Help choosing a polarizing filter
 

I think its time that i invest in a better filter but i dont know which one to get, from the research ive done i know i need a circular one and i know that B+W makes the best ones...the problem that im having is that there are so many different ones to choose from i dont know which to pick, from this list which one do you think would be the best one for shooting cars outside using a 17-85mm lense :?:
Thanks for all the help

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/cont...ar&A=search&Q=

Why aren't you happy with the one you already have?

B/c with mine i know that im not getting the best pictures out of my lense, if anything im reducing the quality of what the pictures should be.

Re: Help choosing a polarizing filter
 

Hi Budagboy,

You are a man with taste :) Go for a B&W one, the best thing you can do is purchasing a circular polarization filter. I have the following one: B&W Circular-Pol SO3. The S03 initials stands for the type, it stands for the strenght of the filter. Imho, it is the best one you can buy. It works perfect, can't live with out it anymore, it is by far the best tool in my bag.

Here is the B&W website: www.schneiderkreuznach.com

PS: Like I sad before, note the initials "S03"

Cheers

Sorry to bring this old thread up, but I run into the same problem.

I can't really afford to fork out 200CAD for a polarizer (B+W / Canon), can someone tell me what's the difference between a Muti coated and a standard one?

I am currently looking at the Hoya ones, the MC is 150CAD, standard one is 70CAD. Any help will be appreciated thanks.

An non-coated filter will give nasty flares, especially on digital cameras.

I went with a Cokin-set..... quite good, and I can use it on all my lenses.

Go for the B&W circular polarizer and I think the best option may be the slim fit version. I don't know a lot about all the coating layers etc ... . The thing that I do know is that they are good and it improves colour reproduction. I just love my B&W poli-filter, one of the best things in my bag.

Why B&W ? Because they are the best of the best, you may call them top gun :D

They don't come cheap, I payed 180€ for mine.

Cheers

Thanks for the help Mr. Gizmo, Cowboy :)

Yeah, I figure there's no free lunch in the photography world.......=P~

honestly... i dont have any quality issues with my 30$ us polarizer...

i may eventually upgrade when i have a lens that i can tell the difference, but definately not before then.

hmmmm.....now I am in a pickle......50:50.

I have a 350D w/ Canon 28-135 IS USM, so I don't know if that is a lens u can see the difference. :oops:

a pretty wide range lens. unfortunately i dont know a whole lot about specific lenses besides some basic points... the wider the range, the greater the lens imperfections can be seen at one end, or the other (at/near wide angle, or at/near full zoom).

my best recomendation is to goto your local camera store, and take your camera... and try out the lens at various focal lenths, then again with the different filters you might use (cheap/expensive)... then compare them with a keen eye in photoshop...

also... most camera shops will take full returns if the quality is not up to snuff in 1 months time... so dont be afraid to experiment ;)

^Yeah, the lens is a ted soft @ 28, also abit dark too.....but otherwise is pretty good and I hate traveling with a few lens.

Yeah, I guess I'll make a trip to the camera store this weekend...thanks nthfinity

Slimline filters are a waste of money, except for going wide-angle on fullframe or ultrawide on cropfactor (10-22 etc). For quality: Hoya filters are really good, especially the (s)HMC's and can be had really cheap from HongKong over eBay.

About the Cokin-filters:

It really is a great idea. You've got a basic filter-holder:
http://www.nikonians.org/html/resour...ter_holder.jpg
In the filterholder there's space for one round filter (i.e. a polarizer) and 2/3 square filters.

You attach it to your lens by special rings (can be had in a lot of different sizes):
http://www.epinions.com/images/opti/...resized200.jpg
So when you buy a new lens in a different size, you only have to buy an adapter ring in the right size for like 5 bucks.

Cokin Polarizer:
http://www.ritzcam.com/catalog/images/CokPLPol.jpg
http://www.pictureline.com/images/me..._CokinPola.jpg


There are lots of filters from Cokin, but most of them are useless on digital photography, as they can be reproduced in Photoshop. The usefull are IMHO a polarizer, ND, ND grad and infrared filters. All filters can be found here: http://www.cokin.com/ico3-p0.html

I use it for neutral density gradual filters:
http://www.nikonians.org/html/resour...rs/ndgrads.jpg

An example out of my livingroom, with polarizer and P121-filter:
http://www.xs4all.nl/~akoevoet/GoT/CokinPolaP121.jpg

Oh, just noticed: there are only 21 seconds between the 2 pics taken. So the fact that you can see more clouds isn't due to wind or so, but because of the filters!

And what is that thing popping up from a roof right in the middle in the left pic but not in the right one?