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Hoya - Filter - circular polarizer - 77 mm | 
 enlarge | Brand: Hoya
Category: Photography
List Price: $137.25
Buy New: $37.50
You Save: $99.75 (73%)
New (5)
Rating:  5 reviews
Media: Electronics
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
MPN: B77CRPLGB
Model: B77CRPL
UPC: 024066012142
EAN: 0024066012142
ASIN: B00009R9E1
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Creates dramatic sky/cloud contrast. | | • | Saturates colors without changing color balance. | | • | Mount rotates to control amount of effect. |
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Product Description
Light rays, which are reflected by any surface become polarized and polarizing filters are used to select which light rays enter your camera lens. PL (Linear Polarizing) and PL-CIR (Circular Polarizing) filters have the same effect, but it is important that you choose the correct version for your camera. They allow you to remove unwanted reflections from non-metallic surfaces such as water, glass etc. They also enable colors to become more saturated and appear clearer, with better contrast. This effect is often used to increase the contrast and saturation in blue skies and white clouds. HOYA's polarizing filters do not affect the overall color balance of a shot.
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| Customer Reviews:
 Buyer beware - falls apart February 19, 2008
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
It appears that many buyers have had this filter fall apart on them. I had the same experience. Within a few weeks of use, it fell apart. The metal piece inside fell out. I was able to reassemble it, but it soon came a apart again At the moment, there's no sign of the metal interior part, so I think it's dead for good. Way too expensive for this sort of performance. I think Hoya is now off my list of acceptable vendors.
If you're going to spend money... December 25, 2007
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
... then go ahead and spend it on something not so cheesy. I agree with the other reviewers. The cir-polarizer works great when it works, but the way this filter is constructed is faulty. I too unscrewed the filter and had it fall apart on me.
I wish I had spent just a little more and gone with s Singh-Ray or something. Now I'm just out the $70 dollars I spent on this thing. I could not in good conscience recommend this product.
Broke unexpectedly November 4, 2007
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
Mine worked fine for several months, with little or no abuse. Rotation was smooth. One day, simply unscrewing from the lens, it came apart (the metal ring inside it detached from the threading and the glass, so now it's in like 3 parts) and was told by several repair shops to simply get a new one, no repair possible. I would have not minded if I had at least bumped it or something, but the filter was always treated carefully. Next time I'll probably buy one of the expensive ones...
 A good filter so far July 9, 2007
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
After reading the other review, I was worried I might end up with a sub-par Hoya product, when they normally do such great work. When the filter arrived, I immediately tested out the rotation. Very smooth and easy to rotate, it did feel a tad weak. In practice, it worked to produce fantastic shots. It definitely held together in a rough environment for one shoot, and I'll update as I use it for more shoots. Hopefully the previous reviewer just had a faulty copy.
UPDATE: After about two months of ownership, this thing fell apart on me, while I was on a beach. Needless to say, cleanup of the pieces was a pain, but I did manage to put it back together. However, it caused me to fail to catch a beautiful sunset the way I had hoped to. I must downgrade my rating for this failed product to 0/5 stars!
Quality lacking May 9, 2007
10 out of 11 found this review helpful
The polarization is great, loved the pictures when the product worked. Used it on a shoot location for 3 days when it came apart and will not stay together. Photography is my living and the lense was not abused! Contacted the seller thru email and very disappointed in feedback. Got a two word response like English was a bad second language. Issue still not resolved. Go for a higher quality than Hoya when selected a polarizer lense. It's worth the extra money!
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