B+W 77mm 110 filters one of our bestsellers! Why you need a 10 stop ND.

At the time of writing this post we have more of these very popular 10 stop ND filters back in in most sizes. The factory had its production schedules left in tatters trying  to keep up with demand. All because folks posted images using them on the net and then everyone wanted one! Wondering why? [...]

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New B+W filter guide for digital photography.

Attention all photographers!!! There is so much mis- information on using filters on the internet. Don’t get caught out… why waste your time and money on what some 16 year old has posted on a forum, get the good oil from the best filter manufacturer on the planet B+W. The folks at B+W have produced [...]

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How to tell the difference between real and fake B+W filters!

B+W has taken the following steps to counter the flood of Replica or Fake filters on the market place. I am now posting a modified version of the original guide. New harder to copy ( and more expensive) packaging. From January 2011 all B+W filters are packaged in the following boxes. So if you are [...]

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How to clean a lens or filter. The safe and stress free way!

These days there is just too much information out there on the net… some of it good and some bad. I did a search before writing this post on lens cleaning and came up with all kinds of stuff. So I contacted our friends at Schneider optics for their take and Hans our Zeiss trained [...]

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Do I need a slim filter for my wide angle DSLR lens?

We get asked this question everyday. Generally if your lens is 20mm or wider on a full size chip DSLR then yes a slim filter will be needed to avoid vignetting. On 1.25-1.3 crop factor cameras a slim filter is usually not needed until we get to around the 10-12mm mark. But this can vary [...]

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View through a filter.

One filter I use while traveling is the B+W Kasemann Circular Polariser. This is a filter that gives top results. I use it to bring out the clouds and darken the sky. Works a treat. The Kasemann version of the B+W polariser has a more neutral grey foil than standard polarisers and is completely cemented [...]

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