> > I paid ca. $30 for my new 58mm Hoya circular polarizer at MediaMarkt.
Uncoated? HMC? S-HMC? That makes a big difference to the price. I'm happy with the performance of my SMC lenses. I don't see the point of wasting most of that benefit by putting uncoated glass at the first interface to the outside world. It's the old, old argument - why bother to buy an expensive lens if you're only going to stick a cheap filter on the front of it? I probably wouldn't pay $100 for a filter if it were only going on a $100 lens, but my FA 28-105 also takes the standard 58mm filter size. And, unfortunately, it's mostly the cheap uncoated filters that show up at the second-hand sales.
