Hoya72mm Pro-1 Digital Circular Polarizing Filter

On a recent coach trip, I brought along this lens for my bridge camera. It's fantastic for eliminating reflections in glass! Once I figured out the right orientation, I was able to capture flawless pictures every time.

Item arrived exactly as described, in secure and sealed packaging and was delivered within a week of purchasing. It is a great filter and can really provide that extra wow factor to scenic/landscape photography when used appropriately. No signs of vignetting either. On bright days it is particularly good at bringing out the colours of vegetation and varying depths of blue in the sky, not to mention the detail and texture in any cloud cover which would otherwise be completely undetected. It is easy to attach and remove and very easy to rotate once attached, so you can vary the polarising effect. It fits my Tokina 11mm - 16mm wide angle lens perfectly and also all my 67mm lenses when using a 77mm to 67mm step-down ring (well worth investing in). It is a significant amount of money but it is not expensive when compared to other outlets and the quality is great and, if you purchase step-down rings for your other lenses, could be the only polarising filter you ever need to buy. Think of the difference in colour and texture experienced on landscape photos taken at dawn and dusk from those taken in the harsh light of midday - much richer colours and much more texture with low angle light. Well, this filter allows you to photograph during midday sun and capture much more texture and depth of colour than you would otherwise be able to. A must for the kit bag.

I've just received this product today, and initially I ran into a couple of problems. The screw-in thread didn't quite line up properly when attaching the lens, so the filter was a bit lobsided. I had to unscrew it, take it off and put it back on again. In the proccess, because it is a bit fiddly to use, I managed to get finger prints on the filter. (Not a good start for 2 minutes in, but bear with me). So after a bit of a polish, the filter screwed in properly and I began shooting.The effect is very impressive. On Youtube, Dom Bower did a video demonstrating the effect of such filters, and it felt a little bit hard to imagine it working in real life, but it does... Not really a surprise there, it's just nifty physics at work. Looking the 'right way' through the lens and rotating it will vary the angle of the light, and as a result will eliminate some reflections, or hide clouds, or make TVs and screens appear darker. Look through it the wrong way and you'll notice the element changes colour from a slight blue to a yellow; I am unable to tell if this colour balance is going through into the photos though.The only concern I have (assuming you're more competant than I was at putting the filter on) is that the filter is very thin and it is not allowing the lens cap to be placed properly. They use thin glass and thin frames to reduce vignetting on wide angle lenses, but this still means that the lens cap is only held half in place by the filter. It makes me feel very concious about damaging my lens. If they had just made the filter 2mm taller, this problem would be eliminated. This problem has occured on my Canon lens. Though I doubt results will vary depending on the manufacturer.So all in all, it's a very good lens. I would just be careful with it. I am worried about damaging my lens by removing the filter after use, but I am also worried about breaking the filter if I leave it on and the lens cap falls off.

The usual Hoya quality circular polarizer but possibly less flare/internal reflection than the standard one. Maybe that's the edge coated glass, not sure.I'm using it on a Sigma 10-20mm D 1:4-5.6 DC HSM wide angle lens, which has a 77mm filter thread, mounted on a Nikon D7000 body.This unit is slim - If the polarizer is fitted on top of a Hoya UV(C) filter with the lens down at 10mm focal length and at f4 max aperture, there is just a tiny vignette at each corner, I mean tiny.More to the point, If fitted without stacking it on to the UV(C) filter the vignette is not there at all so it achieves exactly what I bought it for.Pricey, true, but given that this filter will also do for all of my other lenses as well (52 - 55 - 67mm respectively), via a dedicated stepping ring for each to convert up to the filter's 77mm thread, I can justify the extra price to have the best that Hoya can offer. To myself, anyway.Much better colour definition, less glare, see through reflections on water/gloss paintwork. preserve sky colour and cloud detail. Just like any other pukka polarizer really. Comes in the usual, reasonably robust, Hoya plastic caseIs it worth a fair chunk more that the 'standard' (non Pro-1) Hoya polarizer?If you've got a wide lens that can get away with a slim screw-on polarizer without vignetting and want to minimize internal edge flare and ghosting by having edge coated glass, for the odd occasions that the snag occurs (some fairly oblique sun angles) - Yes, I think so.If you're not so bothered about the odd (rare/unlucky) messed-up image and don't mind having to do a little light cropping at minimum focal length when wide open (usually avoidable) then probably not, so go for the cheaper non Pro-1 variant.Me? I made the choice to spend the extra bit, I'll get the use out of it, so I'm happy.

Not much to say. It’s a good, quality polarizing filter.

I wanted to have a high quality circular pola filter for my film work. I worked with Hoya before and was confident that it would be a good product. And I was not disappointed. Some cheap circular polarizing filters leave edges on your images or do not cut the glare or even lose their coating over time. Not this one and I ma very happy it. As with any screw on filter make sure you put in on straight and not cross thread it (I had people complain they had trouble getting the filter off and that was the issue). And for those who have never used on you need to turn the filter until it cuts the glare. ( I had someone tell me these filters did not work). Greta product and still in use.

Purchased based on previous experience with Hoya filters. A quality product that looks and feels good. Even doubled up with a UV filter it maintains a slim profile on my Sony camera.

Have used Hoya CPLs before and this met my expectations.

Excellent qualité, je viens de le tester pendant la fds avec les couleurs de l'automne; les résultats sont très bons. Et c'est du MADE IN JAPAN :) (pas du chinois heureusement).