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Subject: [OM] Re: Polarizer recommendation
From: "Martyn Smoothy" <mds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 20 Aug 2006 22:20:00 +0100
I'd second the choice of the B+W Kasemann - excellent quality, but
expensive - only have one (72mm) & a set of step-up rings.

Martyn


-----Original Message-----
From: olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx]On
Behalf Of Walt Wayman
Sent: 20 August 2006 19:44
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [OM] Re: Polarizer recommendation


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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