Polarising filter question

HoppyUK said:
They look the same.

Perhaps this makes more sense of the pricing - Pro-1 CPL for £64 http://www.amazon.co.uk/Hoya-72mm-D...1_fkmr0_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1270085915&sr=1-3-fkmr0
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although the description says "Digital" note that the photo does not
and says "HOYA 72mm SUPER CIR-PL Japan

my Hoya says.....
Hoya Pro-1 Digital 52mm MC PL-C Made in Japan
and matches the box and printing shown in the twin pack

Knowing how MANY fakes there are - I'd be very wary of cut-price Hoyas on eBay or even Amazon

Hoppy - I know you have bought from Camera King - perhaps a description of the edge lettering on yours would help
 
Yardbent said:
although the description says "Digital" note that the photo does not
and says "HOYA 72mm SUPER CIR-PL Japan

my Hoya says.....
Hoya Pro-1 Digital 52mm MC PL-C Made in Japan
and matches the box and printing shown in the twin pack

Knowing how MANY fakes there are - I'd be very wary of cut-price Hoyas on eBay or even Amazon

Hoppy - I know you have bought from Camera King - perhaps a description of the edge lettering on yours would help
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I may have bought from Camera King - I don't recall, I know they are an Amazon supplier. But my CPL is a Hoya HD, from Amazon. I sold the Pro-1 version.
 
Right - is the HD version worth swapping for in a professional scenario?
I was starting to think about a Singh Ray polariser at $400 (I need 2 of them!!)

Maybe the HD will be good enough?
 
Lensflare said:
Right - is the HD version worth swapping for in a professional scenario?
I was starting to think about a Singh Ray polariser at $400 (I need 2 of them!!)

Maybe the HD will be good enough?
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I got the Hoya HD after reading Uncle Ken Rockwell here http://www.kenrockwell.com/hoya/hd-filters.htm purely for the light saving. I like to use a polariser for landscape and I just leave it pretty much premanently on my 17-40L.

Compared to the Pro-1 CPL which I then sold, which was very fractionally blue, it is just detectably yellow. But you have to compare them side by side - in normal use, given all the other colour temperature variables, it's completely unnoticeable.

In every other test I've done, and I've tried everything I know, it behaves exactly like any other high quality polarising filter :thumbs:

I've posted quite a lot of stuff about polarising filters recently, if you search my user name. I'm not fan of Singh-Ray in general. I think they make some good quality stuff but I don't like their gimmicky marketing speak and silly prices ;)

Edit: I'll happily lend you my Hoya HD CPL if you'd like to try it. It's 77mm.
 
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