[58 mm] May say use UV, I have tried and like using a skylight protive filter with my Fujuion 14mm and 60mm. My JPEGS look more true to color both in door and out. This Heliopan is very well made and it's coatings are up to the coatings on my Fuji lens.

[Single Coated] Feels positive when putting on, by the look and weight you can feel the quality.......

[Glass] I have a Konica 1 camera from the 1950s. It's difficult to find filters and hoods for. So, I've taken to using a 41mm series VI adapter which pushes onto the lens. That allows me to use series VI hoods. The problem then becomes one of filters for the camera. Most series VI filters are uncoated, and probably delaminated by now. As well, they are likely to be scratched up.The Heliopan series VI gives me the benefit of a brand new filter in this no-longer common filter size. Planar filter surfaces, coating, and Schott glass are some of the benefits of the Heliopan filter.I also bought their Series VI yellow filter for use with B&W film.

[0.16 lb] I always used a skylight filter outdoors with Kodachrome and the results were noticeable. I've recently started using color negative film in medium format and 35 mm and bought this filter for that purpose. The quality of the glass is extremely important for me, and this Schott glass is the best quality skylight filter I have found.

[0.16 lb] Well worth the money, it's a fantastic product.

[0.16 lb] I've enjoyed playing with this filter. It works better than I hoped.

[58 mm] I bought the 58mm to fit on my Zeiss 50mm/1.4 Planar T*. I pair it with my Z6 as my designated B&W camera body. The filter makes all the difference in the world in both landscape and people rendering wonder contrast. I seldom remove it from the lens.

[Glass] With the demise of Rollei, getting items for our beloved 2.8F, GX or FX cameras get harder and harder. Here is a wonderful multicoated filter to protect the front surfaces of the Xenotars or Planars. Strong brass frames with nice matte black finish. These prevent the flares from the shiny metal bayonets that surround the lens on the camera. It is now a custom ordered item, so you will have to wait about 6 weeks for it to arrive.

[0.16 lb] Nicely made. Heavy brass ring is low profile. So smooth going on, tightens gradually with feel. Multicoated on both sides, should be optically excellent. Expensive, sure, but so's my lens and now I won't worry about the slightest degradation in optical performance. I get the Skylight (slightly colored) version just because I always have since way back in the days of film, so now all my filters are consistent. I would be very surprised if the color or anything about this filter causes the slightest noticeable degradation of anything.

[58 mm] Seems really well made. I bought this to replace a more basic uncoated UV filter on my 17-35mm lens. My intention is that the multicoating on both sides will improve transmission over an uncoated filter, and the slight color might subtly improve color rendition. Mostly it's for protecting the front surface and threaded rim of the lens.


At least once in the past 50 years of shooting, I've had a lens hit the ground and be 100% saved by a skylight filter (which was destroyed). Even the chi-chi multicoated version is cheap insurance that can save a shoot.


Personally I feel that all the debate about skylight vs. clear UV is much ado about nothing. Any effect you might notice could be adjusted out easily if you found it objectionable. I just use the skylight color because I always have. Maybe there was more of a point to it in the days of film. I'm not going to spend any more cycles on it...