Hoya 77mm Circular Polarising Filter
Posted by Notcot on May 26, 2010 in Photography |
Product Description
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- Creates dramatic sky/cloud contrast.
- Saturates colors without changing color balance.
- Mount rotates to control amount of effect.
I purchased one of these for my Canon EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM Lens – I know these filters to be fairly slim and figured it would be enough, unfortunately it’s not quite slim enough and causes significant vingetting at 10mm. However this quickly disappears when you move past about 12mm so it’s still just about usable on this lens; particularly if you’re planning on cropping your images into letterbox aspect ratio anyway.
For the best results on an ultra-wide angle; you need a slimmer filter than this. I have now replaced mine with an Hoya 77mm PRO1 Digital Circular PL Filter – significantly more expensive, but much better at 10mm.
Rating: 4 / 5
A polarising filter is a must in your camera kit. I have a Sigma 10-20mm wide angle for my D60 [that’s 15-30mm for full-frame] and shots with this lens including lots of sky benefit enormously.
The one thing I’d like to see Hoya do is make the index mark on the outer edge of the rim run over onto the inner edge, so that you can see it if the outer edge is masked by your lens hood. With a lens hood tight on the lens, the index should be visible from the front, not just the side-view of the filter. No probs. A blob of Tipex or similar will do the job.
Rating: 4 / 5
Love it. Use it all the time.. beautiful rich sky blues are enhanced, blown out whites are reduced.. fabulous filter a must for your kit
Rating: 5 / 5