Best brand of polarising filter?

alexthecheese

alexthecheese

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Climbing Ben Nevis next week and want to get a polarising filter to get some snaps, in the hope that it's going to be gloriously sunny (but cool enough to walk :p).

Are Hoya any good? Looking for a 67mm filter for my Nikon 18-105mm lens.

Thanks. :p
 
Gone through some duds recently myself, and while most will recommend others, I would like to throw my suggestion in of Marumi DHG Super.

There was a test floating around, which I will post here when I find it, but the Marumi came out near top, and I have been happy with every Marumi I have tried.

Not the cheapest, but not even near most expensive.
 
eyetrip said:
Gone through some duds recently myself, and while most will recommend others, I would like to throw my suggestion in of Marumi DHG Super.

There was a test floating around, which I will post here when I find it, but the Marumi came out near top, and I have been happy with every Marumi I have tried.

Not the cheapest, but not even near most expensive.
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I have a marumi and like it more than the hoya i had previously
 
Heliopan are the best, followed closely by B+W but with B+W there are various grades, h Kazieman kaesemann are at the top and F-Pro are the standard but very good. B+W sell linear as well as circular polarisers, avoid the linear (you will loose autofocus). B+W also have a slim mount, this is good for wide angle lenses but not so nice for standard use.
Because CPLs give strange effects when used on UWA lenses most people just go with the f-pro CIRC POL MRC.

There are now some filters out there that share some of the higher quality glass and CPL foil but there are still differences in build quality and mount. E.g., Heliopan and B+W used solid brass mounts that don't cross threads, cheaper brands use Alu.

Also glass quality changes drastically, I had a Hoya HD CPL that lasted a few before the glass shattered all over my bedroom floor without any obvious knock.
 
I have a Hoya Pro1. I've heard the Hoya HD polarisers let in a lot more light than previous models, not sure how they compare to other premium makes in this regard though.
 
Hoya Pro on my 17-40 here and never had a real problem at the wide end.
 
Can I recommend getting a Lee Filter system and then their 105mm Rotating circular polariser :

http://www.leefilters.com/index.php/camera/polariser

It's not the cheapest option but this way you'll have a polariser for all of your lenses and you can you it with other filters and have the best of both worlds. The Lee system was one of the best purchases I made, I tried other brands but didn't like them.
 
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