Hoya 77mm HD Digital PL-CIR Screw in Filter
Posted by Notcot on May 13, 2010 in Photography |
Product Description
- Fassungsstärke: 5mm
- Frontgewinde: nein
- Größe: 77mm
- HMC Super
Erstklassiges Rohmaterial, präzise Bearbeitung und aufwändige Beschichtungstechnik für die Vergütung zeichnen HOYA-Filter aus. Hoya garantiert den höchsten Filterstandard, für bessere Ergebnisse und schönere Bilder von Anfang an, ohne zeit- und kostspielige Nachbearbeitung Ihrer Bilder.
- SUPER MULTI COATED
I bought this HD Circular Polariser (CPL) after having used the Hoya range over the past few years and being extremely pleased with the brand overall (quality, build, polarizing effect and ease of being able to screw on and off)
Overall, I prefere the Hoya range over many other makes and brands and find them to create a deep polarizing effect (to increase saturation of colours, skies, bring out clouds and reduce reflections).
However, with the exisiting range of most brands of CPLs, they are commonly known to reduce the amoung of light entering the sensor by between 1-2 stops of light (in other words, they amount of light hitting the sensor is reduced by half to a quarter of the amount without the polarizer attached).
This means that longer shutter speeds are necessary (great if you can hold the camera steady for blurring water, or on a tripod, not so great if you are handholding your shots).
This CPL is a new HD filter, which allows around 90% of the light to hit your sensor while keeping the polarizing effect the same. This means that you can maintain higher shutter speeds and stil get a great effect.
This enables me to keep the CPL on at all times (except for indoor shots and low light shots)
This CPL is not to be confused with the pro-1 range (which still reduces the amount of light like the regular CPL; the only difference with this being the that the pro-1 range is a very thin filter, thereby reducing vignetting at very wide angles.
I highly recommend this CPL and Amazon has one of the best prices around (currently deeply discounted)..
Rating: 4 / 5
More expensive than most circular polarisers by quite a margin & I’m guessing it’s a Kaesemann type that means it is fully edge sealed & is about 1/2 to 2/3 a stop faster than ordinary ones. The level of anti-reflection, resistance to scratches & marking is reputedly very good.
This polariser has a low profile that makes it suitable for wide angle lenses – I use a 77mm version on a Nikon 16-35mm f4 VR without any additional vignetting as well as a 24-70mm f2.8.
Probably overkill on kit lenses but if you have expensive lenses, don’t skimp on filters!
Like all polarisers (especially low profile ones that have less to grip on), care is needed when screwing onto any existing filters such as a UV. Make sure the 1st filter is fairly tight on the lens & that the polariser is only tight enough not to rotate in its thread, alternatively only rotate cw when viewed from the front to save the polariser from unwinding!
Rating: 5 / 5
The HD Digital for the same price as many others sell the standard products. Bargain!
Rating: 5 / 5
Great product for great price. Good saving from cost on High Street. Would recommend to anyone.
Rating: 5 / 5