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.

Product Details

• Brand: Hoya
• Model: HOY 72 CIRC POLARIZING
• Dimensions: .15 pounds

Features

• Designed to adjust brightly reflected light especially sunlight (reflected off of water or snow) and reduce unwanted glare
• The controlled dual-layer filter adjusts for axial variants to gain the optimal settings for your needs
• Fits the front of lenses that have 72mm filter-mounts

Customer Reviews

Very good results but ...
The GOOD:
The pictures I took with this filter came out wonderful. Amazing results on clouds, sky, water. It is true, the fish under water that you barely see will come out perfectly clear on your pictures.
Price is very good. If you have never tried a polarizing filter, like me, an small investment will show how good this filter is.
The filter is very slim and it doesn't affect the picture border with wide angle lens. I was using an 18-200mm lens.

The BAD:
The only disadvantage I found is that sometimes is very difficult to take the filter out. Because the filter is very slim, and the inner ring is not grooved, your fingers just slide over.
I tried not to tight the filter, but a couple of times it dropped on my hand while rotating the outer ring.
I was tempted to apply a couple of drops of epoxy on the border of the inner ring but at the end I bought a more expensive model, same brand, but with grooved inner ring. I wish someone has told me about the importance of the groove on the inner ring.

Good price/performance filter
I have owned Hoya filters for years, so I had no qualms about this polarizing filter, even though there are far more expensive filters you can buy.

I was concerned that a polarizing filter may not work as well on the newer dSLR cameras as they did on the old film cameras, but that does not seem to be a problem. A cool bonus: This 72 mm filter also fits our new Canon XH-A1 HD video camera. Two birds with one filter!

The glass is not coated, so you should consider getting an inexpensive UV filter as protection from scratches, etc.

Works perfectly
I am very pleased with this product. I have a very nice nikon 18-200mm lens and when I use this polarizer my lens stays sharp. Photos I have taken at the lake and the waterfall look really great...you can see through to the bottom and glare is cut.....great buy for the money!!