Originally Posted by Ryan Avery (Post 817082)

We do manufacture a 102mm polarizer. Our stock code is 68-013002. List price is $350.00 but dealers will sell it for less. I doubt any of the sponsor dealers will have this in stock but you can order it from them at a good price and then we will ship it out. The only catch with this polarizer is that we had to make it for both our tele-converters and our wide angles that take the same thread. Therefore, we had to keep the ring thickness in mind to avoid vignette on the wide angle. This meant that we had to make the polarizer without a rotating element. The polarizer is still perfectly useable. We made the threads much deeper than normal and thus you can thread it in and rotate it by screwing the filter on and off. Considering most polarization requires a 1/2 turn at most, this is not a major issue and I have never heard of a user screwing it off completely.

This polarizer is made with our Tru-Pol technology that is 12 times more effective than the best polarizer from any other brand. It features an extinction ratio of 374 vs other brands that top out around 32. This means that you can more effectively polarize the light at any angle from the light source instead of a very limited range. This creates better color saturation and reduction of highlights and reflections at almost any angle where with other polarizers you have to be mindful of the angle of the light source to your optical axis.

Ryan Avery
Schneider Optics

Originally Posted by Leonard Levy (Post 817157)

I'm quite annoyed that the hood makes it impossible to use a polarizer.
Now I have to buy a shade as well and the ones that I've seen available are nowhere near as good as the shade in the camera. On the HVX you can still turn a polarizer with the hood on. Just another example of not consulting real camerapeople when they design these things.

Originally Posted by Paul Cronin (Post 819093)

Peter not true if you get the right filter B+W 77 mm UV 010 it works fine. Also if you want clear glass get the b+W 77 mm 007 which also works fine with the stock lens hood. So if you want to go this way you can.

But a Matte Box will offer a lot more options.

Originally Posted by Brendan Pyatt (Post 818736)

To be honest not rotating is not ideal. I will worry about it vibrating in the wind. Its an expensive part.

Originally Posted by Ryan Avery (Post 817082)

We do manufacture a 102mm polarizer. Our stock code is 68-013002. List price is $350.00 but dealers will sell it for less. I doubt any of the sponsor dealers will have this in stock but you can order it from them at a good price and then we will ship it out. The only catch with this polarizer is that we had to make it for both our tele-converters and our wide angles that take the same thread. Therefore, we had to keep the ring thickness in mind to avoid vignette on the wide angle. This meant that we had to make the polarizer without a rotating element. The polarizer is still perfectly useable. We made the threads much deeper than normal and thus you can thread it in and rotate it by screwing the filter on and off. Considering most polarization requires a 1/2 turn at most, this is not a major issue and I have never heard of a user screwing it off completely.

Originally Posted by Brendan Pyatt (Post 820797)

Hi ryan, after being reassured that it wont vibrate in the wind I tried to find one of the 102mm polarizing filters and the only place i could find online is selling them for more than your list price. Any ideas where I can get one for a decent price?

I can't find them on your website either... The only place I found was on a pdf document (http://www.schneideroptics.com/pdfs/...CPO_PL_LOW.pdf) and that says its a rotating filter ;)