In article <01bca045$35de9b20$cc56b5cd@starion.smart1.net>, jgwray@smartworld.net says...
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>Anyhow, both filters evidenced what appeared to me to indicate incipient
>separation of the polarizer material/surface material bond and the 82 mm
>had a warped retaining ring attempting to hold the filter material in it's
>mount. The retainer ring had left it's "channel" at about half of it's
>length and was curved up to just a tad below being level with the plane of
>the mount's edge...a QC person would have had to be blind not to see it.
>The 82mm cost me 163.00 and I expect a bit more quality for this kind of
>money than this puppy had. Luckily, I am able to return them but I won't
>ever think about a Hoya branded filter again.
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Hmmm..., if you look at most polarizers carefully in good light, you may
see the same indication that the filter is actually a sandwich of two
glass sheets and the polarizing material... And Hoya uses a bent wire
retaining ring, rather than a screw-in retainer, possibly to allow
the glass freer movement within the frame while securely holding it.
If one bend in the retaining wire was not properly seated under the
retaining rim, it is usually easily put into its proper place...
I don't know if the above comments apply to the filter you tried,
but I have found the Hoya filters I have seen to be generally very
high in the quality of design, construction, and optical performance -
though there is always the possibility with any product of the odd defect...
Hope This Helps
(David Ruether - http://www.fcinet.com/ruether )