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May 27, 2010 07:16 | #1

Hey guys,

I’m currently shopping around for a new Circular Polarizer filters.

Things that I’m looking for:

1) Water-proof to repel water spots
2) Scratch and stain resistant
3) Better contrast
4) Easy to wipe/clean
5) No vignetting for WA lens (35L on my 5D II and Tokina 11-16 with 7D)

My current three choices are:

These two are similar in price.

1) B+W Circular Polarizer MRC
2) Hoya HD Digital Circular Polarizer

A little more in price but, is it a better quality than the standard MRC CPL? Other than being completely edge-sealed?

3) B+W Kaesemann MRC Circular Polarizer

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May 27, 2010 08:11 | #2

I have the Hoya Pro1D and HD polarizers and both are awesome. Both have front threads and work great. Good prices at the site www.2filter.com This is a shop in New Hampshire and they ship fast, good folks to deal with. Ordered from them many times. The Hoya HD in 77 mm is $160 and the Pro1D is $110 at 2filter. I don't have much of a preference between them to be honest. Both work great.

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May 27, 2010 08:24 | #3

DANATTHEROCK wrote in post #10254909

I have the Hoya Pro1D and HD polarizers and both are awesome. Both have front threads and work great. Good prices at the site www.2filter.com

This is a shop in New Hampshire and they ship fast, good folks to deal with. Ordered from them many times. The Hoya HD in 77 mm is $160 and the Pro1D is $110 at 2filter. I don't have much of a preference between them to be honest. Both work great.

Thanks. Have you had to clean the glass before?

If so, how easy was the cleaning? Did it leave any smudge?

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May 27, 2010 09:03 | #4

Based on the CPL review results here - http://lenstip.com …_Results_and_summary.html - I have just bought a Marumi DHG Super CPL for what seems to be a reasonable price (£70). I bought it to replace my Hoya Pro-1 CPL which now looks like this....

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.... following an altercation with a concreate road.

I chose the Marumi over another Hoya, based on the test results at Lenstip, although I never had a problem with the Hoya. I don't have an ultra-wide to test it with for vignetting but it is low profile and I would expect it to do the job. IQ tests with my 70-200/2.8L IS look good.

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May 28, 2010 12:44 | #5

Thanks for the info Tim.

tdodd wrote in post #10255116

Based on the CPL review results here - http://lenstip.com …_Results_and_summary.html

- I have just bought a Marumi DHG Super CPL for what seems to be a reasonable price (£70). I bought it to replace my Hoya Pro-1 CPL which now looks like this....

HTTP response: 404 | MIME changed to 'image/png' | Byte size: ZERO

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May 28, 2010 12:48 | #6

Anyone with B+W Kaesemann Polarizer filters, are you able to tell the difference between B+W Kaesemann Polarizer MRC vs. the B+W Polarizer MRC? (On the Kaesemann filter, does it say that on the side of the filter?

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May 28, 2010 12:51 as a reply to @ mchong75's post | #7

I've got the 72mm B+W KSM MRC. Looking at your gear list, the extra $ for the filter shouldn't bother you. I've cleaned mine with a micro cloth and a lens pen. No problems.

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May 28, 2010 12:53 | #8

mchong75 wrote in post #10262217

It'll have "KSM" on the inside rim along with "C-POL," the size, etc.

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May 28, 2010 13:42 | #9

LV Moose wrote in post #10262242

It'll have "KSM" on the inside rim along with "C-POL," the size, etc.

Thank you for the info.

Purchasing the KSM CPL.

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