HOYA 72mm Circular Polarizing Filter

by Hoya

Product Details

• Item Weight: 2.4 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• ASIN: B00006I5BW
• Item model number: HOY 72 CIRC POLARIZING
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (34 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank:
  • #23 in Camera & Photo > Accessories > Filters > Polarizing Filters
• Date first available at Amazon.com: October 2, 2001

Product Description

Hoya 72mm Circular Polarizer

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

92 of 93 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Very good results but ..., August 30, 2007

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Angel Corbera (Taunton, MA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: HOYA 72mm Circular Polarizing Filter (Electronics)

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.

67 of 69 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Misleading Ad, January 12, 2010

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Harold E. Kennedy "Hal Kennedy" - See all my reviews
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You may not receive what you think you ordered - I didn't. The picture that accompanies this item says "Super" on the side of the filter ring. Hoya filters marked "Super" are multi-coated. The filter I received did not say "Super" on the ring and it has no coatings. This is a plain glass filter without any AR coating on any of the four surfaces. It turns out the picture is obsolete - Hoya no longer makes a filter marked "Super" but they do have several varieties of coated filters, this just isn't one of them. Like any four surface uncoated filter, this filter has around 80% transmission vs. 98% for a well coated filter, and is prone to adding ghosting when aimed near the sun (unlike coated filters). Polarization characteristics are excellent however. Build quality is marginal - the filter I received was made in the Philippines, the good Hoyas come from Japan. Hoya makes great filters (most of the time)- but the reason most of us are willing to spend the money on a Hoya is because of the great coatings - there is not much point in buying an uncoated Hoya. Best Buy sells an uncoated 72mm circular polarizer for $15 - I suspect its just as good. Spend the $100 for a Hoya HMC or go to Best Buy and live with the light loss and added reflections.

20 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good price/performance filter, January 20, 2008

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P. Marlow - See all my reviews
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This review is from: HOYA 72mm Circular Polarizing Filter (Electronics)

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.