Name Brand or Brand X Filters

[gjtoth]

Someone had posted a question that seems to have disappeared in the crash. Was something like: Is there any real difference in buying a name brand filter and a generic, no-name? I responded that I had possessed a Brand X CPL, just recently won a Tiffen CPL and would let them know once I got the Tiffen.

Well, I got it today. This test is by no means professional and I'll let you draw your own conclusion. Subject is a piece of clear plexiglas shot at an angle to catch reflection from the window. Focus point was the crack in the plexi. Here ya go:

Without a CPL

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2130/2204665738_122e5c9fb5.jpg

Brand X

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2204/2203877561_f6ffc94b89.jpg

Tiffen

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2204/2203877561_f6ffc94b89.jpg

I will concede this - Shooting through the window (with or without) flash produces a sharper image with a nicer shade of blue for the sky with the Tiffen.

[dkippen]

Gary -

I think it was me regarding some B&W filters. But, as it turns out for digital, I don't need the filters. Currently, the filters I have are tiffen.

[Snappers]

I think the first image is clearer, is that the cheaper make?

[gjtoth]

I think the first image is clearer, is that the cheaper make?

The first one is NO filter.