Lens filters from B+W, Carl Zeiss and Hoya
Lens filters from B+W. I firstly thought they were really genuine. Then I discovered the filters which I had bought were fakes. I could open a dispute against the seller and got my money back. AliExpress has a buyer protection, which helps. I do not know in which cases. The same sellers were also on Amazon with their fake filters before. Their Names are i.e. Store:CZW filters Store Store:Focustoday Store Store:Travel Photography Store:YOUCLEAR Digital Co., Ltd. Store Store:Xiaoying Photography Store All these stores sell fake filters. They have brands like Hoya, B+W (Schneider Kreuzach) and Carl Zeiss. The stores show the genuine filters on the photos in the web shop. You get then counterfeits delivered. They are very good imitations. But the filters have a poor optical quality and no coating on the glass. That’s the way of cheating. You can find better filters from honest Chinese manufacturers for a lower price. But there is still a huge difference between the high end products from Japan or Germany and the cheap versions. Using cheap cameras, cheap lenses then the cheap filters match fine. Of course you can’t expect a high quality of the pictures. But you have a good value. So take care with buying lens filters.