Polarizing filter help plz

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Been looking at the polarizing filters but not sure what is a good one without breaking the bank. Also is it something that is recommend to keep on the lens at all times?
 
Marumi make some excellent cpl's either the dhg or dhg super depending on your budget. Only out it in the lens when you need it as it will loose you about 1 stop if light.
 
I have a 'Jessops' circ polariser and its sick! Only use it when you need to improve contrast eg for deep blue skies or water scenes etc. or just to beef up the clouds and colours. UV filter should be on all the time though ;) This was taken with a polariser.

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I have a 'Jessops' circ polariser and its sick! Only use it when you need to improve contrast eg for deep blue skies or water scenes etc. or just to beef up the clouds and colours. UV filter should be on all the time though ;)
 
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If you keep the UV on and a polariser, you may get significant vignetting, I know I did with some of my shots earlier this year.

Don't know why you'd want both at the same time..
 
ILovetoShoot said:
I have a 'Jessops' circ polariser and its sick! Only use it when you need to improve contrast eg for deep blue skies or water scenes etc. or just to beef up the clouds and colours. UV filter should be on all the time though ;) This was taken with a polariser.

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I have a 'Jessops' circ polariser and its sick! Only use it when you need to improve contrast eg for deep blue skies or water scenes etc. or just to beef up the clouds and colours. UV filter should be on all the time though ;)
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Why should a UV filter be on all the time??
 
ILovetoShoot said:
I have a 'Jessops' circ polariser and its sick! Only use it when you need to improve contrast eg for deep blue skies or water scenes etc. or just to beef up the clouds and colours. UV filter should be on all the time though ;) This was taken with a polariser.

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I have a 'Jessops' circ polariser and its sick! Only use it when you need to improve contrast eg for deep blue skies or water scenes etc. or just to beef up the clouds and colours. UV filter should be on all the time though ;)
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Not really the only people that truly believe your should always have a UV filter on all the time are the people that manufacture them and then the sales men/women in the camera shops that make as much money on selling your a filter as the do on selling you the entire lens, and certainly with the cheaper lens probably significantly more money than they do on a lens

Rule of thumb is that you should stick a quality filter on if your going to stick a filter on, now a quality UV is likely to set you back £50+ why would I stick that on say a 50/1.8 that can buy new for £80 when the likely hood is if I hit the front end hard enough to break the filter 9 times out of 10 the lens will also be fubar, thus instead of loosing £80 I've actually lost £130 :eek:

So no it really isn't as simple as you should always have a UV filter on or any filter, filters serve a purpose ans should only be used when needed ;)
 
Bobby uk said:
Been looking at the polarizing filters but not sure what is a good one without breaking the bank. Also is it something that is recommend to keep on the lens at all times?
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Personally I'd say buy the best you can afford, personally I have a Hoya Pro1 CirP and it's a brilliant filter...

What I would say is buy a larger size and then a step down ring to suit your lens, saves you the cost of a filter for each lens :) you don't need a filter on the lens all the time, well that's my opinion anyway :)
 
I use the UV filters to save my lenses from getting scratched and damaged. I decent Hoya 77mm is about £100
 
Bobby uk said:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Hoya-Circular-Polarizing-Screw--Filter/dp/B00006I5BW/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1402689882&sr=8-2&keywords=hoya 72mm polarising filter

Is this the sort of thing i should be looking at?
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Yes but not at that price if I'm honest it's too cheap I'd be very concerned its not genuine, it's not supplied and fulfilled by amazon either which for something like that I'd want it to be, while even amazon are not fool proof when it comes to counterfeit supply I'd be much more confident dealing with a product sold directly by amazon
 
That's probably genuine, but that's the standard one, not the pro 1 digital. These are the Hoya made filters Jessops sell as their own brand. They're not bad but have a huge outer ring which will cause vignetting.

Look for the pro 1 digital, they're about £60 on Amazon.
 
odd jim said:
That's probably genuine, but that's the standard one, not the pro 1 digital. These are the Hoya made filters Jessops sell as their own brand.
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I would certainly be cautious at that price! (especially showing it with a Hoya box)
 
But it is a Hoya, it's the basic one! Like I said, nothing wring per se, it's the same as the jessops branded ones, that price is about right, as I said, it's not a pro 1 digital Hoya it's their basic one!
 
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