Recommend a 58mm Polarizing filter..

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Shakensoul

Shakensoul

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I am looking for a 58mm polarizing filter for my Canon S3 IS.

I was quoted 1200 for a Marumi filter at palika bazaar, is this a good brand/price ? What other options do I have ?
 
Marumi is pathetic. Get a Hoya atleast. Much better than Marumi. Anything more is substantially more expensive.

If you wanna burn a lot of dough, get a B+W.
 
Is Hoya available locally or we have to source it from amrika ? :)

B+W is expensive :ashamed: , I am looking for something basic, to experiment a bit.
 
Can you mention how much did it cost and the exact specs of the filter, coz I've found that there are same filters with different specs and I am kinda confused. :S
 
Naa won't be that much. A 77mm costed me 2.8k. Also what do you mean by different specs? A polarizer just has a thickness and diameter thats all. The thinner it is, the better it is typically as there'd be less diffraction.

Anish marumi is not even worth it for UV filters :rofl:.
 
not yet...but it was just some info gathering before taking the plunge...the teleconverter costs ~100$ on which im still haven't made up my mind yet.
 
Chaos said:
Anish marumi is not even worth it for UV filters :rofl:.
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Arre, a Digital SLR doesn't need a UV in the first place cause the low-pass filter or something around it automatically blocks UV, besides the sensor is not sensitive to UV.

A UV filter is only useful for preventing scratches and dust and my Marumi does that well enuf! :P
 
^^Yea very true but then u gotta remove it when you take pictures or else it'll cause severe flare/diffraction problems.
 
What I have found is that Hoya filters are color coded.

Green Series (made in philippines)< Purple Standard (Japan) < Grey HMC....so on......
 
It arrived :)

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cool_dude said:
Actually I wanted one. :( BTW, how did you pay? And do you see a real difference in image quality after using it?
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These pictures were taken using the polarizer

http://www.techenclave.com/859356-post121.html

However you can't expect miracles just by using a polarizing filter, it needs adjustment and shot in daylight, needs to rotated according to the sun position, blah blah, blah...

These pictures were clicked on a cloudy day, I just used it as I was excited to use it :P

I paid with my credit card. I bought the item, selected CC option, they sent me a mail with the instructions, you can either email or call them with the card details, I called them, gave card details, took abt 2 minutes, the item reached me in about 10 days :)
 
There is also something like thin glass, super coated which reduces reflections and cost around 40 $ ish i am not sure
 
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