Zeikos ZE-CPL72 72mm Multi-Coated Circular Polarizer Filter

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Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 2.9 x 0.4 x 2.9 inches ; 1.3 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B001UE6N8I
• Item model number: ZE-CPL72
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: February 1, 2009

Product Description

Product Description

Zeikos 72mm Glass Multi Coated Circular Polarizing (CPL) filter to protect your lens and decrease reflections on water and glass, as well as increasing the blue of the sky and other colors in your scene. Black metal rings.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good value for money, April 16, 2009

By	Craig Dickson (San Mateo, CA USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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I usually buy top-quality B+W filters, but since I needed a 72mm circular polarizer and the Zeikos was a fraction of the cost of B+W's, I decided to give it a try. Optically it seems fine; the image isn't distorted, and as a circular polarizer it does its job well. It screws onto the lens smoothly, also. My one annoyance with the Zeikos is that it is rather stiff to turn: rotating it counter-clockwise has an irritating tendency to start unscrewing the filter from the lens, which could result in it coming completely off and being dropped. This is something to watch out for, but it may be acceptable if price is a consideration and you don't plan to use it a lot. If you're the sort of photographer who uses polarizers all the time, you'd probably be better off spending the money for a B+W.

2.0 out of 5 stars Poor clarity, August 1, 2009

By	dgies (California) - See all my reviews

While this filter does what it's supposed to, it blurs the entire image by quite a bit. If all you're shooting is clouds and sky this might be fine, but for landscape photography it's very muddy. The screw thread is pretty smooth, and I didn't have the rotation problems the other reviewer described. This filter is also a bit thick and I noticed mild vignetting when shooting 18mm on an APS-C sensor. After spending quite a bit on a SLR it seems silly to wreck image quality with a cheapo filter.