Fogged polarizers

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Which 77mm Hoya do you have and where did you buy it? I'm having similar
problems with the Hoya 77mm HMC polarizer. The first one I ordered from B&H
arrived disassembled and out of the factory packaging which I attributed to
poor packaging. I assembled and cleaned it before trying it. The resulting
pictures had a haze to them and were not acceptable. B&H replaced that one
and sent me another, which, again, arrived unassembled. Weather permitting;
I will test this one Saturday or Sunday. I'm hoping this one will be good
so I don't have to send it back. I called B&H to let them know what
happened and to tell them to check their remaining stock for this problem
since I think a bunch of defective filters slipped by Hoya's QA. If I have
to send this one back I will ask for another brand.


"Kevin McMurtrie" <mcmurtri@dslextreme.com> wrote in message
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> I just bought a new 77mm Hoya polarizer and noticed that it's fogy. I
> held the rest of my Hoya polarizers up to a light bulb with my finger in
> front of them. All of them showed the shadow of my finger on the
> surface to varying degrees.
>
> I'm returning the 77mm Hoya but what about the others? What's an
> acceptable amount of fogging in a polarizer? What about better

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On Sat, 11 Dec 2004 07:04:16 -0500, in rec.photo.digital "DigiTail" <non
specified> wrote:

>Which 77mm Hoya do you have and where did you buy it? I'm having similar
>problems with the Hoya 77mm HMC polarizer. The first one I ordered from B&H
>arrived disassembled and out of the factory packaging which I attributed to
>poor packaging. I assembled and cleaned it before trying it. The resulting
>pictures had a haze to them and were not acceptable. B&H replaced that one
>and sent me another, which, again, arrived unassembled. Weather permitting;
>I will test this one Saturday or Sunday. I'm hoping this one will be good
>so I don't have to send it back. I called B&H to let them know what
>happened and to tell them to check their remaining stock for this problem
>since I think a bunch of defective filters slipped by Hoya's QA. If I have
>to send this one back I will ask for another brand.

I've bought a bunch of filters from http://www.2filters.com over the years,
most recently including a 63mm Hoya HMC c-polarizer for the kit lens on my
D70. No problems.
________________________________________________________
Ed Ruf Lifetime AMA# 344007 (Usenet@EdwardG.Ruf.com)
http://EdwardGRuf.com

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Spring?


"Bart van der Wolf" <bvdwolf@no.spam> wrote in message
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> I recently went to a dealer to purchase a 77mm polarizer, and I asked
> for a slim B+W MRC coated version. The filter was out of stock and the
> sales person tried to sell me a Hoya one. As he was boasting about the
> quality he took the filter out of the box and..., the filter fell out
> of its mount. Apparently the spring Hoya uses to lock the filter in
> place is too loose. The B+W filter is mechanically of better
> construction and the glass/pola-foil sandwich is of equal quality.
>
> Bart
>

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Thanks for the recommendation of the B+W. I sent the second Hoya back to
B&H because of poor optics and the retaining spring and glass not in the
holder. I did get the B+W Kaesemann polarizer as a replacement. There is
no comparison of build quality to the poorly constructed Hoya. I don't
think I will ever waste any more money on Hoya. B&H did a great job by
standing behind their products and I will always buy from them in the
future.



"Bart van der Wolf" <bvdwolf@no.spam> wrote in message
news:41bb414c$0$19389$e4fe514c@news.xs4all.nl...

>
> "DigiTail" <non specified> wrote in message
> news:10rloijtnijuab9@news.supernews.com...
> > Which 77mm Hoya do you have and where did you buy it? I'm having
> similar
> > problems with the Hoya 77mm HMC polarizer.
>
> I recently went to a dealer to purchase a 77mm polarizer, and I asked
> for a slim B+W MRC coated version. The filter was out of stock and the
> sales person tried to sell me a Hoya one. As he was boasting about the
> quality he took the filter out of the box and..., the filter fell out
> of its mount. Apparently the spring Hoya uses to lock the filter in
> place is too loose. The B+W filter is mechanically of better
> construction and the glass/pola-foil sandwich is of equal quality.
>
> Bart
>