Hoya PRO1 Digital Circular PL, 72 mm Reviews

Hoya PRO1 Digital Circular PL, 72 mm Camera Lens

Product Type: Hoya camera lenses

Description:Model ID YDPOLCO072 /

Newest Review: ... great if you are wanting to remove a filter quickly. As with all polarising filters, the Hoya PRO1 does indeed effectively ... more

 ... remove unwanted refections from photographs, as well as increasing the contrast between colours - which is useful in periods of high sunlight as it helps the photograph not appear washed out. However, although it does this effectively, I have found that the glass on the PRO1 lens is darker than other polarising lenses I have compared it with, and as a result I have needed to compensate by using a slower shutter speed or a wider aperture. This is not problematic now that I have got used to this, but initially there we...more

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Customer Hoya PRO1 Digital Circular PL, 72 mm Reviews (2)

kama0529
Hoya PRO1 Digital Circular PL, 72 mm: A high quality polarising lens. (635 words)
by - written on 04/09/10 (Very useful, 87 readings)
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I purchased a Hoya PRO1 Digital Circular Polarising Lens (72mm) from Amazon for £59.99, which seemed like a very decent price for a high quality polarising lens. The lens arrived, appropriately packaged, the following day as per Amazon's next day delivery promise. ***WHAT IS A POLARISING LENS DESIGNED TO DO?*** When you take a photo in certain conditions, for example high sunlight, it is inevitable that there are going to be certain types of light rays that enter your camera that, put simply, diminish the quality of the photograph. For example, there can sometimes be reflections that bounce off of surfaces (i.e. water). Basically, a polarising lens ...  Read the complete review

sax_man_al
Bluer skies and greener grass (379 words)
by - written on 13/08/10 (Very useful, 58 readings)
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Polarisers are the ONLY filter that it is impossible to recreate in Photoshop or other photo editing software packages. This means that after a protective filter this will probably be the first filter you get for your lens, or may be the only other filter you get if you don't get particularly into photography. Polarisers help increase the saturation of colours, especially the blue of the sky, and green in foliage/plants. This is in part due to their ability to cut out reflected light, and in this way they can also be used to remove unwanted reflections off water too. Because they are removing a proportion of the light then obviously they cause a loss of light ...  Read the complete review

Technical Details for Hoya PRO1 Digital Circular PL, 72 mm

Product DescriptionHoya PRO1 Digital CIRCULAR PL - filter - circular polarizer - 72 mm
Filter TypeFilter - circular polarizer
Form FactorRound - 72 mm
Intended forCamera / colour film, black & white film