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<blockquote data-quote="Horoscope Fish" data-source="post: 405067" data-attributes="member: 13090">I rarely shoot outdoors without a CPL, personally, but... There are a couple things you need to be aware of and watch out for when using one, especially at wide focal lengths such as 18mm. Primarily that skies can get an <a href="http://s118.photobucket.com/user/grandersam/media/Santorini040.jpg.html" target="_blank">blotchy, uneven appearance</a> (photo is not mine but is a perfect example of what I'm talking about). It doesn't happen all the time but it's a pain when it does. If you can live with the fact you might have to adjust your filter from time to time I think you'll be quite happy with a good CPL for your outdoor shooting. As I said I rarely shoot outdoors without one, but you DO have to be aware of it, and the fact that it will require you to adjust it from time to time based on your shooting conditions; a CPL is NOT a &quot;set it and forget&quot; sort of thing.As an alternative, you might want to consider the <a href="http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/900467-REG/Hoya_xhd2_67protec_67mm_HD2_Protector_Filter.html" target="_blank">Hoya HD2 Protector</a> instead of a CPL. ....</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Horoscope Fish, post: 405067, member: 13090"] I rarely shoot outdoors without a CPL, personally, but... There are a couple things you need to be aware of and watch out for when using one, especially at wide focal lengths such as 18mm. Primarily that skies can get an [url=http://s118.photobucket.com/user/grandersam/media/Santorini040.jpg.html]blotchy, uneven appearance[/url] (photo is not mine but is a perfect example of what I'm talking about). It doesn't happen all the time but it's a pain when it does. If you can live with the fact you might have to adjust your filter from time to time I think you'll be quite happy with a good CPL for your outdoor shooting. As I said I rarely shoot outdoors without one, but you DO have to be aware of it, and the fact that it will require you to adjust it from time to time based on your shooting conditions; a CPL is NOT a "set it and forget" sort of thing. As an alternative, you might want to consider the [url=http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/900467-REG/Hoya_xhd2_67protec_67mm_HD2_Protector_Filter.html]Hoya HD2 Protector[/url] instead of a CPL. [COLOR="#FFFFFF"]....[/COLOR] [/QUOTE]

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