any different between a Hoya and kenko Prod1 digital filter?
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The brand names are different. The finish of the rings are slightly different. Everything else is pretty much the same. And Kenko is slightly cheaper.
For the same price, I think you can get a Kenko Zeta 77mm nowadays... which is the equivalent to the Hoya HD.
TWmilkteaTW
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1) not everyone use hood (user preferences)
2) The lens might not come with hood (and he/she might not have a plan to get it)
3) Maybe user prefer hood+ filter
Hoya is main brand.
Kenko is the same actually.
Filter protect the lens from dusty industrial photography situations, sandy hands from drunks at the beach, like zoukout, pyrotechnic sparks flying into your lens, wedding guests spraying champagne into the cam... Bird or bat droppings at highly popullated caves or sanctuaries. Pets or creatures which likes to lick. Kitchen oily smoke in restaurants. Children party throwing chocolate cakes around. Paintball shooting and splattering right on the lens. Saltwater sea sprays or crashing waves splashings. For a busy photog on the go shooting from assignment to assignment, point to point, there is no time to sit down under the light and slowly clean. It is easier to just unscrew the dirtied filter put on a clean one and worry about cleaning later.
The people who say you don't need filters are often portrait photogrs shooting in prefered conditions.
Filters are not for impact protection, a hood does better.
Kenko is the same actually.
Filter protect the lens from dusty industrial photography situations, sandy hands from drunks at the beach, like zoukout, pyrotechnic sparks flying into your lens, wedding guests spraying champagne into the cam... Bird or bat droppings at highly popullated caves or sanctuaries. Pets or creatures which likes to lick. Kitchen oily smoke in restaurants. Children party throwing chocolate cakes around. Paintball shooting and splattering right on the lens. Saltwater sea sprays or crashing waves splashings. For a busy photog on the go shooting from assignment to assignment, point to point, there is no time to sit down under the light and slowly clean. It is easier to just unscrew the dirtied filter put on a clean one and worry about cleaning later.
The people who say you don't need filters are often portrait photogrs shooting in prefered conditions.
Filters are not for impact protection, a hood does better.
They are from same company.
THK Photo Products, Inc.
Test results for these 2 filters also showed very similar performance.
THK Photo Products, Inc.
Test results for these 2 filters also showed very similar performance.
Actually THK is only the US distributorship for Kenko, Tokina and Hoya. Kenko was very much a separate entity from Hoya and Tokina. Hoya is public while Tokina and Hoya are both private firms. The situation changed a little when Kenko and Tokina merged recently. But Kenko Tokina and Hoya still remained two separate entities. Tokina is never reported as a subsidary of Hoya in the financial reports. But it is rumored that Tokina owns a very substantial share of Hoya.
They are definitely not the same company. But they are certainly very close.
Related definitely.. in fact there was talk in the past that different brothers started different company. But the relationships of the 3 companies are never really talked about or made known. Tokina and Kenko are private companies, so they never had to report any ownership... Now TOkina and Kenko are merged...
parkinglot
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hi guys who had hands-on this 2 filters, whats the difference between the 2 other than the price?
Hoya 72 mm HMC UV[C] and Hoya 72 mm Pro1 Digital UV
Hoya 72 mm HMC UV[C] and Hoya 72 mm Pro1 Digital UV
Thanks for the info.
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