CPL filters, B&W or Hoya ?

In article <4597db1a$0$7739$4c368faf@roadrunner.com>, Phil Wheeler
<wt6uh-ng7.DeleteThis@yahoo.com> wrote:

> Tony Gartshore wrote:
> > Is there any appreciable difference in quality/performance/colour shift
> > etc between the Hoya Super HMC Pro and the B&W Slim MRC versions ?
> >
> > Prices are pretty similar..
> >
> > To go on a Canon 24-105 L if that makes any difference..
> >
>
> I think that is B+W. Quality of the models above
> should be similar. Slim model may be better for
> vignetting if an issue with that lens .. but may
> not have front threads.

I use a standard B+W on my 24-105L, and I get no vignetting.

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 >> Stay informed about: CPL filters, B&W or Hoya ? 

In article <4597db1a$0$7739$4c368faf@roadrunner.com>, wt6uh-ng7
@yahoo.com says...
>
> I think that is B+W. Quality of the models above
> should be similar. Slim model may be better for
> vignetting if an issue with that lens .. but may
> not have front threads.
>

Indeed B + W Phil..

Not sure if front threads would be an issue or not.. Hood mounts onto
onto outside of lens barrel and I'm unlikely to want to stack filters.

Worth checking on though.

T.
> Phil
>
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Rita Ä Berkowitz <ritaberk2O04 @aol.com> writes:
> For CPLs stay away from the high-end Hoya as they use a split ring to
> hold the glass element in. The glass has a tendency of falling out at
> the most inopportune time. Stay with B&W if you want superior quality.

What about Nikon? And what's wrong with the cheap ones anyway?
 >> Stay informed about: CPL filters, B&W or Hoya ? 

In article <7x64bqdapm.fsf.RemoveThis@ruckus.brouhaha.com>, Paul Rubin
<http://phr.cx@NOSPAM.invalid> wrote:

> Rita Ä Berkowitz <ritaberk2O04 @aol.com> writes:
> > For CPLs stay away from the high-end Hoya as they use a split ring to
> > hold the glass element in. The glass has a tendency of falling out at
> > the most inopportune time. Stay with B&W if you want superior quality.
>
> What about Nikon? And what's wrong with the cheap ones anyway?

Because they're cheap.

They don't make them cheap without compromising somewhere, and your
image quality is factored by the _lowest_ quality glass that it goes
through on the way to the sensor/film.

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 >> Stay informed about: CPL filters, B&W or Hoya ? 

Paul Rubin wrote:

> Rita Ä Berkowitz <ritaberk2O04 @aol.com> writes:
>
>>For CPLs stay away from the high-end Hoya as they use a split ring to
>>hold the glass element in. The glass has a tendency of falling out at
>>the most inopportune time. Stay with B&W if you want superior quality.
>
>
> What about Nikon? And what's wrong with the cheap ones anyway?

Polarized Light and Evaluating Polarizing Filters
http://www.clarkvision.com/photoinfo/evaluating_polarizing_filters

Roger
 >> Stay informed about: CPL filters, B&W or Hoya ? 

Rita Ä Berkowitz wrote:

> For CPLs stay away from the high-end Hoya as they use a split ring to
> hold the glass element in. The glass has a tendency of falling out at
> the most inopportune time. Stay with B&W if you want superior quality.
>
> Rita

I have used Hoya multicoated filters for many years, and have
never had a problem with a split ring coming out, except the
one time I dropped a lens on a rock and the UV filter shattered
and the split ring came out . The lens was unscratched!
(Now I have a spare set of screw threads and split ring.)

Roger
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In article <12pia0sm9hg7ief RemoveThis @news.supernews.com>, =?iso-8859-15?Q?
Rita_=C4_Berkowitz?= <ritaberk2O04 @aol.com> says...
> Tony Gartshore wrote:
>
> > Is there any appreciable difference in quality/performance/colour
> > shift etc between the Hoya Super HMC Pro and the B&W Slim MRC
> > versions ?
>
> For CPLs stay away from the high-end Hoya as they use a split ring to hold
> the glass element in. The glass has a tendency of falling out at the most
> inopportune time. Stay with B&W if you want superior quality.
>
Thank you..

Not something I had considered I must admit..

T.
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In article <12pijphdr64do42.TakeThisOut@news.supernews.com>, =?iso-8859-1?Q?Rita_=C4
_Berkowitz?= <ritaberk2O04 @aol.com> says...
> Paul Rubin wrote:
>
> > Rita Ä Berkowitz <ritaberk2O04 @aol.com> writes:
> >> For CPLs stay away from the high-end Hoya as they use a split ring to
> >> hold the glass element in. The glass has a tendency of falling out
> >> at the most inopportune time. Stay with B&W if you want superior
> >> quality.
> >
> > What about Nikon? And what's wrong with the cheap ones anyway?
>
> I haven't used a Nikon CPL so I can't comment on its build quality. I guess
> he could use a cheap Hoya since the glass is going to fall out anyway.
>
Having shelled out for Canon 'L' glass why would I be interested in
saving a few quid on a cheap CPL ?

Or are the Hoya Pro and B+W multicoated jobs regarded as cheap ?

T.
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In article <MPG.2003606ee20667319897cb DeleteThis @news.plus.net>, Tony Gartshore
<me DeleteThis @none.com> wrote:

> In article <12pijphdr64do42 DeleteThis @news.supernews.com>, =?iso-8859-1?Q?Rita_=C4
> _Berkowitz?= <ritaberk2O04 @aol.com> says...
> > Paul Rubin wrote:
> >
> > > Rita Ä Berkowitz <ritaberk2O04 @aol.com> writes:
> > >> For CPLs stay away from the high-end Hoya as they use a split ring to
> > >> hold the glass element in. The glass has a tendency of falling out
> > >> at the most inopportune time. Stay with B&W if you want superior
> > >> quality.
> > >
> > > What about Nikon? And what's wrong with the cheap ones anyway?
> >
> > I haven't used a Nikon CPL so I can't comment on its build quality. I guess
> > he could use a cheap Hoya since the glass is going to fall out anyway.
> >
> Having shelled out for Canon 'L' glass why would I be interested in
> saving a few quid on a cheap CPL ?
>
> Or are the Hoya Pro and B+W multicoated jobs regarded as cheap ?
>
> T.

No.

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reputation as a dangerous citizen these days is to go about repeating
the very phrases which our founding fathers used in the struggle for
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