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Circular vs Linear Polarizer on m4/3 Camera

Started Jun 7, 2016 | Discussions thread
OP Charley123 Senior Member • Posts: 1,166
Re: Update. I purchased two polarizers (37mm and 46mm).

dontfret wrote:

You certainly have more flexibility with individual filters, but I find I seldom need both at the same time on different lenses. Why not get the 46 and a 37-->46 step ring? I have two linear coated Hoya pols from older lenses at 72mm and 55mm, and a handful of step rings. I have used the 55mm on a lenses and step up to the 72 to get an infinite ND for HDR stacking.

I assume the two Hoya linear polarizers I found at BH Photo are not coated because they didn't mention anything about lens coating in the description, but it's possible they could be coated and I just don't know about it.

There was no information at Hoya's website about linear polarizers.

If I knew for sure the Hoya linear polarizers were coated, then I would have bought them because they're a lot cheaper than Heliopan filters.

I got Heliopan because I wanted to be certain of getting coated linear filters.

I'm not really concerned about the cost of a $70 filter. It's a business expense and I can afford it. I don't want to mess with a step up ring.

When was a poor college student I used to own one large polarizer and a few step up rings. That made sense at the time because I was short of money, but I don't have that problem anymore and I don't want the hassles. It's just easier to own two filters

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