Polariser Reccomendation?

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I'm off on holiday next week (Venice, Budapest and Berlin) and from my trip there a couple of years ago I know that I could do with something to darken the scene a little as it was bloody bright!

I'm thinking of buying a polariser for my main lens (likely my Tamron 24-70) but I wanted to make sure I bought a good one, the Hoya Pro 1 lenses always seemed to be well regarded but is this still the case?

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At the end of the day, how much do you want to spend? I have a Hoya pro1 and it works extremely well and would recommend to anybody. I think its a decent polorizer for the price (I paid £40 for 77mm), if you want to spend more for a top end one like B+W with multi resistant coating then you will be expecting to pay around £100 for a 77mm.
 
Could i join in on this thread also, whats the most reasonable priced UV filter (just for protection really) without compromising IQ also in the 77mm Tell me to sod off if this is out of order ha !
 
To the OP, I've had Hoya Pro previously but this went for this http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B001AMAV6A/ref=twister_B00JP7E1UO?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1
I've been very impressed with the colours it produces so far.

As to the question about UV, what is it you need to protect it from. In 20 years if have never used or needed a filter for protection, I find having the hood fitted protects it from most things. However if I was shooting rallying on loose gravel etc I may think differently. Although having said that my insurance covers everything.
 
Chris - when buying polarising filter, i would suggest buying one for your largest filter thread and buy step down adapters so you can then use this filter on all your other lenses. If there is a lens you are thinking of buying that has an even larger folder thread, get that size.
 
ChrisHeathcote said:
To the OP, I've had Hoya Pro previously but this went for this http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B001AMAV6A/ref=twister_B00JP7E1UO?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1
I've been very impressed with the colours it produces so far.

As to the question about UV, what is it you need to protect it from. In 20 years if have never used or needed a filter for protection, I find having the hood fitted protects it from most things. However if I was shooting rallying on loose gravel etc I may think differently. Although having said that my insurance covers everything.
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I've just ordered a new 17-55 canon 2.8, alot of the reviews say how prone it is to dust, but that having a filter fitted helps to prevent this, so im looking for the one that will least affect IQ, btu without spending more than i need to, dont get me wrong im not looking for a cheap one, but im also not wanting to spend £80 if a £50 one will do the same job and have the same effect on IQ if that make sense
 
Kev132 said:
Could i join in on this thread also, whats the most reasonable priced UV filter (just for protection really) without compromising IQ also in the 77mm Tell me to sod off if this is out of order ha !
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Instead of a UV filter why not try the Hoya 77mm Pro1 Digital Protector Filter, its less than £20 (at current time on Amazon) and is really good quality for the price.
 
i did look at those, but, what put me off was how cheap it was ! can it really be that cheap and not effect the image quality at all ?
 
Kev132 said:
i did look at those, but, what put me off was how cheap it was ! can it really be that cheap and not effect the image quality at all ?
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It's cheap because it doesn't have any filter films added - it's just a bit of optical glass. The glass itself should be the same quality as other Pro1 filters - i.e. good.
 
Quite, CPLs aren't all that effective as a ND filter (2 stops or less) and you'll get banded skies at wide angle.
 
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