G'day crew,
I bought some standard Hoya CPL filters off eBay last year (not HD, Pro1 or Evo series), and have been less than impressed with them.
I'm thinking they may be fakes... from what I read Hoya filters are meant to go well.
Images I get from them are soft and un-contrasty, and I sometimes see double vision in out of focus areas... so bad I just don't use them at all.
My question is, am I expecting too much? I've attached some quick and dirty 100% crops as a comparison (unaltered RAW, same focus for both shots).
Without filter:
With filter:
I'm tempted to go for the "HD" line of Hoya CPL filters from B&H, they seem to get good reviews and just cop the high shipping costs to down under.
This would be the one I'm specifically interested in: B&H link.
Can anyone offer any input/suggestions here? B+W seem good as well but expensive.
Thanks in advance
I bought some standard Hoya CPL filters off eBay last year (not HD, Pro1 or Evo series), and have been less than impressed with them.
I'm thinking they may be fakes... from what I read Hoya filters are meant to go well.
Images I get from them are soft and un-contrasty, and I sometimes see double vision in out of focus areas... so bad I just don't use them at all.
My question is, am I expecting too much? I've attached some quick and dirty 100% crops as a comparison (unaltered RAW, same focus for both shots).
Without filter:
With filter:
I'm tempted to go for the "HD" line of Hoya CPL filters from B&H, they seem to get good reviews and just cop the high shipping costs to down under.
This would be the one I'm specifically interested in: B&H link.
Can anyone offer any input/suggestions here? B+W seem good as well but expensive.
Thanks in advance
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