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austinjames
20th of May 2005 (Fri), 21:09
I looking to buy a 67mm polarizing filter for my tamron 28-75 and canon 70-200 f4 lens. I'm shooting with a 20d... any advice?
COKE CAN
20th of May 2005 (Fri), 22:09
Hoya HMC
Persian-Rice
20th of May 2005 (Fri), 22:52
A circular one............haha. Get what he said ^.
lancea
20th of May 2005 (Fri), 23:45
Yeap. Hoya multicoated. I very recently got a 67mm Hoya Pro 1 off eBay. Not cheap, but since the polariser will be used mostly on sunny days I wanted something with a good multicoating. I see a "Pro 1 Digital" range has recently appeared (http://www.2filter.com/hoya/hoya_pro1_digital.html. Not too much information about whether they are really much different, but heck - you've got to have "digital" in the name to sell :)
lostdoggy
21st of May 2005 (Sat), 00:16
Tiffen just came out with a digital line as well.
lancea
21st of May 2005 (Sat), 01:28
What next? Digital cameras? :mrgreen: I still love the fact that my hot-shoe mounted spirit level came in a package that was proudly labelled "DIGITAL". Guess the filters might have some claim to using the term if they are intended to be used in conjunction with the filtering built into cameras.

Don't think I'll be "upgrading" my new polarisers though - they cost an arm and a leg (at least 15% of the cost of each L lens). But if I were austinjames I'd at least try and find out more about these new filters.
pierrot
21st of May 2005 (Sat), 04:22
You're right Lancea.
This reminds me that I have still to upgrade to a digital backpack... ;)
JulianL
21st of May 2005 (Sat), 06:53
I bought the Hoya UV-PL-CIR Ultra. I wanted a filter that was only 5mm thick for my 17-40L. It's pricey but I like this filter.

It's funny, I went to an outdoor wedding last weekend (bright sunny day-we were at the beach) and there were no less than 5 people there with digital SLR cameras. I found it odd that I was the only one with a polarizing filter on my lens though.
SkipD
21st of May 2005 (Sat), 07:22
I bought the Hoya UV-PL-CIR Ultra. I wanted a filter that was only 5mm thick for my 17-40L. It's pricey but I like this filter.I got the same one and I like it very much. Fortunately, all my lenses use the same 77mm filter size so I only need one.

One STRANGE thing about this filter (maybe it's true of all circular polarized filters) is that if you look through it backwards - hold it with the threads away from you - and rotate it, you don't see the polarization effect. At first I thought I had the wrong filter marked as polarized. However, when I looked through it the way the camera will, it worked as expected.
Mycroft
21st of May 2005 (Sat), 13:50
You're right Lancea.
This reminds me that I have still to upgrade to a digital backpack... ;)

don't forget those digital speakers! (which are and always will be purely analog in terms of audio output. Unless we convert our brains to digital) :lol:
csnudelman
21st of May 2005 (Sat), 21:31
B+W and Heliopan use brass rings that don't tend to seize as the aluminum rings do.
gastroboy
22nd of May 2005 (Sun), 23:03
maybe you can update the firmware on the filter if its digital to adjust to the thining of the ozone layer as time progresses
foxbat
23rd of May 2005 (Mon), 04:26
maybe you can update the firmware on the filter if its digital to adjust to the thining of the ozone layer as time progressesI think you've been standing under the ozone hole for too long mate! :lol: :lol: :lol:
mrclark321
23rd of May 2005 (Mon), 05:08
What difference will you notice between the UV and the CP? I have a 70-200mm f/4
coming in this week.
Dan
mrclark321
23rd of May 2005 (Mon), 07:01
TTT
pierrot
23rd of May 2005 (Mon), 09:29
C'mon Dan, I can't believe that you've already made 717 posts here and have no idea of the difference between UV and CP filters... :shock:















( and the answer is... price of course! :mrgreen: )
mrclark321
23rd of May 2005 (Mon), 09:44
My problem is I spend more time posting than taking pics...lol
That will change in a while....Thanks for noticing!!

Dan
C'mon Dan, I can't believe that you've already made 717 posts here and have no idea of the difference between UV and CP filters... :shock:















( and the answer is... price of course! :mrgreen: )
mrclark321
23rd of May 2005 (Mon), 09:58
I also see you made some inquiries about filters in a previous post!!

Is there a knowlege to post ratio thing going on here???

Dan
C'mon Dan, I can't believe that you've already made 717 posts here and have no idea of the difference between UV and CP filters... :shock:















( and the answer is... price of course! :mrgreen: )