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Jun 03, 2008 14:07 |  #1

I am looking for a CPL for my Tamron 15-55/2.8.

Since I've already overspent my budget this year, I want to go with Hvstar that seems to have good reviews and slow shipping ;).

I found these two offerings that are pretty affordable, is there a reason why I shouldn't get them instead of much more expensive B+W ? (I read about not putting a POS glass in front of good glass, but are these POS ?)

Are there any other ones I missed ?

Kenko
http://hvstar.net …ction=VIEWPROD&​ProdID=109 (external link)

Hoya
http://hvstar.net …ction=VIEWPROD&​ProdID=657 (external link)

(has a bunch of things I don't need along with the filter)

Any suggestions greatly appreciated !


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Jun 03, 2008 14:52 |  #2

Kenko and Hoya are two faces of the same company; either one of those should be OK.


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Jun 05, 2008 07:08 |  #3

Thanks.

The Kenko says "specifically optimized for digital applications", does it make sense or is it just marketing nonsense ?

The Hoya has front thread (Kenko doesn't seem to have one). Is it for stacking up other filters ? How useful would that be, I think adding one filter on top of another could degrade picture quality & reduce amount of light so it's probably not a good idea ?
I am leaning towards Hoya, there's just $5 difference, but they seem to throw in more than $5 of additional "fluff" so perhaps Kenko is a better choice ?

OK, nevermind, apparently I need front threads to put lens cap on.

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