Best CPL filter

[jjng]

Cokin or Kenko zeta？

your option would be appreciated

 

[snerd]

Are those two the only options? I use a B+W Kaesemann Circular Polarizer with Multi-Resistant Coating and have been very happy with it. I have one for my 17-55 and my 24-70.

 

[Reiep]

I'd go B+W too. I've used one with success for many years until I sold the matching lens, while I manage to break the Hoya and the Kenko I had. I didn't try the Cokin though.

 

[tirediron]

I'm a long-time and happy B+W user as well. Other good brands are Heliopan, Lee, and Singh-Ray. Tiffen and Hoya are okay. There's a LOT more to a good-quality camera filter than a piece of glass and some colouring.

 

[runnah]

I'm a long-time and happy B+W user as well. Other good brands are Heliopan, Lee, and Singh-Ray. Tiffen and Hoya are okay. There's a LOT more to a good-quality camera filter than a piece of glass and some colouring.

B+W fan here as well. I have a ND filter and the quality is so good that you can't tell it is on there. I do have various tiffen and Hoya CPL's and well...you get what you pay for.

 

[Derrel]

Cokin vs Kenko seems to be likely a toss-up. I'm pretty sure that Hoya and Kenko are different entities under the same ownership group these days. I would not worry much about chosing between the Cokin or the Kenko polars.

 

[KmH]

+97 for B+W.

 

[astroNikon]

B+W here too
great products

 

[julianliu]

Can CPL be used with flash? I never tried but want to. I want to shoot some portraits with lake as the background but want to eliminate the water reflection with CPL. I need the flash to light up the person.

 

[runnah]

Can CPL be used with flash? I never tried but want to. I want to shoot some portraits with lake as the background but want to eliminate the water reflection with CPL. I need the flash to light up the person.

No! The last guy who tried it now walks with a limp.

 

[julianliu]

No! The last guy who tried it now walks with a limp.

are you the last guy? lol

I suspect it won't work either