\begin{table}%t2 \caption {\label{tab:phot}Results of photometry of XTE~J1814$-$338.} %\centerline {\begin{tabular}{ccccc} \hline\hline Filter &${\lambda}_{\rm c}$& Mean magnitude & Semiamplitude & $A_{\lambda}$ \\ & (\AA) & & (mag) & (mag) \\ \hline $V$ & 5270 & $23.29 \pm 0.04$ & $0.52 \pm 0.08$ & $0.87 \pm 0.03$ \\ $R$ & 6440 & $22.52 \pm 0.03$ & $0.32 \pm 0.08$ & $0.68 \pm 0.03$ \\ \hline \end{tabular}} \par \smallskip All the values are uncorrected for reddening. In column five are reported the reddening parameters used to correct our optical photometry, computed assuming $E(B-V)=0.29 \pm 0.03$~mag (see Sect.~3.3 for details). \end{table}