CPF is basically sunglasses for your camera, so you wouldn’t use one in low light conditions (sunrise/set), cloudy, or indoors. Commonly they’re used to make the blue sky blue’er and the white clouds whiter but they’re also fantastic to take the glare off non-metallic surfaces such as water… oh, and for maximum effect you always want to try to have the sun at your back.
Also, if you’re use to shoot in the Auto or Program, using a CPF is going to be aggravating. The filter tricks your camera into thinking it darker than it is, causing lowering the shutter speed and making it difficult to handhold the camera.
Finally, when taking pictures around the ocean, I always use a filter… whether UV or CPF. They help with the sun, glare, and offer protection from grit, sand, etc. Also if your camera takes a spill at Disney.
It stil cost about $500 to repair. The filter was hammered on to the lens and you couldn’t turn it. I sent it in and Cannon sent me a new refurbished one with a 2y warranty. I think everything goes oversea for repair and they just swap them out unless it something minor.
Thanks for the replies. I’ve been looking at the hoyas also. With the hoyas did you go with the regural polarizer or the HD? The HD is about double the price but seems to have better glass.
Nothing makes a fish bigger than almost being caught.
Here are a few that I got. The first one is from an iPhone on Lake Murray and the other 3 are from my Nikon D3000 shot while on vacation in Pawleys Island over the Fourth.
