Hoya CPL slim?

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I'm looking at a Hoya circular polarizing filter 77mm for my canon 10-22 ultra wide. I know there can be issues with banding but I do think a CPL will be good in some situations.

People say you need the slim one for the 10-22. Are the HD and PRO1 slim? Or do I need to find a "Slim" version?

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It will tell you on the front of the box if it is suitable for wide-angle zoom lenses.

I think it's the Hoya super pro1 you need. I have one and could dig it out and check if you wish
 
There seems to be quite a few different versions and the naming is different depending on the site you go to.

I've seen 77mm CPL, 77mm SHMC, 77 HMC, I thought maybe PRO1 and HD were all "super" thin. I seem to be able to find whatever I want to google for, but the HOYA site isn't that clear. Is there a slim and non-slim HD CPL?
 
Well I've ordered the new HD version and I've found one or two sites which says it has the "Wide-Angle Lens Compatible Ultra Thin Frame" so will let you know when I get it :-p
 
Thanks, I've gone for the HD so hopefully that will also be thin enough.
 
Hoya HD is the one to get :thumbs:

Both the HD and Pro-1 are slim-line (possibly others in the range too) and they also have front threads so you can still fit a lens cap.

But as it happens, you don't actually need a slim-line filter for the 10-22 - you can get away with a regular size mount without any problems, but only just.

You've not wasted any money though - Hoya HD is the best polariser at any price IMHO. Only 1.2 stops of light reduction.

Edit: also, if you zoom out just a couple of mms, you can clear two slim-line filters stacked :)
 
HoppyUK said:
Hoya HD is the one to get :thumbs:

Both the HD and Pro-1 are slim-line (possibly others in the range too) and they also have front threads so you can still fit a lens cap.

But as it happens, you don't actually need a slim-line filter for the 10-22 - you can get away with a regular size mount without any problems, but only just.

You've not wasted any money though - Hoya HD is the best polariser at any price IMHO. Only 1.2 stops of light reduction.

Edit: also, if you zoom out just a couple of mms, you can clear two slim-line filters stacked :)
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Just to add to this, i can add wide angle single slot cokin P filter holder with 1 hitech grad when already wearing the Pro-1 and clear from 11mm
 
Hi just a quick update and agreeing with what has already been said. I can use a low profile kenko UV and a wide cokin holder with one hitech filter, without vignette.

Any more than that and I'd have to go to 11-13mm to get rid of it pre processing.

I've got the Hoya HD CPL too and it turns out that that is thicker, as it has two parts (the main thread ring and the rotating CPL bit), so with that on, I have to go to 11/12mm. 10mm vignettes if I try to use the cokin with the CPL.

I don't much like how the cokin wide holder fits so loose. It can cause worse vignette just by it moving a bit by itself as it isn't a tight fit on the 77mm ring adaptor.

Anyone know if I would I get a tighter fit and slightly less vignette with a better wide angle holder for my 85mm Hitechs?

One thing I find odd is that the wide cokin seems to be "thicker" than it needs to be. There seems to be two places I could shove a filter into. And I can squeeze 2 in the main slot.

Thanks.
 
Hi

I recently purchased a CPL 77mm filter for my 10-20mm Sigma and it works fine. I believe I got the standard Hoya 77mm CPL which I doubt is the thin one. Works great though.
 
I'd add that if you're using the polariser to darken/alter skies, an ultra-wide lens covers such a wide area of sky that its polarisation changes, so you can't cover the whole sky with the polarisation filter. You get sort of a large movable blob if you know what I mean.

Wouldn't be without a CPL though, just got to work around the problem.
 
martsharm said:
I'd add that if you're using the polariser to darken/alter skies, an ultra-wide lens covers such a wide area of sky that its polarisation changes, so you can't cover the whole sky with the polarisation filter. You get sort of a large movable blob if you know what I mean.
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you can get away with it during daylight hours but at sunrise or set it's a b****r.
 
Yeah I mentioned in the first post that I know they don't always work as expected. The banding can be awful from what I've seen.
 
turnpike said:
Hi John, onestop digital by a mile. Only took a few days to arrive.
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thanks - always check their website, but have no experience ordering from them

edit...was it "this" one...?

some sites are bloody confusing as some show the box [ colour, markings etc] whereas OSD just show the filter and with no larger view
 
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