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NIKON CP/52 52MM Circular Polarizing Filter |
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Our Price - $105.00
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NIKON CP/52 52MM Circular Polarizing Filter
By reducing the light reflected from non-metallic surfaces, polarizing filters allow direct shooting through glass windows and reduce the effect of glare from water surfaces and sunlit trees and grass. In outdoor shooting, the filter can even deal effectively with light reflected on steam or airborne dust particles to enhance the sky's blue color.
NIKON CP/52 52MM Circular Polarizing Filter Accessories
NIKON CP/52 52MM Circular Polarizing Filter Reviews
I bought the 52mm Nikon CPL for my lenses. I previously owned a Heliopan slim CPL, but that one didn't have coating and you couldn't attach a lens cap.
The Nikon is multicoated and slim, but also fits a lens cap, which is something I really appreciate. The glass is superb, no defects. The ring feels durable.
Polarizing effect is strong, but the lens also has high light transmission (a good thing). This allows you to use faster shutter speeds.
fast delivery
filter is high quality, at a fair price
slightly less than equivalent B&W, and a bit more than 'cheap' filters
I took many pics with filter on and filter off, over water, through windows, in bright sun, and could not see a big difference. In fact the pics without the filter were brighter, taken at lower ISO and faster speed. ( I was however using a slow lens to begin with, f 3.5-6.3 ). Did not find it to be worth the price and sent it back. Maybe I would get better results if I used it on a faster lens. None of my other lenses take a 72mm so I could not try it out.
This polarizer works so I am not going to touch on its aspects of it taking good photos. What I want to explain is its construction.
This filter is slim, slimmer than my other filters by 2-3 mm which is significant with ultra wide lenses. The one disappointing aspect is that the adjustment ring is flimsy, not its construction but when you use any touch will change the adjustment ring. The polarizing filters I had in the past had rings that took a bit more effort to turn but also they didn't feel like if you antecedently touch the filter the adjustment ring would turn.
I would have liked to say that this was due to a bad batch or I got a defected one but I bought two (one for my friend) and they both feel the same way.
Maybe this is a "feature" desired by people but certainly not myself.
I am standardizing to the 77mm filter size and got this CPL filter as part of that effort. I am using it on my general purpose lens (Nikon 18-200mm on a D300). It works great on that lens (with an adapter).
The CPL rotated nice and smooth. There was no binding or catching when installing or removing this CPL. That was important as I plan on sharing this CPL between a few lenses.
I saw no "vignetting" at 18mm(edit from 3/12/2010, I did see some vignetting at 18 in the corners when looking somewhat into the sun. I don't think it changes anything about this CPL. I love it).
It does add 1 to 1 1/2 or 2 aperture stops. It makes the clouds visible in front of a bluer sky and when rotated correctly, removes glare as it should.
The multi coating surface was clean and clear when I received it and it has cleaned off nicely since then.
The "thinness" of the CPL does not affect how it attaches to the adapter or how the NIKON lens cap attaches to this CPL. It has enough threads to work fine!!!
I purchased the THIN CPL on Amazon since it should fit on to the Wide Angle lens I plan on purchasing in the future (I will update this review when I do). If you do standardize on one size like I did at 77mm, you should get a set of metal stack caps to protect the filters while carrying them.
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