Hoya 67mm Circular Polarizer HD

Today I bought this Filter: Hoya 67mm Circular Polarizer HD. I am going to use it on my Nikon AF-S 16-85mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR DX.

I just took a test shot. SOOC - RAW - only resized no PP such as lens correction, etc., is done.

No Filter at 16mm



with Filter at 16mm



No Filter at 85mm



With Filter at 85mm




And I took JPEG as well, just to see how does it looks like. SOOC with my camera lens correction and just resized

No at 16mm



With at 16mm



No at 85mm



With at 85mm




Great Filter. I am happy I went for this Hoya 67mm Circular Polarizer HD. And I just imagine if go for landscape and I PP the photos how great they will look like

Cos I was wondering if I take the two shoots (RAW) and do the exact same PP. Just one shot with the filter the other one no

How does it looks like.

No Filter



With Filter

Now the same as before but this time I added the pol filter at pp with nik

added with nik




Filter on camera lens

I think that the filter gives a natural look and I don't know now but the filter helps me to get rid of reflections, and this is a big +

siamthai1 said:

I think that the filter gives a natural look and I don't know now but the filter helps me to get rid of reflections, and this is a big +

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This is why I use a CPL when shooting outside most all the time. There's a lot more reflected light going on than I think we're aware of and removing it improves the look of a photo even if you can't quite put your finger on exactly why; but it does so without looking artificial. A good CPL just adds a little "pop" to outdoor shots. I find the NIK Tool filter is great for punching up blue skies and clouds, but I don't think it replaces a physical filter on my lens.

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I am glad you discovered this for yourself, Michael. Mine only leaves my 16-85 when I am shooting wide inside, and I too, prefer the Hoya. Try photographing a flower with it on an overcast day and you will see another advantage of it.

My CPL rarely comes off. Even indoors I often leave it on. Wait till you try it on water

Just a last quick comparison

Reflection in the water without filter




With filter you can see the fish as well



reflection on the rear window defroster on my car without filter



with filter you can see the rear window defroster grid as well



Yes, I know my car is very dirty, but we are having rainy season. You know that I already love that filter. Thanks to @ Horoscope Fish for that statement. http://nikonites.com/other-photogra...-about-circular-polarizers.html#axzz3E0I67nih it influenced my decision a lot in a positive way.

Vixen said:

My CPL rarely comes off. Even indoors I often leave it on. Wait till you try it on water

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Happy to read this. I have a Hoya 52 & 67 CPL. The problem I have had is that the 67 becomes hard (I mean difficult) to remove from my 70-300 sometimes. Maybe the solution is to leave them on all of the time. Ha! Also as another side note, I wish I would have known about step rings before purchasing two CPL's. And then there is the NC to protect the lens, which I don't need if I use the CPL's all of the time. Ha!

Sorry to take this off track a little, but I guess I am just thinking out loud.

One big side effect: I have to change from my 55-300 to 70-300 I guess.