Due to its light pink color, the Hoya Skylight 1B (HMC) Multi-Coated Glass Filter reduces the bluish cast of daylight to produce a pleasing, warm picture tone. Wise initial investments, Skylight filters help protect your lens from dust, moisture, and scratches that can lead to costly repairs.

The filter is multi-coated to minimize reflections on the filter surfaces, which reduces flare and ghosting.

Can be left on at all times for protection

Skylight filters provide additional benefits of correction for Ultraviolet(UV) light that can register on film and videotape as a bluish cast and can obscure distant details

Used to reduce the bluish cast common with some electronic flash units

Related Questions and Answers

Q: 1. Will this work with the coming Nikon NIKKOR Z 180-600mm f/5.6-6.3 VR Lens?

A: The Hoya 95mm HMC UV Filter would be compatible with the NIKKOR Z 180-600mm f/5.6-6.3 VR Lens.

Q: 2. I bought these filters and it fits my lens, but it wont focus when I put it on my lens. How do you work it?

A: Only with the +1 will you still get any type of focus range. Itll get you closer than the normal lens minimum focus distance to about a foot from the lens. Depending on the lens. The others you will only be able to move yourself farther from or closer to the subject to get focus as youll only be a few inches from it.

Q: 3. After figuring my exposure settings, do I need to add another stop for the filter?

A: Not if you're using your camera's light meter.

Q: 4. This one is the correct filter to photographs dive ?

A: Could you please clarify your question? By dive do you mean under water?Thank you.B

Q: 5. Will this also work as a UV besides adding a pink tone?

A: it is a UV filter but it also stops a bit of the visible blue just above the UV. It won't add pink, it just trims the excessive blue of cloudless skies.

Q: 6. What is the cutoff wave length?

A: The long-wave end of this is well into the shortwave infrared, limited by the glass transmission. The shortwave end os approximately 600 nm , with a pretty broad slope. If you need a sharper slope look at dichroics or even interference filters.

Q: 7. What is the stop compensation for this filter? Using to shoot film pinhole .

A: The compensation is 2 stops.

Q: 8. Does anyone know the approximate Kelvin temperature of the FL-W filter?

A: The Hoya FL-W Fluorescent Hoya Multi-Coated (HMC) Glass Filter for Daylight Film covers a temperature range around 2700-3000K.

Q: 9. Would this lens be appropriate for color infrared film?

A: Hi Cindy,I think you mean filter, not lens. This filter is intended for black and white film only. It is good for increasing contrast in a scene that has low contrast. There is a 1 stop filter factor.

Q: 10. Does the effect work with digital cameras? If so, does the auto white balance need to be turned off? Thanks

A: The only useful way to utilize this filter would be if you were shooting in a monochrome mode on a digital camera, or if you had a digital camera that has had an infrared conversion done to it.