Hoya - Filter - circular polarizer - 77 mm

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Product Details

• Item Weight: 4 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• ASIN: B00009R9E1
• Item model number: HOY 77 CIRC POLARIZING
• Average Customer Review: 1.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: June 17, 2003

Product Description

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.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Quality lacking, May 8, 2007

By	H. Meador (TN) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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!

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Buyer beware - falls apart, February 18, 2008

By	David Coons (North Carolina) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A good filter so far, July 9, 2007

By	S. F. Roney (California) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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!