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Any 883 owners? (1 Viewer)
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Dialyt
The Definitive Binocular
You need a 95mm diameter filter. H+W or Hoya do filters of this spec I am sure. Go for a UV or plain filter, whichever is cheapest IMHO! B+W is a good make.
A filter is a good idea to protect scope in field use. Protects the lens and you don't need to wipe your scope's lens, just wipe the filter instead, without the need to remove it.
Info here on your scope: http://www.kowa-usa.com/frontend/proddetail.asp?pn=TSN-883&co=10000391,10000375
A filter is a good idea to protect scope in field use. Protects the lens and you don't need to wipe your scope's lens, just wipe the filter instead, without the need to remove it.
Info here on your scope: http://www.kowa-usa.com/frontend/proddetail.asp?pn=TSN-883&co=10000391,10000375
Corax67
Well-known member
I fit Hoya Skylight filters to ALL of my optics and it has saved me thousands of pounds.
My APO Televid 77 was 3 weeks old when I was climbing over a stile and a hidden strand of barbed wire etched its way across the entire width of the filter - it would have been the scope front element!
2 Weeks ago the Leica got filter number 3 when, in a rush, I shoved the scope into the car and dropped the tripod in after it resulting in the tripod head punting the filter glass out of the frame - again it would have been the front element.
It is also a damned sight easier to remove jammy fingerprints from a filter than a costly multi-coated lens and a lot less frightening.
My APO Televid 77 was 3 weeks old when I was climbing over a stile and a hidden strand of barbed wire etched its way across the entire width of the filter - it would have been the scope front element!
2 Weeks ago the Leica got filter number 3 when, in a rush, I shoved the scope into the car and dropped the tripod in after it resulting in the tripod head punting the filter glass out of the frame - again it would have been the front element.
It is also a damned sight easier to remove jammy fingerprints from a filter than a costly multi-coated lens and a lot less frightening.
I use a 95mm B+W MRC UV-haze filter, fully multi-coated and rain and soil repellent. It was very expensive, but it does not degrade the image or reduce light transmission to any significant degree. About the protective aspect: fluorite crystal is very soft compared to glass.
Keep in mind that the filter attaches to the extendable lens hood, a fact that almost always comes as a surprise to the Kowa 883/4 owner. I keep the hood in and tuck a piece of cardboard between the case and objective to create a crude sunshade.
Norman P
Massachusetts, USA
Keep in mind that the filter attaches to the extendable lens hood, a fact that almost always comes as a surprise to the Kowa 883/4 owner. I keep the hood in and tuck a piece of cardboard between the case and objective to create a crude sunshade.
Norman P
Massachusetts, USA
I personally have not bothered with it. I have my stay-on-case on all the time; if you do that I think there is less of a benefit to having a filter.
Jim
Thanks guys, Since I had posted this I did buy a 95mm Hoya multicoated filter. And as mentioned earlier I was surprised to find that it attaches to the hood which makes it impossible to use the plastic lens cover. I did get the stay on new cover which is not available in the US, it is great.
I don't use the filter any more because I can't use the lens cover with the filter on the hood.
I don't use the filter any more because I can't use the lens cover with the filter on the hood.
Looks as though I was not the only one who did not notice that the original post was made in April! By the way, is there any way others in the U.S. can get the better stay-on-case, or did you have a special connection?
Jim