67mm Polarizing

[admajic]

Hey Im looking to get a 67mm Polarizing for my D70 Kit lense. There seems to be 2 types. Hoya 67mm Circular Polarising HMC Filter and the Hoya 67mm Polarizing Filter. Which one would be more suitable for me. Im just going to be doing standard day shots with it. Pls advise.

[MattC]

The HMC would be the better choice. "HMC" describes the lens coatings. It will help reduce things like lens flare. The standard polariser has no coatings to reduce reflections.

Cheers

[daniel_r]

Both do exactly the same thing, just depends on how much you want to spend in the pursuit of optical goodness

The major difference is the HMC designation - Hoya Multi Coat. Multicoated filters generally reduce the chance of the filter inducing flare into the lens optics.

It's a good thing to have, but absolutely necessary - well that depends on how much money you want to spend. I shoot with a non-coated circular polariser on my 18-70DX and it's fine.

If I was say putting a polariser on a higher grade lens, I'd go the extra distance and get a B+W or equivalent.

[admajic]

So the standard, Multi Coated one is still a circular polariser?? I also noticed there are Linear filters too. Which one do u guys use and why??

[MattC]

Yep, the standard one does the same as the coated ones - just no non-reflective coatings.

Stick to the circulars - linears will mess with metering... They are not recommended and Nikon notes this in the manual.

Cheers