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			|  | 08/21/2014 05:58:22 AM · #1 | 
		| | I lost my Kood P-type polarising filter when shooting some cliffs. With a trip to Greece planned this September I'll need a new one. Because that lost filter caused vignetting on my Sigma 17-50mm due to the used filter system, I'm looking for a screw-in model, most preferable in the range of £40-£70 ($65-$110). At the moment I'm looking at the Kood 77mm Circular Polarising Filter, the Hoya 77mm Circular Polarising Filter, the Hoya 77mm HD Digital Circular Polarizing Filter and the Hoya 77mm Pro-1 Digital Circular Polarizing Filter. I'm going to use it on my Sigma 17-50mm and hopefully on a Sigma 10-20mm in the future, both having the 77mm thread. 
 Anyone has any experience with these polarising filters, especially on wide zoom lenses? Any advise welcome, thanks.
 
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			|  | 08/21/2014 10:00:43 AM · #2 | 
		| | I use the super thin Hoya. The glass quality is very good, and, because it's the thin model, no vignetting.  I generally use it on the 18-105 zoom that came with the camera. When you get the 10-20, the angle of view will be much wider than the 17-50.  You may end up having to get a step up ring and use a larger diameter filter for that to work without vignetting.
 Maybe someone who uses that lens can share some insight about that focal length and filters on a crop sensor camera.
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			|  | 08/21/2014 10:20:51 AM · #3 | 
		| | I've heard good things about the Marumi line of filters.  Here is a comparison between several filters by Lenstip.com 
 Polarizing Filters Test
 
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			|  | 08/22/2014 06:24:35 AM · #4 | 
		| | | Originally posted by atupdate: I've heard good things about the Marumi line of filters.  Here is a comparison between several filters by Lenstip.com
 Polarizing Filters Test
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 | Originally posted by MelonMusketeer: I use the super thin Hoya. The glass quality is very good, and, because it's the thin model, no vignetting. I generally use it on the 18-105 zoom that came with the camera.
 When you get the 10-20, the angle of view will be much wider than the 17-50. You may end up having to get a step up ring and use a larger diameter filter for that to work without vignetting.
 Maybe someone who uses that lens can share some insight about that focal length and filters on a crop sensor camera.
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 Thanks guys, maybe others have experience with the Marumi filters. I hope to hear from them as well then.
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			|  | 09/29/2014 08:57:44 PM · #5 | 
		| | | Originally posted by Kroburg: 
 
 Anyone has any experience with these polarising filters, especially on wide zoom lenses? Any advise welcome, thanks.
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 First, probably a bit late in commenting here, but might as well for future reference for others.
 
 Try to get an initially large filter, especially for more expensive ones like a Cir pol. Most pro lenses are 77 (excluding exotics) so if you can, buying 1 77mm is much cheaper than a 58mmm then a 72mm, etc. Step up rings are much cheaper and can be combined to meet most lens sizes if you think about things (though they are fiddly and annoying at times).
 
 Next, using a cir pol on a 10-20 is pretty pointless as you'll get all sorts of weirdo* results. (*Unless you want weirdo, in which case, knock yourself out). If you wonder what I mean by weirdo... here you go. These were shot for somebody who was wondering the exact same question sometime in the past.
 
 
       
 All straight from camera. I think they were all shot at 10mm, so 15mm equivalent, and showing the variation you get with regard to sun location.
 
 Message edited by author 2014-09-29 20:58:26.
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