm lens)
2. It’s nano coating is useful… it is very easy to clean
3. It allows filter to be on it unlike some ultra thin filters
How I tested it? Sorry to be crude but I put finger prints all over the filter, and some saliva to simulate real time dirt/oily fingers and water. Cleaning the filter with tissue paper or cotton cloth (instead of lens cloth). It took me about 10 seconds to wipe clean the XS-Pro, and took me almost a minute to clean the Non-XS-Pro and still have some murkiness on it. When out in the field, I think this is important.
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|Good Filter with Design Flaw,
This is a very high quality filter. When it arrived, I felt all excited. The hefty weight of the filter, despite of being a small 49mm filter, makes you feel this is a quality product. Its brass mount with quality paint job can last for a long time (I never realized how important that was until I got a Heliopan…. Paint loss shows brass underneath, and I can’t recognize the filter rating of my GND filter. The filter has always been kept in a pouch like all my other filters, Hoya, B+W and Sigma. Heliopan is the only one with the problem). The glass is mounted very sturdily and doesn’t rotate around when you clean it. Yes, the nano coating does make the cleaning easy as described.
So why no five-star rating? Well, once you have this filter on, you can’t use a push-on lens hood or a cap of that type. It’s either lens hood OR filter, but not both. For example, when I put this filter on my Olympus OM mount 35mm f/2.8, the original rubber lens hood (for 50mm f1.8/1.4 and 35mm f2.8), the wider than usual outer diameter of the filter prevents the push-on hood (with thumb screw type) from mounting. I think the reason B+W makes it that way is because they want to put the filter label toward the front of the filter (where they mount the filter lens, the “frame” if you will call it) rather than on the outside rim of the filter. It does make the label look nice and not scratched up easily like Heliopan’s, BUT it creates the problem mentioned above. To make the matter worse, I store my 49mm filters using stacking caps, and you can’t see the labels until you remove the filter cap. The same problem will apply, if you used a filter case that fasten onto your belt type. If you have multiple B+W filters, you’d have to guess which one is which…. Not a good way to encourage sales. They should label it on the outside rim in addition to the front frame, if they want to do it that way (the front label is good for filter wallets).
Cost…. It’s almost twice as expensive as Hoya HMC. Though this is more in the same league as Hoya HD (though I am not happy with Hoya HD as its glare performance is actually worse than Hoya HMC despite of its easier to clean HD coating and light transmission properties). However, the cost could be justified, if it wasn’t for the flaws mentioned. FYI, you can test your filter by pointing your camera toward bright moonlight and see if it would cause any glare. It’s an effective high dynamic lighting torture test which won’t damage your camera. I recommend doing this with a digital camera, as you don’t have to waste films for taking sample photos of glare performance).
Work around:
If you want to use both filter and the lens hood at the same time, you can’t use the original Olympus one (or the brand of your lens) unless its mount diameter is wider than 52mm. That extra 1mm creates a huge problem…, as you can’t store the lens hood in reverse position either. Fortunately this filter has a front thread, so you can use a generic screw-on filter for it, and then buy a cap that will fit the front of the lens hood for protection (a generic hood usually can’t be stored in reverse, and you don’t want to screw on and off the hood from filter as they tend to “couple together” easily). The downside of this work around is, you’ll need a larger bag because your lens is now longer. And if you have a pride of your lens, you won’t able to show the brand logo anymore because you’re not using the original lens cap anymore. You could, however, buy the B+W hood and use their own Schneider Kruznach lens cap (Jos Schneider is B+W’s mother company), so at least the front of your lens (filter/hood/cap) comes in a set….
Pros:
Nice built-quality. Quality materials used.
Easy to clean nano coated filter as designed.
Slim mount lessens vignette effect, but still retains front thread.
Cons:
Filter too wide. Prevents other lens accessories from working properly.
Filter label in the a place that is inconvenient if you use filter stacking caps for storage.
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|Great Quality but not Clear,
I’ve always bought Hoya filters for my previous Canon gear, but this time I tried B+W 72mm for my new Sony 16-50 f/2.8 lens. The moment you open the box, you realize it is different than Hoya. It is heavier and the glass looks thicker. The coating is fantastic and the thread is easy to screw. I couldn’t test the MRC new “Nano” coating, because I did not shoot in the rain, but I will take B+W word for it. Remember there are two versions, and only the Nano version gives the lotus effect. MRC version–without Nano–only has multiple coating layers.
The negative part is that it has a yellow tint to it. In other words, it is not clear. I was confused with the word “clear” in the title, but I guess I had to pay more attention to the “haze” word as well. I was looking for a color-free filter, and this 010m filter is kind of a yellowish haze. The clear version is coded 007 or 007m. In Schneider website they list it as 007, without M, but in Amazon it is listed as 007M: B+W 72mm XS-Pro Clear with Multi-Resistant Nano Coating (007M).
I once read somewhere that your expensive lens is only as good as the filter you use in front of it. Therefore for highest image quality, you should either get the best quality filter you can afford or use the lens without any filter at all. Going with either version of B+W gives you that kind of image quality.
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