CPL for 17-40

I am thinking about a CPL for my 17-40 to be used on a 7D. Anyone had any experience with the Hoya HD CPL with this combo - is it any good?

I'd recommend a B+W F-Pro polarizer with MRC coatings. Hoya polarizers have a propensity to come apart unexpectedly...plenty of threads on this very topic...do a search and they'll come up.

My Hoya HD CPL is still in one piece after about 8 years.

neil_r wrote in post #13074605
My Hoya HD CPL is still in one piece after about 8 years.

8 years? When did Hoya release their HD versions? I thought it was only a few years ago....

My Bad, It's a Hoya Pro1 sorry

msowsun wrote in post #13074621
8 years? When did Hoya release their HD versions? I thought it was only a few years ago....

Good catch!

I am old, I cant keep up with all these developments

neil_r wrote in post #13074693
I am old, I cant keep up with all these developments

lol ...
@op, B&W choice #1, Hoya Choice #2

Never had an issue with any Hoya CPL coming apart.

B+W MRC F-Pro is the way to go IMO, KSM version is even better.

brucea wrote in post #13075677
Never had an issue with any Hoya CPL coming apart.

Consider yourself one of the lucky ones. Just a couple of threads on this issue in the last week or two alone... Seems that its a roll of the dice, which is all the more reason to avoid them.

I figured that I spent my money wisely on a Marumi branded CPL, rates at the top of the list tied with the B+W here, and has been easy to clean and held together well over the last two years! Still turns as smoothly as it did on day 1!

I have an expensive Hoya and a cheapie Kood 77mm polarisers - both work just fine - no appreciable difference that I can see, or more importantly that my printer can't see!