NEW F-PRO BRASS 010M UV filters by B+W are their latest design
This UV Filter blocks the invisible UV component of light from the sky, which can cause blur and to which many color films react with a blue cast.
These filters should be called UV-Blocking Filters, because there are filters for technical applications that pass UV radiation and block all the other wavelengths. Nevertheless, the short term “UV Filter” has become established among photographers. UV Filters are ideal for photography by the sea and in regions with very clean air.
The pictures gain brilliance and disturbing blue casts are avoided. Because the glass is colorless, color rendition is not altered, aside from the elimination of the unwanted blue cast, and no increase in exposure is required.
A UV Filter is very suitable as protection for the front element of the lens against dust, flying sand, sea water spray and the like, and it can be kept on the lens at all times. It is recommended for analog color and black-and-white as well as digital photography.
Mount
This filter uses our standard B+W F-Pro filter mount, which has a front accessory thread and is made of brass. Compared to the earlier standard mount introduced in 2001, the F-Pro mount has become thinner. Now it can be used with wide angle lenses, including most 24mm focal lengths on a full frame body, without vignetting. Another advantage of the F-Pro mount is it’s modified retaining ring, which is no longer threaded in from the front, but holds the filter glass in place from the back. When removing a filter or lens hood that has been screwed on too tight to the filter, the retaining ring is not at risk of loosening.
Filter Coating
Each glass surface is vacuum coated with one layer of Anti-Reflection coating. This single layer helps to prevent internal ghosting and reflections. It also improves light transmission from approximately 92% (uncoated glass) to over 98%.
B+W Quality
B+W really is the Rolls Royce of photographic filters – and only the best materials and craftsmanship will do. Strict quality checks in all key production steps ensure seamless production standards – staffed by experienced specialists in filter manufacture.
Behind the brand is a continuous process of optimisation and quality control which begins with the raw glass blocks.
B+W uses Schott glass – because Schott guarantees the very highest glass quality – ensuring the filters meet the highest requirements of the camera and lens manufacturers and guaranteeing optimum imaging quality.
Computer-controlled grinding and polishing machines produce the highest filter quality from this raw material in an impressive range of designs and diameters.
Precision engineered brass mounts play an important role in the filter, made on high precision CNC machines. The filter glass is screwed into a high-precision retaining ring, making a B+W filter a true piece of high tech engineering that you can rely on for many years to come.
Retaining ring holds the filter glass in place from the back, the retaining ring is not threaded in from the front, but holds the filter glass in place from the back, not only to ensure high flatness of installation but also to obtain the highest sealed degree of the filter.
B+W Brass UV Filters (Latest design) Most sizes available
