Coating on the front side of a filter just increases the lite passing
thru slightly (8 0.000000or a single coat, ~1 0.000000or MC) since the
reflection
goes back out into the world.
It's the coating on the back side which reduces flare since lite
bouncing off here that makes it's way to the film.
Unless you stack filters.
Tom
On Thursday, July 19, 2001 at 20:43, andrew fildes <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote on "Re: [OM] B+W filters," saying..
> Indeed. All are made with at least a quarter wave thickness single coating.
> MRC's add about 50% to the price and have an MC layer and a
> dust/water/scratch resist layer on top.
> AndrewF
>
>
>
> >Well, I have faith in B+W--you only need to balance one while holding its
> >x-brand counterpart in the other hand to know these filters have not been
> >overpriced, with re to build quality at least. Also keep in mind that all
> >B+W always come with that single coating, and except in the most extreme
> >circumstances this will suffice. Hell, photography got along quite well
> >indeed before coatings of any kind were known. It still boils down to the
> >man pointing that lens.
> >
> >I'd say if price is no object then go with the MC's. For sure I'd recommend
> >the best for polarizers, as we use these latter filters by definition in
> >demanding light situations. Same for Sky Lights and UV's as far as I'm
> >concerned. For the rest? I don't know. A B+W with multicoating may or may
> >not have made the difference in that demonstration shot of yesterday (the
> >one with the fireworks and smoke and crane in the center of the shot).
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