All my circular polarizers -- 49mm, 55mm, 67mm, 72mm, and 82mm* -- are B+W
Kaesemans. But that's just me, and I'm maybe a little more particular about
filter quality than the average bear.
Walt
*The 80-200/2.8 Tamron is the only lens I've got that needs a 77mm circular
polarizer, so I use a step-up ring, 82mm filter, and an 82mm screw-in hood.
--
"Anything more than 500 yards from
the car just isn't photogenic." --
Edward Weston
-------------- Original message ----------------------
From: Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> I face the monetarily daunting project of buying a 77mm circular
> polarizer. I guess I could go spend (B&H prices) $200 for a B+W (why
> are they all marked as "warm") or as little as $76.50 for the bottom end
> Hoya (or almost as much as the B+W for the top end Hoyas)
>
> I remember Gary Reese's admonitions on lousy filter quality and that it
> was almost independent of price. But I've always been curious about
> whether his tests with a vertical autocollimator actually translated
> into visible differences on the image. It always struck me odd that the
> majority of the filters he tested were deemed unusable.
>
> Any comments or recommendations?
>
> Chuck Norcutt
>
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