Ease of use and superb qualitiy.
Very sturdy plastic case

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I think everyony should own a polarizer and Hoya makes a top of the line filter. Polarizers are like sunglasses. You get what you pay for. Owning a Hoya polarizer will give your images a professional quality, bringing out a deeper blue sky with more detail.

The fact that it is two filters in one is a very big strength. And, it's Hoya, so it's made pretty well. The polarizing feature behaves as it should and seems to "talk" to the metering system better. In AF and with manual focus cameras. For about 65.00 including shipping, for a 72mm filter, it's a pretty good deal.

It would be nice if it were a Multi Coated filter. Also, it's a thicker filter (like most Polarizers). That is made up for that it has the 81a properties and UV absorptions. The rings are aluminum, so it doesn't rotate maybe as smoothly as some others, but it is pretty well made nonetheless. I would reccomend a good lens hood. Even if it were a coated filter. I would like to see future versions be made thinner, multi-coated and brass rings instead of aluminum. And, that would probably bring the filter to about $100.00+ a pop. I'd still buy it.

This is for the Hoya Moose's Warming Polarizer Filter. And it's incredibly useful. it is, in essence, an 81a UV filter that is made into a polarizer. So, you don't have to stack up filters. I find it very useful when doing outdoor portraits and glam/ beauty photos, bringing in the skin tones into a very pleasing warm glow. Especially women. Does a good job as a general polarizer.

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B+W Polarizers and warming filters. Heliopan filters.

Price and performance.

None. No specks as compaired to the UV filters.

Great polarizing filter for the $$$. I'm not a pro but this filter dose the job perfectly. Again I got this filter off e-bay and it's a linar (sp) thats not suppose to work with my Minolta Maxxum 5 auto focus SLR but it dose. If your a beginner or intermediate photographer then this is the filter and filter company for you. Great filters at great prices. You really can't go with this filter.

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Affordable for most people.

Thick ring-watch out if you have a wide angle lens Glass in mine became loose very easily.

Good filter for all around use. I have found Hoya to make some good filters but lately I have switched to B+W because the the brass ring and quality construction. Alum. tends to stick together if you stack rings, which is never a good idea if you want to keep your image sharpe.

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Tiffen Polarizer

Excellent results Durable Not too expensive

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This was the 49mm PL-CIR circular polarizer. Like the skylight 1B I bought this for my trip to Italy. Again the price i put at the top is in Australlian $$$. I found this filter to be excellent. It gave me great results and is well built. Unlike my skylight filter this one was uncoated, making it much more durable (I thought this was a good idea because you are always adjusting a polarizer so the coating wouldnt last). This filter has given me excellent performance, and much better durability than the multicoated skylight, so i can highly reccomend it.

price

build quality

I agree with Keith that the build quality is not so good. I had the same problem with my 77mm. The metal strip that held the glass in the ring came off after falling from my Canon 20-35mm at a height of 3 feet, and the glass rolled down the road.

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Tiffen

Smooth rotatio n, excellent build quality and durability when subjected to harsh treatment in the field. Far cheaper then B+W or Heliopan and offers similar levels of performance on most lenses.

None worth mentioning.

Hoya produce 5 different types of Polariser ranging from the "Green" series of cheapies up to the highly acclaimed Ultra range. In practical terms the "Green" series (Hoya Excel range, XL) are acceptable if your a casual user of filters and your work doesn''t have critical colour requirements. These filters use a type of glass known as ''green'' glass that while appearing clear when viewed through directly actually shows a slight green tinge when viewed from a side on angle. Now this isn''t actually a problem in most cases and it should be noted that this is the same glass that Tiffen use in the majority of their round photographic filters. All other Hoya filters, apart from the Excel range use clear ''water'' glass (tiffen crystal clear is essentially the same as water glass) that is better suited to more critical applications of a polarizer. Hoya''s choice of coatings is equally impressive, the regular blue series of polarisers aren''t coated and work fine for most professional applications, though I have a preference for the SMC coatings which is 5 layers of multicoating plus a layer of scratch resistant overcoating. These filters are extremely tough and can take quite heavy abuse in the field. If you are using a wide angle lens or zoom, the ultra range conbines a UV filter with the polariser in a 3mm thick package (1/8th of an inch thick) that won''t vignette with most lenses. In many ways I prefer the Hoya to Helopan and B+W particularly on Japanse made lenses as the filter characteristics seem better suited to the lenses than the German offerings. I''ve also found that the Hama polarisers are very good though buyers in the USA may find them hard to aquire

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B&W, Hama, Tiffen, Marumi, Kenko, Heliopan and Nikon.

Uncoated, non-HMC version (according to the Hoya catalog, pols aren't coated unless they're multi-coated) is rugged.

Slightly slimmer ring than Tiffens, especially in smaller diameter sizes.

Whatever the ring is made of, it doesn't bind as easily as the Tiffen rings.

The HMC multi-coating is very fragile. Mine seem to come with built-in coating marks just from being shipped!

Here's an odd one: I prefer polarizers with the knurling on the *bottom* ring (the one that mounts on the lens) instead of the turning ring, so I have something stable to grip when removing it.

The standard grade is good stuff at a good price. Avoid the "Green Series," as they're Hoya's low-line product - get the Hoya standards. I'm not sure about recommending the Hoya HMC pol because of the absolute fragility of the multi-coating. A polarizer gets a fair amount of handling in its use (after all, most filters you mount and leave alone, a polarizer you constantly adjust), so having one that holds up to ordinary cleaning in the field is a big plus. I'd avoid the HMC pol and get the standard-grade. It's good enough, and rugged enough, and it has a slimmer ring than the Tiffens.

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Tiffen, Hoya, Hoya HMC, B+W.

Very good optical quality - no noticeable loss in sharpness up to 8 X 10 where I enlarged to. I got the uncoated one and found it tough and suprisingly scratch resistant. Thread also very good.

None that I could see.

Great circular polariser for all use. Not sure what the HMC version is like, but I found this uncoated one great.

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Various Hoya and Cokin filters.

Lack of flare, High quality

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The Hoya polarized filters are excellent. I've tried several different filters and these are the best. Despite what some reviews have said, I have had no problems with the super multicoating; and the multicoating on these lens give the best reduction in flare of any filter that I've owned. The quality is amazing. They screw on and off without ever binding, and I have never noticed any degredation in sharpness or any distortion while using these filters.

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Tiffen, and Cokin filters