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01/16/2004 05:56:49 PM · #1 |
| Good? Bad? Does anyone use them? I just bought two new circular polarizing filters, one 72mm and one 58mm for 50 bucks total on Ebay. Thats less than half of what I could get them anywhere else. But, are they good or did I throw my money away? |
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01/16/2004 06:02:55 PM · #2 |
It's what I use... bought mine on Ebay too.
Also use Cokin, Tiffen when I can afford them |
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01/16/2004 06:11:06 PM · #3 |
| Thanks JC. I used to use Tiffen and Cokin, but I saw these, then searched pricegrabber for what they sell them for, and is was a little more than half, so my impluse said buy. Is the glass pretty good? |
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01/16/2004 06:16:25 PM · #4 |
Seems pretty true. I've been using the circlular polarizer regularly and just got the R72 IR,, which seems quite nice also.
Haven't noticed any discrepancies towards the edges at all, and I try and be very careful as a rule so haven't noticed any scratching. |
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01/16/2004 06:33:24 PM · #5 |
Originally posted by deafwolf:
Thanks JC. I used to use Tiffen and Cokin, but I saw these, then searched pricegrabber for what they sell them for, and is was a little more than half, so my impluse said buy. Is the glass pretty good? |
Depends on what glass you got. Green, Purple or HMC.
I use a HMC Hoya UV filter and a Purple Hoya CPL and am happy with both. Sure there might be an advandtage with using the HMC CPL, but I don't see any flaws with the purple one. The UV is on all of the time, so I chose to have that one with a Hoya Multi Coating (HMC). :)
The Green quality is the lowest quality.
Looking back with what I know now I would rather have purchased the B+W 486 filter, instead of the Hoya HMC UV. The 486 blocks both UV and infrared and from what I have seen from a Nikon D2H dSLR the filter provides better color reproduction with considerably less noise. The downside is that you can get whole lenses for the price of that filter.
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01/16/2004 07:00:52 PM · #6 |
Just got a Hoya Circular Polarizer for my camera - it looks great and seems to do the job nicely - also an eBay buy. Just won a 67mm Cokin Circular Polarizer for my underwater case (which I almost never use in the water - just as a protection from the salt air and sand at the beach) - it was a great price - hoping it will be as good as the Hoya.
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01/16/2004 07:32:06 PM · #7 |
I prefer the German made Heliopan brand. They're slimmer and seem very precise and well crafted, not just the glass but altogether. Turn a Hoya polarizer, then a Heliopan. You'll see (and feel) difference.
I like slim filters, in order to avoid vignetting, in case I want to stack them.
Message edited by author 2004-01-16 19:32:33.
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