Thank you, Godfrey, Hoya Pro-1 looks like a reasonable alternative. I am not sure which version of Hoya Pro-1 (S-HMC or not) is branded as Lumix.
What is nice about B+W MRC is their presumably very scratch-resistant coating. It maybe just a marketing ploy, but I haven't heard Hoya saying anything similar about theirs. While looking for various filters, I found a place that sells filter at a much lower price: http://hvstar.net/ aka besteastern on e-bay. A large concern is the authenticity of the filters.. Has anybody here heard about this vendor or bought from them? Thanks, Igor Sat Aug 18 10:00:17 EDT 2007 Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > As I said, the only way to know for sure is to test. > > That said, look into the Hoya Pro-1 CP. It's very slim and still has > front threads. I needed a 72mm CP for my Panasonic L1's lens and > bought a Heliopan, but it was a right bastard to get it to thread > onto the lens. I ended up returning it and ordering the one that > Panasonic sells under the Lumix brand name. It turned out to be a re- > branded Hoya Pro-1 ... and it was cheaper than the Hoya or B+W > options by $30 or so. > > It's very thin, very nicely finished, the antireflection coatings > seem on par with my other B&W polarizers, and the front threads allow > fitment of a clip-on lens cap without any problems. > > The Hoya Pro-1 has been sold under at least three other brand names > (Kenko in the UK, can't remember at the moment what the others are...). > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
