Sunpak Circular Polarizer

Review Date
December 22, 2009

Overall Rating
 4 of 5

Value Rating
 5 of 5

Used product for
1 to 3 months

Visitors rate this review
5.00 of 5, 2 votes

Reviewed by
TheSleepingSheep , Intermediate

Price Paid
$23.00 at Best Buy

Photography Experience
2-5 years , Fine Art

Summary
Despite what many others have written about this product, I believe this circular polarizer is about as good as you can get for this item's price range. Also, I believe that much of the negative criticism over this product is due to the fact that many simply don't understand how a circular polarizer works.

For those who do, there are definitely better polarizers out there, but for this price, it simply cant be beat. Your polarizer is bound to get scratched and worn, so unless you are trying to sell your photography, or polarization is very, very important to you, you shouldn't spend a whole lot of money on your polarizer.

For more specific product information, I bought a 58mm Sunpak circular polarizer for a 70-300mm Canon lens. The polarizer seems to perform adequately at all ranges, even if the level of polarization is not as great as I would prefer.

Strengths
The price is great for this type of product.

Weaknesses
The design of the circular polarizer makes it difficult to take off or put back on.

Similar Products Used
I have not used any other polarizers before, but have researched them extensively.

Review Date
June 30, 2009

Overall Rating
 1 of 5

Value Rating
 1 of 5

Used product for
Less than 1 month

Visitors rate this review
2.00 of 5, 1 votes

Reviewed by
Magik , Casual

Price Paid
$29.00 at Best Buy

Photography Experience
6-10 years , Outdoor

Summary
I purchased the 72mm circular polarizer from Best Buy for my Nikon 18-200mm lens. I took a few shots with the filter in place. The images came out blurred to the extent the photos were useless. Removed the filter and all was sharp again. Don't waste your money. I did, and now I seriously regret it.

Strengths
None

Weaknesses
Useless. Causes severe blurred images.

Review Date
October 5, 2008

Overall Rating
 1 of 5

Value Rating
 1 of 5

Used product for
Less than 1 month

Visitors rate this review
1.50 of 5, 2 votes

Reviewed by
Phil , Intermediate

Price Paid
$10.00 at best buy

Photography Experience
6-10 years , Outdoor

Summary
Every photo I took with my new uv filer had green streaks running through out the image? Not sure what caused this but as soon as I took it off, all was good. Good thing I had my lap top with me to view photos otherwise my entire shoot would have been ruined.

Strengths
none

Review Date
February 2, 2007

Overall Rating
 1 of 5

Value Rating
 1 of 5

Used product for
Less than 1 month

Visitors rate this review
2.00 of 5, 1 votes

Reviewed by
wemzetlast , Intermediate

Price Paid
$18.00 at bestbuy

Photography Experience
6-10 years , Outdoor

Summary
terrible!
I did not expect that this polafilter could blur my pictures so bad.
It is absolutely useless.
The picture quality becomes so poor that it seems that the camera doesn't focus correctly

Strengths
none

Weaknesses
blurry pictures

Similar Products Used
skylight filter

Customer Service
I have sent a complaint, but no answer yet after a week

Review Date
April 20, 2006

Overall Rating
 1 of 5

Value Rating
 1 of 5

Used product for
Less than 1 month

Visitors rate this review
2.00 of 5, 1 votes

Reviewed by
Gork , Casual

Price Paid
$30.00

Photography Experience
2-5 years , Outdoor

Summary
horrible filter - i got a new lens and when i shoot my first pictures with this polarizer on, i thought the lens is brocken, the images where unsharp and blurry, thought the polarizer worked fine by itself. However, the lens wasn;t broken, as i found out after removing the polarizer...