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Dupont24Dupont24 Registered Users Posts: 237 Major grins
edited August 10, 2006 in Accessories
What are some good name brands for polarizer filters to buy.
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  • Manfr3dManfr3d Registered Users Posts: 2,008 Major grins
    edited August 10, 2006
    Dupont24 wrote:
    What are some good name brands for polarizer filters to buy.

    B&W, Heliopan, Hoya

    B&W and Heliopan being the more expensive ones whereas Hoya is cheaper.
    You normaly get what you pay for, so researching the differences will
    make your decision easier.

    There are also stack-filter systems from SingRay and Cokin. Here
    you screw a filter holder on your lens and then insert rectangular
    filters (including polfilters). Their Polfilters are usualy more expensive,
    because they are offered in the largest size that their filter holder
    supports. Personaly I find such filtersystems wierd to use, especialy
    without a tripod. Punch card era style.

    B&W makes brass mount (F-Pro) filters that dont get stuck on your
    camera screw mount. They also make the Kaesemann (KSM) Polfilters
    which are sealed against dust and moisture and have extra extra
    scratch protective coatings. They use Schott Glass for their filters
    (the stuff zeiss made or makes, dunno, their lenses out of).

    By normal standards a hoya filter is very good. Just make sure you
    buy a circular polarizer if you are using an AF Camera.
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  • devbobodevbobo Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 4,339 SmugMug Employee
    edited August 10, 2006
    Manfr3d wrote:
    stack-filter systems from SingRay and Cokin.

    actually SinghRay only sell the filters, that fit Cokin or Lee filter systems.
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  • bwgbwg Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 2,119 SmugMug Employee
    edited August 10, 2006
    Dupont24 wrote:
    What are some good name brands for polarizer filters to buy.
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  • BodwickBodwick Registered Users Posts: 396 Major grins
    edited August 10, 2006
    Manfr3d wrote:
    You normaly get what you pay for, so researching the differences will make your decision easier.

    I agree

    Manfr3d wrote:
    There are also stack-filter systems from SingRay and Cokin. Here
    you screw a filter holder on your lens and then insert rectangular
    filters (including polfilters). Their Polfilters are usualy more expensive,
    because they are offered in the largest size that their filter holder
    supports. Personaly I find such filtersystems wierd to use, especialy
    without a tripod. Punch card era style.

    All wrong.
    SingRay supply 52mm - 77mm ring mounted polarizers. Some might argue they are more expensive because as the company says they have "clearly lighter, brighter performance. The light transmission of the new LB Warming Polarizer has been increased by 66% compared to the previous Singh-Ray Warming Polarizer. That's equal to 2/3 of an f-stop!" As you said you get what you pay for.

    Punch card era eh...umph.gif Oh well, I'll bear that in mind next time I stack my ND's. One day I'll do it all in the computer.rolleyes1.gif

    I use a thin mount cannon polarizer by the way.

    Bod.
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  • Bill KBill K Registered Users Posts: 33 Big grins
    edited August 10, 2006
    I have had good results with Hoya and the price is right.

    The drive for 5 is alive....lol
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  • Manfr3dManfr3d Registered Users Posts: 2,008 Major grins
    edited August 10, 2006
    Bodwick wrote:
    All wrong.
    SingRay supply 52mm - 77mm ring mounted polarizers. Some might argue they are more expensive because as the company says they have "clearly lighter, brighter performance. The light transmission of the new LB Warming Polarizer has been increased by 66% compared to the previous Singh-Ray Warming Polarizer. That's equal to 2/3 of an f-stop!" As you said you get what you pay for.

    You are right! Cokin was the one who makes only one size polfilter for each
    mountsize (A,P etc) but I was baffled when I just saw that a polfilter for
    P-System is on 40 EUR. :uhoh
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