Kenko wideband CPL - Legit????

Never heard of any copies, and at that price you can hardly go wrong.

It looks exactly like my Hoya Pro-1 polariser, if that is any comfort.
 
Monkey said:
Real or are there copies around.?????

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&item=370199076085

much cheaper than the hoya, and im led to believe they are the same barring the box.
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Quality within the Hoya or Kenko ranges will differ based on price but as to them being the same I spotted this recently on another site "The parent company is THK (Tokina, Hoya, Kenko) of Japan. They are marketed in the US as Hoya and in rest of the world as Kenko and Hoya but are otherwise the same"
Cheers
Paul
 
I am not sure that we can say they are the same, just re-branded. Someone posted up earlier today a link to a review and tests on UV filters (title was something like 20 UV filters).

In the review, they used a spectrograph to analyse the lenses.
Now, assuming that the Hoya Pro1 Digital MC UV-0, would be the equivalent of the Kenko Pro1 Digital, you would expect the graphs to be identical (in the tests they were unable to get the same filter size, but that should not affect the results of the spectrograph if they are tested fairly).
If you look at the two graphs on the test pages, they are noticibly different.
http://www.lenstip.com/113.4-article-UV_filters_test_Description_of_the_results_and_summary.html


That said, lots of people say that is the quality that matters, and the tests show they are of similar quality (poor rating on vignetting would be due to incorrect filter size).
Certainly is a good price (might consider one/similar myself)
 
coldpenguin said:
assuming that the Hoya Pro1 Digital MC UV-0, would be the equivalent of the Kenko Pro1 Digital, you would expect the graphs to be identical (in the tests they were unable to get the same filter size, but that should not affect the results of the spectrograph if they are tested fairly).
If you look at the two graphs on the test pages, they are noticibly different.
http://www.lenstip.com/113.4-article-UV_filters_test_Description_of_the_results_and_summary.html



That said, lots of people say that is the quality that matters, and the tests show they are of similar quality (poor rating on vignetting would be due to incorrect filter size).
Certainly is a good price (might consider one/similar myself)
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It's not a fair comparison, as those aren't filters with identical specifications, the Kenko and Hoya ranges use the same model designations, so you'd need to compare like with like for it to be valid.

For the record, I have both Hoya and Kenko PRO filters and haven't noticed any real difference between the results.
 
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